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Who Is Opening Blink-182’s 2023 Tour?

Blink-182 is back like they never left. Mark Hoppus, Travis Barker, and Tom DeLonge performed together for the first time in nine years at Coachella last month, including a last-minute headlining set , and Blink’s headlining reunion tour is underway.

The North American trek hits Madison Square Garden in New York on Friday, May 19.

Fans are ecstatic to experience Blink with DeLonge again — the setlist is a nostalgic dream — as he officially rejoined the iconic pop-punk trio last fall, but the tour openers also elicit excitement. Turnstile was announced when the tour was confirmed in October, but Blink-182 updated everyone on April 17.

“We are also excited to welcome Beauty School Dropout, Destroy Boys, KennyHoopla, Landon Barker, and White Reaper on select dates of our North American tour. See you soon!” the band wrote on Instagram .

The North American leg is scheduled to wrap at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee on July 16. The tour’s European leg will run from September 2 to October 15 in Glasgow and Manchester, respectively.

Shows in Australia, New Zealand, Peru, and Mexico are slated for early 2024 after Barker’s finger injury caused a postponement . See all of Blink-182’s tour dates here .

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blink-182 Returns One More Time To North America For Massive Stadium And Arena Tour With Brand New Music

Featuring Special Guest Pierce The Veil  

Tickets on sale starting friday, october 27 at 10am local at blink182.com, new album “one more time…” out now  – listen here .

Multi-platinum, award-winning band blink-182 will be back on the road in the summer of 2024 with a stadium and arena tour through North America. Following the massive success of their colossal global outing and recent headlining festival performances at When We Were Young Festival, Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge, and Travis Barker will hit some of the biggest venues nationwide next year, debuting their new album One More Time … for the first time in the U.S. and Canada.

Produced by Live Nation, the 30-city trek includes stadium performances at Petco Park in the band’s hometown of San Diego, Sofi Stadium in Los Angeles, Citi Field in New York, Fenway Park in Boston, and Rogers Centre in Toronto, along with 25 arena performances. Full routing and ticketing information is available below. The band’s new album, which currently features 2 number one singles in “Edging” and “One More Time”, marks the first time in a decade that Mark, Tom and Travis have been in the studio together.

TICKETS:  Tickets go on sale starting Friday, October 27 at 10am local time on blink182.com .

VIP:  The tour will also offer a variety of different VIP packages and experiences for fans to take their concert experience to the next level. Packages vary but include premium tickets, invitation to the pre-show hospitality lounge, specially designed merchandise items & more. For more information, visit vipnation.com

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BLINK-182 2024 NORTH AMERICA TOUR DATES:

*With Support from Pierce The Veil

+With Support from Alexisonfire and Pierce The Veil

Jun 20 – Orlando, FL – Amway Center*

Jun 21 – Miami, FL – Kaseya Center*

Jun 24 – San Antonio, TX – Frost Bank Center*

Jun 25 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena*

Jun 27 — Denver, CO — Ball Arena*

Jun 30 – San Diego, CA – Petco Park*

July 02 – Glendale, AZ – Desert Diamond Arena*

July 03 – Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile Arena*

July 06 — Los Angeles, CA — SoFi Stadium*

July 08– Fresno, CA – Save Mart Center*

July 09 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center*

Jul 11 – Salt Lake City, UT – Delta Center*

Jul 13 – Portland, OR – Moda Center*

Jul 14 – Quincy, WA – Gorge Amphitheatre*

Jul 21 – Flushing, NY – Citi Field*

July 23 – Boston, MA – Fenway Park*

July 24 — Hartford, CT — The XFINITY Theatre*

Jul 26 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center*

Jul 27 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena*

Jul 29 – Greenville, SC – Bon Secours Wellness Arena*

Jul 30 – Raleigh, NC – PNC Arena*

Aug 01 – Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena*

Aug 02 – Indianapolis, IN – Gainbridge Fieldhouse*

Aug 06 – Minneapolis, MN – Target Center*

Aug 07 – Milwaukee, WI – Fiserv Forum*

Aug 09 – Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center*

Aug 10 – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center*

Aug 12 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena*

Aug 13 – Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center*

Aug 15 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre+

BLINK-182 WORLDWIDE TOUR DATES:  

AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND

!With Support from Rise Against

Feb 8 – Perth, Australia – RAC Arena!

Feb 9 – Perth, Australia – RAC Arena!

Feb 11 – Adelaide, Australia – Entertainment Centre!

Feb 13 – Melbourne, Australia – Rod Laver Arena!

Feb 14 – Melbourne, Australia – Rod Laver Arena!

Feb 16 – Sydney, Australia – Qudos Bank Arena!

Feb 17 – Sydney, Australia – Qudos Bank Arena!

Feb 19 – Brisbane, Australia – Entertainment Centre!

Feb 20 – Brisbane, Australia – Entertainment Centre!

Feb 21 – Brisbane, Australia – Entertainment Centre!

Feb 23 – Sydney, Australia – Qudos Bank Arena!

Feb 24 – Sydney, Australia – Qudos Bank Arena!

Feb 26 – Melbourne, Australia – Rod Laver Arena!

Feb 27 – Melbourne, Australia – Rod Laver Arena!

Feb 29 – Melbourne, Australia – Rod Laver Arena!

Mar 02 – Auckland, NZ – Spark Arena!

Mar 04 – Christchurch, NZ – Christchurch Arena!

