“Due to the ongoing pandemic, we sadly announce the cancellation of the Comeback Kid EU/UK dates”

A blue-collar punk band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Comeback Kid (otherwise known as CBK) combine declamatory vocals with a hyper-seed rhythm section and two riff-happy guitarists. The Canadian band formed in 2002, with lead singer Scott Wade joining forces with lead guitarist Andrew Neufeld and adding rhythm guitarist Jeremy Herbert, bassist Cliff Heide and drummer Kyle Profetta. Comeback Kid managed to put together a self released six-song demo that earned the band a deal with California’s hardcore label Face Down Records, which released the bands debut album, Turn it Around, in the spring of 2003.Settled down with new bassist Kevin Call. After extensive touring round Canada, Europe, and the United States in support of the record, comeback kid signed with the influential punk an emo label Victory Records in 2004.

Victory released the bands second album (produced by pop-punk legend Bill Stevenson of Black flag and Descendants fame) Wake the dead in February 2005. Following another bout of extensive touring, including dates supporting Madball, Sick of it All, and Gorilla Biscuits, Wade announced his resignation from the band in early 2006. The ban continued onward as a quartet, Neufeld taking over lead vocal duties. CBK then issued Broadcasting… in February 2007 and hit the road again. Released the following year, the concert recording Through the Noise captured the band’s live show in CD/DVD format. their fourth album Symptoms + Cures, was released in 2010 and marked the debut of guitarist Casey Hjelmberg. Hjelmberg left the fold in 2021 and was replaced by Stu Ross (Misery Signals, Living with Lions), who made his studio debut on 014’s acclaimed Die Knowing — drummer and founding member Kyle Profeta departed shortly after the album’s release. in June 2017 the band dropped the single ‘Absolute’ in advance of their sixth studio long played, Outsider, which arrived later that August.

-Stewart Mason, Rovi