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Announce New Album and Tour
“Born To Be”
April 21st, 2026 by Kevin Gomez
Well, kids, it’s already April. You know what that means – it’s time to start announcing some 2027 concert dates. At least if you’re New Jersey’s The Bouncing Souls, it is. The boys don’t plan to stop by Southern California again until February 2027, a good 10 months from now. But to be fair they’ll be plenty busy touring all over North America.
Last week The Bouncing Souls announced their 13th studio album, “Born to Be,” dropping June 26th. This effort will be their follow-up to “Ten Stories High,” in my opinion one of the finer punk albums from 2023.
The Souls have had an incredible career, spanning nearly four decades, never waiting more than four years to release new material. While many bands with that longevity have released some duds and fillers, The Bouncing Souls have released absolute classics making them one of the most prolific and influential punk bands of the ‘90s and 2000s.
The Souls are celebrating a new album with the release of its first single, “The Light,” produced by Will Yip, who just won a Grammy for his work on Turnstile’s “Never Enough.” If “The Light” is any indication on “Born to Be,” The Souls have done it again with another smash album.
The Bouncing Souls also announced an upcoming tour in support of the new album, as well as the 30th anniversary of “Maniacal Laughter,” 25th anniversary of “How I Spent My Summer Vacation,” and 20th anniversary of “The Gold Record.”
The tour will be a co-headlining one with Detroit’s ska-punk kings, The Suicide Machines. Legends in their own right, they will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of their iconic debut album, “Destruction by Definition.” The album introduced The Suicide Machines to the world, featuring songs like “No Face,” “S.O.S.,” and “New Girl,” and they will be playing the album in its entirety. Just seeing these two legendary bands celebrating these epic albums would be enough for anyone.
Still not convinced? How about these opening acts: The tour will kick off in July through the Northeast and Canada with support from Death by Stereo & The Drowns.
The tour resumes in September through the Southeast with Strike Anywhere and Human Issue. They’ll come back in December to the Midwest and through the Northeast again with The Flatliners and The Jack Knives.
The tour concludes in February of 2027 finally giving some love to the West Coast with support from The Aggrolites and Dead Bars. The tour will stop at the Observatory in Santa Ana on February 13th, and the Belasco in Los Angeles on February 16th.
It may be a long ways away, but you do not want to sleep on it – tickets are on sale now.
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