Bowling For Soup founder Chris Burney quits band after 30 years

Bowling For Soup fans were devastated aft Chris Burney announced his status aft 30 years successful the group.

The 55-year-old formed the popular stone set successful 1994, and has been portion of the line-up ever since.

On Wednesday, the 1985 musicians – besides made up of Jaret Reddick, Gary Wiseman and Rob Felicetti – released a connection confirming the guitarist’s exit ahead of their upcoming UK tour.

‘To each of our astonishing Bowling For Soup fans… It is with a dense bosom we denote that Chris Burney has made the determination to discontinue from his stage-right station successful the set helium co-founded successful 1994,’ the message, shared connected their authoritative Instagram page, read.

‘Some caller aesculapian developments, 30 years of rocking balls and touring non-stop person made it hard to continue. We are bummed to not person Chris by our sides, but perfectly enactment his decision.

‘The aboriginal of Bowling For Soup remains bright.’

‘The 3 of america volition transportation on, with Chris’ blessing, and proceed to physique the bequest of this set we each emotion truthful much,’ they continued.

‘We volition not beryllium replacing Chris oregon touring with a touring guitarist. You cannot regenerate a legend.

‘We were brothers erstwhile we started this journey… and brothers we remain. See you astatine the amusement and successful your ears.’

Alongside the post, the radical wrote: ‘You can’t regenerate a legend! #BowlingForSoup.’

Fans were devastated by Chris’ determination but shared their enactment successful the comments below, urging him to absorption connected his wellness and bask retirement.

Iamthejman76 wrote: ‘No 1 does a prime flip like @soupbowlerchris Sad to perceive this. Enjoy the status bud. You’ve earned it.’

Phoenixfire9375 agreed: ‘Love you each and bully luck Chris. May you find amended wellness and different dreams not yet realized!’

‘His beingness volition helium truthful missed, but I anticipation helium enjoys status and takes a batch of clip to remainder and enjoy! We’ll miss you Chris!!,’ Notreverseflash penned.

As Zach Meyers added: ‘One of the astir entertaining performers I’ve ever seen successful my life. And I genuinely mean that. . . Enjoy the down time @soupbowlerchris.’

The radical are acceptable to embark connected the UK limb of their A Hangover You Don’t Deserve circuit successful conscionable a fewer weeks, joined by Wheatus, Magnolia Park and Jon Mahon.

They volition beryllium kicking their performances disconnected successful Blackpool connected February 5, earlier traveling to Edinburgh, Manchester, Wolverhampton and Swansea.

Their tally of dates volition extremity successful Bournemouth connected February 15.

Chris founded Bowling For Soup successful the aboriginal 90s with Jaret, Lance Morrill and Erik Chandler, and the radical dropped their archetypal self-titled debut medium successful 1994.

At the opening of 1998, they followed this up with Rock connected Honorable Ones!!, aft which Lance past near BFS, with Gary stepping successful arsenic his replacement.

Some of their biggest hits see 2002 banger Girl All The Bad Guys Want, 2004 deed 1985 and Almost, which was released successful 2005.

Their past workplace medium was released 3 years ago, with Pop Drunk Snot Bread.

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