LATIN AMERICA

March 2024 – Lollapalooza Argentina, Chile & Brasil, Estereo Picnic, and Asuncionico

**Exact performance dates to be announced

March 2024 – Monterrey, Mexico @ Pal Norte Festival

**Exact performance date to be announced

March 27, 2024 – Lima, Peru – Estadio San Marcos

April 2, 2024 – Mexico City, Mexico – The Sports Palace

April 3, 2024 – Mexico City, Mexico – The Sports Palace

April 5, 2024 – Mexico City, Mexico – The Sports Palace

April 6, 2024 – Mexico City, Mexico – The Sports Palace

^With Support from The Story So Far

Aug 26 – Belfast, UK – SSE Arena ^

Aug 27 – Dublin, Ireland – Royal Hospital Kilmainham ^

Aug 29 – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro ^

Aug 30 – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro ^

About blink-182:

Since their humble beginnings nearly thirty years ago, when they started playing in a San Diego garage, ‘blink-182’ have sold over fifty-million albums worldwide and rocked audiences from Adelaide to Zurich having become one of the defining rock bands of their generation. According to The New York Times, “No punk band of the 1990s has been more influential than ‘blink-182’.”  While ‘blink-182’ have already racked up more than their fair share of platinum records and blockbuster singles, they are looking forward to their 10th studio album.  With Delonge back after nearly a decade fans can expect that electric on stage magic that the trio has delivered over the years. With their new album due in 2023, ‘blink-182’ is stoked to be facing their future together.

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Blink-182 Reuniting Classic Lineup With Tom DeLonge For 2023 World Tour, New Single

The trio's new single, "EDGING," is due out this week.

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Most exciting for fans, though, is word that a new single, “EDGING,” is coming on Friday (Oct. 14), commemorating the trio’s first time in the studio in 10 years. In keeping with the barely-contained enthusiasm for the get-together, the eternally youthful Take Off Your Pants and Jacket stars released a promotional video for the tour in which a series of fans vow that they would “do anything to make them come”… to their hometown, is what they mean. Naturally.

The video features a preview of the hard-edged, “Edging,” with the lyrics, “I ain’t that cool/ A little f—ed in the head/ They’ll be hangin’ me quick when I’m back from the dead/ Get the rope, get the rope, get the rope, get the rope.” Tickets for the tour — which a press release teased includes performances at 2023 Lollapaloozas in Chile, Argentina and Brasil alongside Billie Eilish, Drake and Lil Nas X and the 2023 edition of the We Were Young fest in Las Vegas alongside Green Day and others — are slated to go on sale on Monday (Oct. 17) at 10 a.m. local time here .

The get-back comes after Hoppus, 50, revealed that he is writing a memoir that will cover his recent battle with cancer, as well as Blink’s road to success. Back in August, Hoppus said he was “ open to whatever ” for Blink after reuniting with DeLonge before his “brutal” chemotherapy sessions. “It’s actually better than it used to be. There was no agenda. There were no lingering grudges. It felt very back to what it should be: three friends sitting in a room,” he said.

The world tour will feature support from the Wallows in South America, Turnstile in North America, The Story So Far in Europe and Rise Against in Australia/New Zealand.

Watch the promo video and check out the tour dates below.

BLINK-182 2023-24 TOUR DATES:

LATIN AMERICA

+With Support from Wallows

March 11 – Tijuana, MX – Imperial GNP (Festival)

March 14 – Lima, Peru – Estadio San Marcos +

March 17-19 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Lollapalooza Argentina (Festival)

March 17-19 – Santiago, Chile – Lollapalooza Chile (Festival)

March 21-22 – Asuncion, Paraguay – Venue TBA

March 23-26 – Bogotá, Colombia – Estereo Picnic (Festival)

March 24-26 – São Paulo, Brazil – Lollapalooza Brasil (Festival)

March 28 – Mexico City, MX – Palacio de los Deportes +

April 1-2 – Monterrey, MX – Venue TBA

NORTH AMERICA

*With Support from Turnstile

May 4 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center *

May 6 – Chicago, IL – United Center *

May 9 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena *

May 11 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena *

May 12 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre *

May 16 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse *

May 19 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden *

May 20 – Belmont Park, NY – UBS Arena *

May 21 – Boston, MA – TD Garden *

May 23 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena *

May 24 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center *

May 26 – Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Arena *

May 27 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium *

Jun 14 – Phoenix, AZ – Footprint Center *

Jun 16 – Los Angeles, CA – Banc of California Stadium *

Jun 20 – San Diego, CA – Pechanga Arena *

Jun 22 – San Jose, CA – SAP Center *

Jun 23 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center *

Jun 25 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena *

Jun 27 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena *

Jun 29 – Edmonton, AB – Rogers Place *

Jun 30 – Calgary, AB – Scotiabank Saddledome *

Jul 3 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena *

Jul 5 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center *

Jul 7 – Austin, TX – Moody Center *

Jul 8 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center *

Jul 10 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena *

Jul 11 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – FLA Live Arena *

Jul 13 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena *

Jul 14 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center *

Jul 16 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena *

^With Support from The Story So Far

Sep 2 – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro ^

Sep 4 – Belfast, UK – SSE Arena ^

Sep 5 – Dublin, Ireland – 3Arena ^

Sep 8 – Antwerp, Belgium – Sportpaleis ^

Sep 9 – Cologne, Germany – Lanxess Arena ^

Sep 12 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Royal Arena ^

Sep 13 – Stockholm, Sweden – Avicii Arena ^

Sep 14 – Oslo, Norway – Spektrum ^

Sep 16 – Berlin, Germany – Mercedes-Benz Arena ^

Sep 19 – Prague, Czech Republic – O2 Arena ^

Sep 20 – Vienna, Austria – Stadthalle ^

Oct 2– Lisbon, Portugal – Altice Arena ^

Oct 3 – Madrid, Spain – Wizink Centre ^

Oct 4 – Barcelona, Spain – Palau Sant Jordi ^

Oct 6 – Bologna, Italy – Unipol Arena ^

Oct 8 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome ^

Oct 9 – Paris, France – Accor Arena ^

Oct 11 – London, UK – The O2 ^

Oct 14 – Birmingham, UK – Utilita Arena ^

Oct 15 – Manchester, UK – AO Arena ^

Oct 21 – Las Vegas, NV – When We Were Young Festival

BLINK-182 2024 TOUR DATES: 

AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND

& With Support from Rise Against

Feb 9 – Perth, Western Australia – RAC Arena &

Feb 11 – Adelaide, South Australia – Entertainment Centre &

Feb 13 – Melbourne, Victoria – Rod Laver Arena &

Feb 16 – Sydney, New South Wales – Qudos Bank Arena &

Feb 19 – Brisbane, Queensland – Entertainment Centre &

Feb 23 – Auckland, NZ – Spark Arena &

Feb 26 – Christchurch, NZ – Christchurch Arena &

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Blink-182 Reunite With Tom DeLonge, Announce 2023 Tour

Blink-182 have reunited with founding member Tom DeLonge and announced a 2023 tour. The classic lineup of DeLonge, Mark Hoppus, and Travis Barker will also release a comeback single called “Edging” on Friday (October 14). Check out the tour dates, which include North American shows with support from Turnstile, at the bottom of the page, and watch the characteristically juvenile announcement video below. The band will release a new album next year, according to a press release.

DeLonge started Blink-182 with Mark Hoppus in 1992. Their debut album, Cheshire Cat , arrived in 1995, followed by the “Dammit”-featuring album Dude Ranch in 1997. After original drummer Scott Raynor was dismissed from the band in 1998, Travis Barker came aboard in time to record the band’s multi-platinum 1999 album Enema of the State , which featured the hit singles “What’s My Age Again?” and “All the Small Things.”

Their first No. 1 album in the United States followed, 2001’s Take Off Your Pants and Jacket . In 2002, DeLonge and Barker released a side project as a duo, a self-titled Box Car Racer album. The following year, Blink-182 released a self-titled album before announcing an indefinite hiatus in 2005.

DeLonge focused on his band Angels & Airwaves, which released their debut album in 2006, while Barker became a prolific session drummer, particularly in the worlds of pop-punk and hip-hop. In 2008, Barker was involved in a plane crash that led to the trio returning for a reunion tour in 2009. In 2011, Blink-182 released Neighborhoods and they continued to tour in the early 2010s before DeLonge departed the band in early 2015.

Hoppus and Barker discussed DeLonge’s departure in an interview with Rolling Stone at the time, saying that after the band signed a recording contract and booked a studio for album sessions, Hoppus and Barker received emails from DeLonge’s management announcing that he was leaving the band. “To be honest, I wasn’t that surprised because his attitude leading up to that had been not excited and not interested,” Hoppus said. Barker called DeLonge “disrespectful and ungrateful” to have his manager break the news and not call them himself. “Why Blink even got back together in the first place is questionable,” Barker said.

Following DeLonge’s departure, Blink-182 hired Alkaline Trio’s Matt Skiba. They released two albums under that lineup: 2016’s California and 2019’s Nine . The band toured consistently in the late 2010s, too, and was booked to perform at the famously doomed Fyre Festival.

During his time away from the group, DeLonge has continued recording with Angels & Airwaves. He has notably committed much of his time to the study of aliens, UFOs, and conspiracy theories. He founded the company To the Stars Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2015 and was the executive producer behind the History Channel series Unidentified: Inside America’s UFO Investigation . In 2020, the Pentagon declassified UFO videos that DeLonge’s company had previously shared.

In the recent past, Barker has become something of an omnipresent cultural and tabloid figure. He has collaborated with Post Malone, Machine Gun Kelly, Willow, and XXXTentacion, to name a few. In May 2022, he married Kourtney Kardashian.

Since 2019, Hoppus has been hosting the Apple Music 1 radio show After School Radio . In 2021, he revealed that he was diagnosed with cancer; later that year, he said he was cancer free . In an August 2022 interview with People , Hoppus revealed that DeLonge and Barker visited him before he started chemotherapy. “It was the first time that all three of us were in the same room in, like, five years,” Hoppus said. “It’s actually better than it used to be. There was no agenda. There were no lingering grudges. It felt very back to what it should be: three friends sitting in a room.… Everybody’s in a really great place right now.”

