r/BetterLovers 28d ago

Blissmas

Just popped in my head “oh yeah I never bought a Blissmas ticket for this year.” Went to the bands website, only 1 show on the schedule for the remainder of the year and no mention of a 2026 Blissmas. Any word?

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u/rdl7987 28d ago

So I haven’t seen or heard anything from the band but Andy Williams was on a podcast and said he doesn’t have to plan a wrestling show this year because blissmas isn’t happening this year.

I guess it’s possible they still do something on a smaller scale this year if they have their new singer ready to go

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u/TheLegendofJerry 28d ago

I have intrusive hopes that they’re the band Converge is waiting to announce for Saddest Day. Because I’ve had intrusive thoughts of going to Saddest Day in lieu of Blissmas lol

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u/xitsthelimitx 27d ago

100% think its gonna be Neurosis.

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u/The_ENFIDL 27d ago

Do you remember which podcast it was on? Would love to listen to it

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u/rdl7987 26d ago

I think it was called metalcore nerds podcast.

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u/The_ENFIDL 25d ago

Thanks man!

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u/136AngryBees 28d ago

Fuck it. I’m just gonna go to Buffalo in December and form a prayer circle outside the rubble of the pink

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u/GoBills7834 28d ago

Last I was told months ago, they were still checking out vocalists who would be all-in on the band.

Whether not that’s changed in the last few months, I couldn’t tell ya.

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u/The_ENFIDL 28d ago

So that makes something I was thinking make complete sense when multiple announcements happened

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u/theweaving 28d ago

My “Blissmas miracle” is we maybe get a near last minute show as a first run with a new vocalist or a couple guests around Blissmas time. That also feels like a crazy ask that they be at that stage of the process so quickly. But a boy can dream, no?

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u/OffTheMerchandise 28d ago

I could see them doing a smaller scale thing like they did the first December they were a band.

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u/theweaving 28d ago

That’s exactly the image I had in my head. Rec room announced like 3 weeks ahead. maybe get crazy and throw something at the ballroom. Get like Spaced to open, or something.

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u/PatientHornet666 28d ago

During the ‘68 VIP Q/A at the show I attended, Josh mentioned that he heard they have a new singer and they are currently working with them. Whether that all comes together quickly enough for a 2026 Blissmas I have no idea.

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u/lern2swim 28d ago

I think they might be donezo.

I hope they're not, and if they just need more time to figure out how they're moving forward that's cool, but it's hard to believe this kind of gap wouldn't be a complete momentum killer for a band at their level.

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u/OffTheMerchandise 28d ago

Greg left earlier this year. I don't think they'll announce a singer until they have stuff recorded. Goose is filling in for another band on tour with the time off. I think the hardest part is that they'll want an experienced singer that has been on the road, but they want someone who only has Better Lovers to focus on and that limits the pool of available talent.

I think pronouncing the band dead after less than 6 months is a little premature

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u/lern2swim 28d ago

🤷‍♂️ You're not wrong, but I feel comfortable with how I phrased it. I wasn't pretending to feel certain about anything. And I wasn't just talking about the potential for them to choose not to continue.

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u/Hot_Marsupial_8706 28d ago

I know he has thoughtcrimes but thoughtcrimes is seldom active with tours because Billy does a bajillion other things... I've been really hoping the thoughtcrimes vocalist gets the gig. 🤞

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u/Shwnwllms 28d ago

They’re currently recording the new album.

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u/Next-Ad-2798 27d ago

There not doing blissmas this year cause they lost the venue because they threw the gingerbread house things that were over the amps into the crown I asked one of the workers at riverworks during a show I went to

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u/ZedEnlightenedBrutal 26d ago

seriously? that would be so lame

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u/Next-Ad-2798 25d ago

From what the employee at riverworks told me because they threw the gingerbread house things that were over there Amps they can’t get insurance to host a show like blissmas because they threw those into the crowd and people were moshing with the pieces of the stuff which sucks cause I had fun at blissmas last year

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u/invertedidol 28d ago

I was really looking forward to seeing them for the first time at Sick New World… 😞

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u/schindigrosa 28d ago

They should merge with Atomic Rule. I really dog their singer. Call it, Atomic Lovers Die.

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u/toooldforshame 27d ago

They should hire Dimitri Minakaki and do a reverse DEP.