Bowling For Soup Unveil Animated Video for “BFS Version” Of High School Never Ends

It’s High School Never Ends – but not as you know it! One of Bowling For Soup – the Grammy nominated, Texan pop punk favourites biggest songs, has been given a new lease of life thanks to the band’s recently released Greatest Hits album Songs People Actually Liked – Volume 2 – The Next 6 Years (2004 – 2009).

With Bowling For Soup following the same process they started on their 2015 Volume 1 Greatest Hits, all the songs on the album have been re-recorded in their entirety, which brings us to High School Never Ends (BFS Version).  That’s right, Bowling For Soup were doing this long before Taylor Swift.   

For the new version of their 2006 classic, BFS have dropped an animated video choc full of pop culture references. It’s a case of see how many movies you can spot while you sing along to one of the bands’ most loved songs. Check out the video for High School Never Ends (BFS Version) below:

High School Never Ends (BFS Version) is also available to stream, along wth the rest of Songs People Actually Liked – Volume 2 on Spotify now.

Songs People Actually Liked – Volume 2 (or SPALV2 for short) covers the most successful period in Bowling For Soup’s history and includes many of their biggest hits and most well known songs, and is out now on Que-So / Brando Records. Pick up a SPALV2 bundle from the BFS US online store on this link, and the BFS UK online shop on this link.

Alongside their global smash hit 1985 and long time favourite / lesson for life High School Never Ends, live set staples Almost and Ohio (Come Back To Texas) are present. They are alongside other favourites such as My Wena, My Hometown and No Hablo Ingles. Check out the artwork and track list for Songs People Actually Liked Volume 2 below:

Bowling For Soup – Songs People Actually Liked – Volume 2 The Next 6 Years (2004 – 2009) Track List
  1.   1985
2.   High School Never Ends
3.   Almost
4.   When We Die
5.   Ohio (Come Back To Texas)
6.   No Hablo Inglés
7.   Friends O’ Mine
8.   My Hometown
9.   My Wena
10.  BFFF
11.  I’m Gay
12.  Trucker Hat
13.  Two-Seater

Bowling For Soup fans will be able to hear some of the tracks from SPALV2 on the remaining dates of the bands’ October 2023 US tour, which includes the When We Were Young Festival weekend double header on the 21st and 22nd of October. Bowling For Soup play at 9:10pm on the Stripe Stage both days. The full list of remaining US tour dates is as follows:

Bowling For Soup Getting Old Sucks October 2023 US Tour

19th – San Francisco, CA – The Midway
20th – Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl – WWWY Festival Pre-Show (Sold Out)
21st – When We Were Young Festival (Sold Out)
22nd – When We Were Young Festival (Sold Out)
23rd – Anaheim, CA – House Of Blues
24th – San Diego, CA – House Of Blues

For ticket information, please head to www.bowlingforsoup.com.

Bowling For Soup’s next return to the UK is for their huge UK tour in February 2024, with their great friends Less Than Jake and Vandoliers joining them on the tour. 

The tour is one of the fastest selling Bowling For Soup UK tours in history, with well over 25,000 tickets sold – and the tour is still four months away!! Three shows are sold out, with several more set to join them in the very near future! The full list of dates is as follows:

Bowling For Soup February 2024 UK Tour w/ Less Than Jake & Vandoliers

Bowling For Soup fans will be able to hear some of the tracks from SPALV2 on the remaining dates of the bands’ October 2023 US tour, which includes the When We Were Young Festival weekend double header on the 21st and 22nd of October. Bowling For Soup play at 9:10pm on the Stripe Stage both days. The full list of remaining US tour dates is as follows:

Bowling For Soup Getting Old Sucks October 2023 US Tour

19th – San Francisco, CA – The Midway
20th – Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl – WWWY Festival Pre-Show (Sold Out)
21st – When We Were Young Festival (Sold Out)
22nd – When We Were Young Festival (Sold Out)
23rd – Anaheim, CA – House Of Blues
24th – San Diego, CA – House Of Blues

For ticket information, please head to www.bowlingforsoup.com.

Bowling For Soup’s next return to the UK is for their huge UK tour in February 2024, with their great friends Less Than Jake and Vandoliers joining them on the tour. 

The tour is one of the fastest selling Bowling For Soup UK tours in history, with well over 25,000 tickets sold – and the tour is still four months away!! Three shows are sold out, with several more set to join them in the very near future! The full list of dates is as follows:

Bowling For Soup February 2024 UK Tour w/ Less Than Jake & Vandoliers

15th – Manchester – Academy – Extra show added – Low ticket warning
16th – Wolverhampton – The Civic At The Halls – Low ticket warning
17th – Manchester – Academy – SOLD OUT
18th – Leeds – The Refectory – SOLD OUT
19th – Newcastle – O2 City Hall – Low ticket warning
21st – Hull – Bonus Arena
22nd – Glasgow – O2 Academy – SOLD OUT
23rd – Cardiff – International Arena – Extra tickets available due to phenomenal demand
24th – London – Eventim Apollo Hammersmith – Low ticket warning

Tickets for the tour are on sale from AEG and Live Nation. For full details check your ticket provider of choice or visit https://www.bowlingforsoup.com. For VIP tickets, please visit the VIP section in the band’s official website and click on the pages for your show of choice.
Danny Peart
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Editor / Live Music Photographer / Journalist at Soundcheck-Live

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