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03-11 Tijuana, Mexico - Imperial GNP 03-14 Lima, Peru - Estadio San Marcos + 03-17-19 Buenos Aires, Argentina - Lollapalooza Argentina 03-17-19 Santiago, Chile - Lollapalooza Chile 03-21-22 Asuncion, Paraguay - Venue TBA 03-23-26 Bogotá, Colombia - Estereo Picnic 03-24-26 São Paulo, Brazil - Lollapalooza Brasil 03-28 Mexico City, Mexico - Palacio de los Deportes + 04-01-02 Monterrey, Mexico - Venue TBA 05-04 Saint Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center % 05-06 Chicago, IL - United Center % 05-09 Detroit, MI - Little Caesars Arena % 05-11 Toronto, Ontario - Scotiabank Arena % 05-12 Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre % 05-16 Cleveland, OH - Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse % 05-17 Pittsburgh, PA - PPG Paints Arena % 05-19 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden % 05-20 Elmont, NY - UBS Arena % 05-21 Boston, MA - TD Garden % 05-23 Washington, D.C. - Capital One Arena % 05-24 Brooklyn, NY - Barclays Center % 05-26 Baltimore, MD - Baltimore Arena % 05-27 Hershey, PA - Hersheypark Stadium % 06-14 Phoenix, AZ - Footprint Center % 06-16 Los Angeles, CA - Banc of California Stadium % 06-20 San Diego, CA - Pechanga Arena % 06-22 San Jose, CA - SAP Center % 06-23 Sacramento, CA - Golden 1 Center % 06-25 Seattle, WA - Climate Pledge Arena % 06-27 Vancouver, British Columbia - Rogers Arena % 06-29 Edmonton, Alberta - Rogers Place % 06-30 Calgary, Alberta - Scotiabank Saddledome % 07-03 Denver, CO - Ball Arena % 07-05 Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center % 07-07 Austin, TX - Moody Center % 07-08 Houston, TX - Toyota Center % 07-10 Tampa, FL - Amalie Arena % 07-11 Ft. Lauderdale, FL - FLA Live Arena % 07-13 Atlanta, GA - State Farm Arena % 07-14 Charlotte, NC - Spectrum Center % 07-16 Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena % 09-02 Glasgow, Scotland - OVO Hydro ^ 09-04 Belfast, Northern Ireland - SSE Arena ^ 09-05 Dublin, Ireland - 3Arena ^ 09-08 Antwerp, Belgium - Sportpaleis ^ 09-09 Cologne, Germany - Lanxess Arena ^ 09-12 Copenhagen, Denmark - Royal Arena ^ 09-13 Stockholm, Sweden - Avicii Arena ^ 09-14 Oslo, Norway - Spektrum ^ 09-16 Berlin, Germany - Mercedes-Benz Arena ^ 09-17 Hamburg, Germany - Barclays Arena ^ 09-19 Prague, Czech Republic - O2 Arena ^ 09-20 Vienna, Austria - Stadthalle ^ 10-02 Lisbon, Portugal - Altice Arena ^ 10-03 Madrid, Spain - Wizink Centre ^ 10-04 Barcelona, Spain - Palau Sant Jordi ^ 10-06 Bologna, Italy - Unipol Arena ^ 10-08 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Ziggo Dome ^ 10-09 Paris, France - Accor Arena ^ 10-11 London, England - The O2 ^ 10-14 Birmingham, England - Utilita Arena ^ 10-15 Manchester, England - AO Arena ^ 10-21 Las Vegas, NV - When We Were Young Festival 02-09 Perth, Australia - RAC Arena ! 02-11 Adelaide, Australia - Entertainment Centre ! 02-13 Melbourne, Australia - Rod Laver Arena ! 02-16 Sydney, Australia - Qudos Bank Arena ! 02-19 Brisbane, Australia - Entertainment Centre ! 02-23 Auckland, New Zealand - Spark Arena ! 02-26 Christchurch, New Zealand - Christchurch Arena !

+ with Wallows % with Turnstile ^ with The Story So Far ! with Rise Against

CORRECTION : An earlier version of this story incorrectly indicated that Blink-182 are going on a stadium tour. Only a handful of the band’s reunion shows will take place at stadiums.

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Blink-182 Unveils ‘One More Time’ North American Tour Dates

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Reunited pop-punk icons Blink-182 will be back on the road in the summer of 2024 with a stadium and arena tour through North America in support of their just-released album, “One More Time .”

Produced by Live Nation, the 30-city trek includes stadium performances at Petco Park in the band’s hometown of San Diego, SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, Citi Field in New York, Fenway Park in Boston, and Rogers Centre in Toronto, along with 25 arena performances. “One More Time” marks the first time in a decade that the original trio of Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker have been in the studio together.

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VIP:  The tour will also offer a variety of different VIP packages and experiences including premium tickets, invitation to the pre-show hospitality lounge, specially designed merchandise items and more.

 BLINK-182 2024 NORTH AMERICA TOUR DATES:

*With Support from Pierce the Veil

+With Support from Alexisonfire and Pierce the Veil

Jun 20 – Orlando, FL – Amway Center*

Jun 21 – Miami, FL – Kaseya Center*

Jun 24 – San Antonio, TX – Frost Bank Center*

Jun 25 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena*

Jun 27 — Denver, CO — Ball Arena*

Jun 30 – San Diego, CA – Petco Park*

July 02 – Glendale, AZ – Desert Diamond Arena*

July 03 – Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile Arena*

July 06 — Los Angeles, CA — SoFi Stadium*

July 08– Fresno, CA – Save Mart Center*

July 09 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center*

Jul 11 – Salt Lake City, UT – Delta Center*

Jul 13 – Portland, OR – Moda Center*

Jul 14 – Quincy, WA – Gorge Amphitheatre*

Jul 21 – Flushing, NY – Citi Field*

July 23 – Boston, MA – Fenway Park*

July 24 — Hartford, CT — The XFINITY Theatre*

Jul 26 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center*

Jul 27 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena*

Jul 29 – Greenville, SC – Bon Secours Wellness Arena*

Jul 30 – Raleigh, NC – PNC Arena*

Aug 01 – Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena*

Aug 02 – Indianapolis, IN – Gainbridge Fieldhouse*

Aug 06 – Minneapolis, MN – Target Center*

Aug 09 – Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center*

Aug 10 – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center*

Aug 12 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena*

Aug 13 – Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center*

Aug 15 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre+

BLINK -182 WORLDWIDE TOUR DATES:

AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND

!With Support from Rise Against

Feb 8 – Perth, Australia – RAC Arena!

Feb 9 – Perth, Australia – RAC Arena!

Feb 11 – Adelaide, Australia – Entertainment Centre!

Feb 13 – Melbourne, Australia – Rod Laver Arena!

Feb 14 – Melbourne, Australia – Rod Laver Arena!

Feb 16 – Sydney, Australia – Qudos Bank Arena!

Feb 17 – Sydney, Australia – Qudos Bank Arena!

Feb 19 – Brisbane, Australia – Entertainment Centre!

Feb 20 – Brisbane, Australia – Entertainment Centre!

Feb 21 – Brisbane, Australia – Entertainment Centre!

Feb 23 – Sydney, Australia – Qudos Bank Arena!

Feb 24 – Sydney, Australia – Qudos Bank Arena!

Feb 26 – Melbourne, Australia – Rod Laver Arena!

Feb 27 – Melbourne, Australia – Rod Laver Arena!

Feb 29 – Melbourne, Australia – Rod Laver Arena!

