The Théâtre
Beanfield was the scene for Bowling For Soup’s long awaited return to
Montreal. In modern times, that usually
means that they haven’t visited the town in a few years, but in this case, it
really has been a long time since their last visit. 21 years to be exact. A quick poll of hands showed that some of the
crowd were indeed at that Warped Tour show two decades ago, and a few of them
were there on this night with their own children. I guess this makes Bowling For Soup a
generational talent. Though they have
fallen off of my radar in recent years, I ended up re-listening to their hit
song from 2002 recently, ‘Girl That All The Bad Guys Want’ and quickly was
reminded why they were so popular back in the day. Crunchy guitars, humours lyrics and the
little melodic (ah-ahhh-ahhhh) during the chorus always made that song one of
my favourites. In a sign of the current
times, the band explained their return to The True North Strong and Free was due
to the Canada suddenly jumping to third place of their list of countries where
the band was most streamed. They figured
that if everyone was streaming their music, there might be a few who would want
to see them perform as well. A well
thought out strategy, as not only was this show sold out, but two others on
this five city tour have already sold out as well. Bowling For Soup's mix of good songs and fun story telling was a definite winning formula on this night as there were nothing but smiles, laughter and singing to be seen and heard from the venerable Montreal concert venue. Bowling For Soup's most recent album, 'Pop Drunk Snot Bread' was released in 2022, though last year they also released a greatest hits package, 'Songs People Actually Liked, Vol 2. The first photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/1250sec, ISO 6400 at 35mm and the second photograph was taken at f/3.2 1/1000sec, ISO 2000 at 24mm. Here are several more photographs of Bowling For Soup performing up on the stage.
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