Heroes
of pop-punk, Bowling For Soup brought the second date of their
unforgettable live show to Norwich in support of their 11th
studio album Fishing For Woos.
Heading to the stage amid a sea of rapturous applause, chants and
their own recorded “Bowling For Soup, HEY!” introductory number,
they burst into a unique and entertaining set.
Although
they don't use a strict setlist, with 17 years as a band behind them,
it's clear the band know how to open a show, and with an opening
barrage of hit singles I'm Gay and
High School Never Ends the
crowd instantly tune in and sing along, almost louder than the band
themselves. Their set mingled their most popular tunes, such as
Emily, The B**ch Song and
My Wena with slightly
lesser known album tracks that nonetheless went down a treat with
their hardcore fans. They even treated the crowd to 2 covers; Stacy's
Mom, by Fountains Of Wayne –
singer/guitarist Jaret joked that “most people thought we did this,
even though we didn't, so we're gonna play it” - and Bryan Adam's
classic Summer of '69.
A
massive part of the BFS live setup is their interactions with each
other and the crowd – between practically every song there would be
a pause for the band's wonderfully immature jokes with each other
about things that just can't be printed, or for complimenting crowd
members on their figures – they even had their own bar on stage,
where a handful of the crowd spent the entire show enjoying free
drinks named after drummer Gary. Their rapport with the crowd is
second to none, and the atmosphere created was one of toilet humour
and laughs, yet their set itself was polished and excellent.
In
their final flourish, BFS demonstrated the improvised nature of their
set by breaking out into a jam involving the whole crowd and a member
of support band Suburban Legends in the middle of final song Girl
All The Bad Guys Want, that very
much kept with their air of immaturity. When they left the stage, the
crowd was all smiles; a very successful start to this tour for the
band.
COPYRIGHT Thomas Castle, October 2011
COPYRIGHT Thomas Castle, October 2011
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