Mar 02 – Auckland, NZ – Spark Arena!

Mar 04 – Christchurch, NZ – Christchurch Arena!

LATIN AMERICA

March 2024 – Lollapalooza Argentina, Chile & Brasil, Estereo Picnic, and Asuncionico

**Exact performance dates to be announced

March 2024 – Monterrey, Mexico @ Pal Norte Festival

**Exact performance date to be announced

March 27, 2024 – Lima, Peru – Estadio San Marcos

April 2, 2024 – Mexico City, Mexico – The Sports Palace

April 3, 2024 – Mexico City, Mexico – The Sports Palace

April 5, 2024 – Mexico City, Mexico – The Sports Palace

April 6, 2024 – Mexico City, Mexico – The Sports Palace 

^With Support from The Story So Far

Aug 26 – Belfast, UK – SSE Arena ^

Aug 27 – Dublin, Ireland – Royal Hospital Kilmainham ^

Aug 29 – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro ^

Aug 30 – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro ^

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After wiping their website and Instagram clean yesterday, seemingly in preparation for some big news, Blink-182 has come through with a major announcement: Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker are reuniting for a massive 2023 world tour.

The trio have also made some new music: Their new song, "Edging," will be out this Friday.

The band made the announcement in a very on-brand double entendre-filled video .

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The tour starts in Latin America in March 2023 with the band Wallows as the opening act. North American tour dates start May 4 in St. Paul, Minnesota, with the band Turnstile opening.

That leg of the tour wraps up July 16 in Nashville, Tennessee. The band will then head to Europe in September with The Story So Far as openers, and Australia/New Zealand in 2024 with Rise Against on the bill.

The tour also includes an Oct. 12, 2023 appearance at the When We Were Young festival, and appearances at Lollapalooza Argentina, Lollapalooza Chile and Lollapalooza Brazil.

Tickets go on sale Monday, Oct. 17, 2022 at 10 a.m. local time at blink182.com.

The band's return to the stage is significant, considering its members have been dealing with a lot in their personal lives: Bassist/vocalist Mark Hoppus has been continuing to recover from his 2021 cancer battle, while drummer Travis Barker was hospitalized earlier this year with pancreatitis.

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Blink-182 returns for massive global tour, which features a stop at state farm arena in atlanta on july 13 & new music reuniting mark, tom, and travis for the first time in nearly 10 years.

Special Guests Include Turnstile and Kenny Hoopla in North America, Rise Against in Australia, The Story So Far in United Kingdom & Europe and Wallows in Latin America

Tickets On Sale Starting Monday, October 17 at 10 AM at blink182.com and Ticketmaster.com  

Multi-platinum, award winning group blink-182 have announced their biggest tour ever, a colossal global outing with Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker reuniting for the first time in nearly 10 years. Produced by Live Nation, the worldwide trek includes their first ever performances in Latin America along with stops in North America including Atlanta at the award-winning State Farm Arena on July 13 , Europe, Australia, and New Zealand starting March 2023 through February 2024.

The band will also drop their new single “Edging'' this Friday, October 14, marking the first time in a decade that Mark, Tom and Travis have been in the studio together.

The tour announcement also features multiple festival appearances in Latin America and the US, including Lollapalooza alongside co-headliners Billie Eilish & Drake and the 2023 edition of We Were Young with Green Day among others.

TICKETS:  Tickets go on sale starting Monday, October 17 at 10am local time on blink182.com and Ticketmaster.com .

About blink-182:

Since their humble beginnings nearly thirty years ago, when they started playing in a San Diego garage, ‘blink-182’ have sold over fifty-million albums worldwide and rocked audiences from Adelaide to Zurich having become one of the defining rock bands of their generation. According to The New York Times, "No punk band of the 1990s has been more influential than ‘blink-182’.”  While ‘blink-182’ have already racked up more than their fair share of platinum records and blockbuster singles, they are looking forward to their 10th studio album.  With Delonge back after nearly a decade fans can expect that electric on stage magic that the trio has delivered over the years. With their new album due in 2023, ‘blink-182’ is stoked to be facing their future together.

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  blink-182 With Special Guests Turnstile Thursday, July 13  Doors open at 6:30 PM Show starts at 7:30 PM We are excited to welcome you to State Farm Arena for  blink-182  on  Thursday, July 13.    To ensure you have the best experience possible, please find the following information to help you navigate this event. If you have any questions, feel free to contact our Guest Services Department at (404) 878-3000 or use the chat function on  StateFarmArena.com  or  mobile app.  

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blink-182 With Guests Turnstile and Beauty School Dropout

For the first time ever, blink-182 will be gracing the United Center stage, with support from Turnstile and Beauty School Dropout, on May 6th and 7th!

Multi-platinum, award winning group blink-182 are embarking on their biggest tour ever, a colossal global outing with Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker reuniting for the first time in nearly 10 years. Produced by Live Nation, the worldwide trek includes their first ever performances in Latin America along with stops in North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand starting March 2023 through February 2024.

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The band will also drop their new single “Edging” this Friday, October 14, marking the first time in a decade that Mark, Tom and Travis have been in the studio together in almost 10 years.

The Blink-182 tour announcement also features multiple festival appearances in Latin America and the US, including Lollapalooza alongside co-headliners Billie Eilish and Drake and the 2023 edition of We Were Young with Green Day among others. Tickets go on sale starting Monday, October 17 at 10am local time via the band’s official website .

