Editing Bowling for Soup (section)

===''Sorry for Partyin{{'}}'' and departure from Jive (2009-2010)===
{{main|Sorry for Partyin'}}On January 20, 2009, Reddick released a video onto the web via the band's Myspace page and both YouTube accounts about a new album by the group. According to him, the band's eighth full-length album was set to be released in September 2009,<ref name="SXSW 09">{{cite web   | title = Bowling for Soup SXSW 09 Interview Music Video on Roxwel   | publisher = Roxwel.com   | date = March 2009   | location = Austin, Texas   | url = http://www.roxwel.com/player/sxsw09bowlingforsoup.html/22%3EBowling%20For%20Soup%20-%20SXSW%2009%20Interviewl?detect_mediatype=flv&detect_bitrate=_700&big=1   | access-date = December 15, 2013   | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131215233214/http://www.roxwel.com/player/sxsw09bowlingforsoup.html/22%3EBowling%20For%20Soup%20-%20SXSW%2009%20Interviewl?detect_mediatype=flv&detect_bitrate=_700&big=1   | archive-date = December 15, 2013   | url-status = dead   }}</ref><ref name="Soupers">{{cite web   | title = Soupers serve it hearty with anniversary concerts, new CD   | magazine = [[Times Record News]]   | date = May 22, 2009   | url = http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2009/may/22/stirring-it-up/   | access-date = July 16, 2009   | archive-date = December 15, 2013   | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131215232901/http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2009/may/22/stirring-it-up/   | url-status = dead   }}</ref> and the band had very recently started recording. He said it was to be titled ''Sorry for Partyin{{'}}''. The video was the first of a few released during the recording process of the album.

''Sorry for Partyin{{'}}'' was released on October 12, 2009. "My Wena" was the first promotional single from the album. The single was first previewed on May 5, 2009, on the ''Lex and Terry show''. A music video for the song was filmed and the video was released on July 21, 2009.<ref name="mywenamusicvid">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jBPWbA-oOg |title=Bowling for Soup – My Wena |date=July 21, 2009 |publisher=Bowling for Soup via YouTube |access-date=July 22, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610204428/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jBPWbA-oOg |archive-date=June 10, 2014 }}</ref> The song was released to iTunes on July 28, 2009.<ref name="mywenaitunes">{{cite web|url=http://www.myspace.com/bowlingforsoup|title=Bowling for Soup on Myspace Music!|publisher=Bowling for Soup via Myspace Music!|access-date=July 22, 2009}}</ref> "No Hablo Ingles" was supposed to be the first single released to the radio for the album, however, Jive split with the band and shelved ''Sorry for Partyin{{'}}'' after only four weeks of being on sale, thus no single was ever released to radio.<ref name=Pod9>{{cite web|last=Reddick|first=Jaret|title=Jaret's Podcast #9|website=[[iTunes]]|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/jaret-reddicks-podcast!/id340805341|date=August 28, 2010}}</ref>

To promote the release of the album, the band embarked on a headline tour of the UK in October 2009 under the title of [[Party in Your Pants Tour|The Party in Your Pants Tour]]. Main support on the tour came from [[Zebrahead]], with additional support coming from [[MC Lars]] (who is signed to Reddick's ''Crappy Records'') and [[The Leftovers (American band)|the Leftovers]]. During the last show of this tour at the [[The Roundhouse|Camden Town Roundhouse]] in London Reddick announced to the crowd that Bowling for Soup would return to the UK in "The Spring" and will be hitting the European summer festival circuit and then again returning to the UK for another headlining tour in the Autumn. On Christmas Eve 2009, Bowling for Soup announced through the band's website, a UK Acoustic Tour in April 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mysweetshadow.co.uk/blog/music/bowling-for-soup-camden-roundhouse-party-in-your-pants-tour-uk-09/ |title=Review of the Party In Your Pants Tour London, England |publisher=Mysweetshadow.co.uk |date=November 10, 2009 |access-date=October 31, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009140845/http://www.mysweetshadow.co.uk/blog/music/bowling-for-soup-camden-roundhouse-party-in-your-pants-tour-uk-09/ |archive-date=October 9, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

Bowling for Soup released ''Merry Flippin' Christmas Volume 1'' digitally on November 26, 2009.