BLINK-182 play the following tour dates in 2023:

LATIN AMERICA (+With Support from Wallows) March 11 – Tijuana, MX – Imperial GNP (Festival) March 14 – Lima, Peru – Estadio San Marcos+ March 17-19 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Lollapalooza Argentina (Festival) March 17-19 – Santiago, Chile – Lollapalooza Chile (Festival) March 21-22 – Asuncion, Paraguay – Venue TBA March 23-26 – Bogotá, Colombia – Estereo Picnic (Festival) March 24-26 – São Paulo, Brazil – Lollapalooza Brasil (Festival) March 28 – Mexico City, MX – Palacio de los Deportes+ April 1-2 – Monterrey, MX – Venue TBA

NORTH AMERICA (*With Support from Turnstile) May 4 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center* May 6 – Chicago, IL – United Center* May 9 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena* May 11 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena* May 12 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre* May 16 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse* May 17 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena* May 19 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden* May 20 – Belmont Park, NY – UBS Arena* May 21 – Boston, MA – TD Garden* May 23 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena* May 24 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center* May 26 – Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Arena* May 27 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium* Jun 14 – Phoenix, AZ – Footprint Center* Jun 16 – Los Angeles, CA – Banc of California Stadium* Jun 20 – San Diego, CA – Pechanga Arena* Jun 22 – San Jose, CA – SAP Center* Jun 23 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center* Jun 25 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena* Jun 27 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena* Jun 29 – Edmonton, AB – Rogers Place* Jun 30 – Calgary, AB – Scotiabank Saddledome* Jul 3 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena* Jul 5 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center* Jul 7 – Austin, TX – Moody Center* Jul 8 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center* Jul 10 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena* Jul 11 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – FLA Live Arena* Jul 13 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena* Jul 14 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center* Jul 16 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena*

EUROPE (^With Support from The Story So Far) Sep 2 – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro^ Sep 4 – Belfast, UK – SSE Arena^ Sep 5 – Dublin, Ireland – 3Arena^ Sep 8 – Antwerp, Belgium – Sportpaleis^ Sep 9 – Cologne, Germany – Lanxess Arena^ Sep 12 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Royal Arena^ Sep 13 – Stockholm, Sweden – Avicii Arena^ Sep 14 – Oslo, Norway – Spektrum^ Sep 16 – Berlin, Germany – Mercedes-Benz Arena^ Sep 17 – Hamburg, Germany – Barclays Arena^ Sep 19 – Prague, Czech Republic – O2 Arena^ Sep 20 – Vienna, Austria – Stadthalle^ Oct 2– Lisbon, Portugal – Altice Arena^ Oct 3 – Madrid, Spain – Wizink Centre^ Oct 4 – Barcelona, Spain – Palau Sant Jordi^ Oct 6 – Bologna, Italy – Unipol Arena^ Oct 8 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome^ Oct 9 – Paris, France – Accor Arena^ Oct 11 – London, UK – The O2^ Oct 14 – Birmingham, UK – Utilita Arena^ Oct 15 – Manchester, UK – AO Arena^

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Blink-182 Reunite With Tom DeLonge for Massive World Tour and New Music

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Mark Hoppus lied. Back in August, after Tom DeLonge shared a photograph of his former Blink-182 bandmates, tagging both Hoppus and Travis Barker , the bassist and singer took to social media to insist that the band wasn’t reuniting, much to the dismay of their fans. But the band announced today that not only is Blink-182 back with a massive world tour , but DeLonge will also return to the lineup for the first time in nearly a decade. And to top it off, they are releasing a new single, “Edging,” out Friday.

The band made the announcement in true Blink-182 fashion — with a raunchy, suggestive social media post that could give someone a very wrong impression if it were to be played too loud in public. “We’re coming. Tour’s coming. Album’s coming. Tom’s coming,” they wrote alongside a minute-long announcement visual.

The tour begins March 11 in Latin America with support from Wallows and spans through April 2. In May, the North American leg supported by Turnstile will begin in Minnesota. The band will make stops in Chicago, Montreal, Brooklyn, Hershey, San Diego, Austin, Atlanta, and more before wrapping in Nashville on July 16. The Story So Far will accompany Blink-182 on the European leg beginning Sept. 6 and concluding on Oct. 15. In February 2024, the band will head to Australia and New Zealand with Rise Against.

General sale begins Monday, Oct. 17 at 10 a.m. local time via the official Blink-182 website . Blink-182 will also headline Lollapalooza 2023 alongside Billie Eilish and Drake in addition to the 2023 edition of We Were Young Festival alongside Green Day and more.

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Blink-182 Reunites with Tom DeLonge for Massive 2023 World Tour, New Album and 'Edging' Single

Mark Hoppus, Travis Barker and Tom DeLonge are back together for the first time since 2015 with new music and an extensive string of concerts across Latin America, North America, Europe and Oceania

Get ready to Take Off Your Pants and Jacket , because Blink-182 is back in its most iconic form.

Blink-182 surprised fans on Tuesday with the announcement of its first new music and world tour featuring members Mark Hoppus , Travis Barker and Tom DeLonge since 2015 with a cheeky video teasing "Edging," the alternative rock band's new single, out Friday.

Posted to social media, the announcement video features Blink-182's signature suggestive humor as a series of everyday individuals seemingly anticipate the band's return. "If I'm being totally honest, I can't stop thinking about them coming," says a woman lounging in a beach chair, before a green-haired, heavily pierced and tattooed punker asks later in the clip, "Could you imagine all three of them coming?"

At the end of the video, text revealing the upcoming tour, album and single appear onscreen while what sounds like a clip from "Edging" plays in the background. "I ain't that cool / A little f---ed in the head / They'll be hanging me quick / When I'm back from the dead / Get the rope," sings the band.

"Edging" marks Blink-182's first new single featuring the complete trio since DeLonge, 46, exited the band in 2015 to focus on his other project, rock band Angels & Airwaves, formed in 2005. Earlier this year, he fueled rumors of his triumphant return, posting a black-and-white throwback photo of the band, which he helped form in 1992, tagging the group in the caption.

However, Hoppus later took to his Discord channel to set the record straight regarding DeLonge's rumored return to the group. "There is no news to share. There is no announcement," wrote the bassist and vocalist before noting a celebratory occasion for the band, which formed in August 1992. "Today is 30 years of blink-182!"

At its 1992 inception, Blink-182 consisted of co-founders DeLonge, Hoppus, 50, and Scott Raynor, who exited the group in 1998. Barker, 46, entered during the making of Blink-182's breakout 1999 Enema of the State album, and they released music and performed as a trio through DeLonge's 2005 exit. Since then, Hoppus and Barker have created music and toured with Matt Skiba, who's seemingly now left the band.

Kicking off on March 11, 2023, at the Imperial GNP festival in Tijuana, Mexico, and continuing its Latin American leg through early April, the reunion tour will go on for nearly a year, featuring North American shows from May through July, European shows from September through October, and a string of dates in Australia and New Zealand in February 2024.

The band's opening acts include Wallows in Latin America, Turnstile in North America, The Story So Far in Europe and Rise Against in Australia and New Zealand.

Earlier this year, Hoppus told PEOPLE that Barker and DeLonge paid him a hospital visit following his stage 4 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma diagnosis in April 2021. "It was the first time that all three of us were in the same room in like five years," said the rocker, who's now cancer-free. "It's actually better than it used to be. There was no agenda. There were no lingering grudges. It felt very back to what it should be: three friends sitting in a room."

See the full list of Blink-182's 2023-2024 tour dates below.

March 11 – Tijuana, MX – Imperial GNP (Festival)

March 14 – Lima, Peru – Estadio San Marcos

March 17-19 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Lollapalooza Argentina (Festival)

March 17-19 – Santiago, Chile – Lollapalooza Chile (Festival)

March 21-22 – Asuncion, Paraguay – Venue TBA

March 23-26 – Bogotá, Colombia – Estereo Picnic (Festival)

March 24-26 – São Paulo, Brazil – Lollapalooza Brasil (Festival)

March 28 – Mexico City, MX – Palacio de los Deportes

April 1-2 – Monterrey, MX – Venue TBA

May 4 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center

May 6 – Chicago, IL – United Center

May 9 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena

May 11 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena

May 12 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre

May 16 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse

May 17 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena

May 19 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden

May 20 – Belmont Park, NY – UBS Arena

May 21 – Boston, MA – TD Garden

May 23 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena

May 24 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center

May 26 – Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Arena

May 27 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium

Jun. 14 – Phoenix, AZ – Footprint Center

Jun. 16 – Los Angeles, CA – Banc of California Stadium

Jun. 20 – San Diego, CA – Pechanga Arena

Jun. 22 – San Jose, CA – SAP Center

Jun. 23 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center

Jun. 25 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena

Jun. 27 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena

Jun. 29 – Edmonton, AB – Rogers Place

Jun. 30 – Calgary, AB – Scotiabank Saddledome

Jul. 3 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena

Jul. 5 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center

Jul. 7 – Austin, TX – Moody Center

Jul. 8 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center

Jul. 10 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena

Jul. 11 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – FLA Live Arena

Jul. 13 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena

Jul. 14 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center

Jul. 16 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena

Sep. 2 – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro

Sep. 4 – Belfast, UK – SSE Arena

Sep. 5 – Dublin, Ireland – 3Arena

Sep. 8 – Antwerp, Belgium – Sportpaleis

Sep. 9 – Cologne, Germany – Lanxess Arena

Sep. 12 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Royal Arena

Sep. 13 – Stockholm, Sweden – Avicii Arena

Sep. 14 – Oslo, Norway – Spektrum

Sep. 16 – Berlin, Germany – Mercedes-Benz Arena

Sep. 17 – Hamburg, Germany – Barclays Arena

Sep. 19 – Prague, Czech Republic – O2 Arena

Sep. 20 – Vienna, Austria – Stadthalle

Oct. 2– Lisbon, Portugal – Altice Arena

Oct. 3 – Madrid, Spain – Wizink Centre

Oct. 4 – Barcelona, Spain – Palau Sant Jordi

Oct. 6 – Bologna, Italy – Unipol Arena

Oct. 8 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome

Oct. 9 – Paris, France – Accor Arena

Oct. 11 – London, UK – The O2

Oct. 14 – Birmingham, UK – Utilita Arena

Oct. 15 – Manchester, UK – AO Arena

Oct. 21 – Las Vegas, NV – When We Were Young Festival

Feb. 9 – Perth, Western Australia – RAC Arena

Feb. 11 – Adelaide, South Australia – Entertainment Centre

Feb. 13 – Melbourne, Victoria – Rod Laver Arena

Feb. 16 – Sydney, New South Wales – Qudos Bank Arena

Feb. 19 – Brisbane, Queensland – Entertainment Centre

Feb. 23 – Auckland, NZ – Spark Arena

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Multi-platinum, award-winning group blink-182 have announced their biggest tour ever, a colossal global outing with Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge, and Travis Barker reuniting for the first time in nearly 10 years. Produced by Live Nation, the worldwide trek includes their first-ever performances in Latin America along with stops in North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand starting March 2023 through February 2024. The band will also drop their new single “Edging'' this Friday, October 14, marking the first time in a decade that Mark, Tom, and Travis have been in the studio together. The tour announcement also features multiple festival appearances in Latin America and the US, including Lollapalooza alongside co-headliners Billie Eilish & Drake and the 2023 edition of We Were Young with Green Day among others.

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Multi-platinum, award winning group blink-182 have announced their biggest tour ever, a colossal global outing with Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker reuniting for the first time in nearly 10 years.

The band has also dropped its new single "Edging," marking the first time in a decade that Mark, Tom and Travis have been in the studio together.

Since their humble beginnings nearly thirty years ago, when they started playing in a San Diego garage, blink-182 have sold over fifty million albums worldwide and rocked audiences from Adelaide to Zurich having become one of the defining rock bands of their generation. According to The New York Times, "No punk band of the 1990s has been more influential than blink-182."

While blink-182 have already racked up more than their fair share of platinum records and blockbuster singles, they are looking forward to their 10th studio album. With Delonge back after nearly a decade, fans can expect that electric on stage magic that the trio has delivered over the years. With their new album due in 2023, blink-182 are stoked to be facing their future together.

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The  Michelob Golden Light Taphouse  is   located at section 120 (gate 4) and opens at 6:30 p.m. The sports-themed restaurant features signature specialty wings, sandwiches and sharables, plus a full service bar.

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Multi-platinum, award winning group blink-182 have announced their biggest tour ever, a colossal global outing with Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker reuniting for the first time in nearly 10 years. Produced by Live Nation, the worldwide trek includes their first ever performances in Latin America along with stops in North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand starting March 2023 through February 2024.

The band will also drop their new single “Edging'' this Friday, October 14, marking the first time in a decade that Mark, Tom and Travis have been in the studio together.

The tour announcement also features multiple festival appearances in Latin America and the US, including Lollapalooza alongside co-headliners Billie Eilish & Drake and the 2023 edition of We Were Young with Green Day among others.

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Blink-182 Concert Review: A Striking Rock Show at Fenway Park

As the sun set over Boston’s beloved Fenway Park on July 23, Blink-182 let their signature juvenile humor ring out across the stadium through a selection of their greatest hits and songs off their newest album, “ONE MORE TIME….” With rich instrumentation, youthful banter, and a plethora of fireworks, the band put on a nostalgic performance honoring their past and present.

Blink-182 opened the night with the classic “Feeling This,” a pop-punk song exploring the fiery but short-lived emotions of lust and passion within a relationship. Tom DeLonge, on vocals and guitar, and Mark Hoppus, on vocals and bass, took turns singing the track’s verses and chorus, with fans eventually joining in. “Feeling This” set the energy for the rest of the show, promising a night of boisterous fun and lively music that the rest of the set certainly delivered.

Following up with “The Rock Show,” Blink-182 gave their drummer, Travis Barker, time to shine. Barker gave an exhilarating and skilled performance on the drums, at times overpowering Hoppus and DeLonge but bringing the intensity of a true rock show. The fireworks throughout the song as Hoppus sang the repeating refrain, “I fell in love with the girl at the rock show,” made the show a celebratory event, tying together where the band has been and where they’re going.

Hoppus and DeLonge frequently took breaks for crowd work, ranging from jokes about the Boston cream pie and puns about Dunkin’, to making unserious proclamations that it’s “your fault your parents got divorced” and dedicating songs to the women of Boston “’cause they’re hot.” While their humor was reminiscent of a high school boys’ lunch table, it was classic Blink-182 and embodied the spirit of “What’s My Age Again?,” one of their most popular tracks and an anthem for immaturity.

This exploration of the past continued with “Carousel,” a track from their debut album “Cheshire Cat.” The song is a marker of the band’s origin, which DeLonge made sure to point out after citing criticism he has gotten for getting too deep with telling stories during the show.

“Instead of doing a story, I’m thinking we should play one of the first songs, if not the first song, we ever wrote as a band,” DeLonge said, while introducing “Carousel.”

A track about reflecting back on the ease of school days and the difficult transition of growing up, “Carousel” grapples with the loneliness and loss of community that comes with being a young adult. DeLonge’s powerful vocals alongside Barker’s drumming and Hoppus’s bass brought the angst and frustration that was key to the song.

This meditation on the past was also present in several of the tracks they performed from “ONE MORE TIME…” as the band returned to their pop-punk sound with more introspective subject matter. “ANTHEM PART 3” looked back on old mistakes with lyrics, detailing that “this time, I won’t be complacent / the dreams I gave up and wasted.” “MORE THAN YOU KNOW” leaned toward a more metal sound, with DeLonge screaming out the song’s chorus, and explored feelings of pain and numbness.

Barker’s drumming was a literal high point of the show, as he and his drums were raised in the air during the drum solo of “Not Now” before coming back down three songs later at the end of “Down.” His solo was electric, and his drumming was truly a driving force throughout the set — though Barker shone just as well alongside the melodic vocals and fiery guitar riffs of Hoppus and DeLonge.

Toward the end of the show, the band returned to some fan favorites from their discography. “First Date,” a track recounting the nerves of going on a first date coupled with the excitement of wanting to stay in that moment, saw the return of another round of fireworks and clips of the audience projected onto the three big screens behind the band. The repeating lyrics, “Let’s make this last forever / forever and ever,” and the song’s dynamic instrumentals brought a surge of energy as the night ended.

Blink-182 makes sure to include an element of surprise at each of their shows. The band has previously used the instrumental bridge of “Dammit” to cover songs, including Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” in New York and recently Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony Club” at Lollapalooza. In Boston, the band returned to a classic they’ve done during their early years of performing “Dammit” live: “No Scrubs” by TLC. A track about the struggles of growing up, “Dammit” is still beloved by fans today and a fitting inclusion on the setlist for a band that snubs expectations of maturity in favor of the amusement of youth.

The history of Blink-182 is a long and tumultuous one, with several breakups, reunions, and a host of tragedies. Yet, the connection between Hoppus, DeLonge, and Barker has withstood the test of time, and their encore song, “ONE MORE TIME” hammered that message home. The song reflects on Hoppus’s battle with cancer and Barker’s plane crash in 2008, affirming that it shouldn’t take near-death experiences to bring them together. Paying homage to their song “I Miss You” with the lyrics “I miss you, took time, but I admit it / It still hurts even after all these years,” Blink-182 ended the show on a touching note.

Though the show was largely a walk down memory lane, Blink-182 celebrated not only where they’ve been, but also where they’re going. Despite an array of childish displays and songs declaring “no one should take themselves so seriously,” the band seems to have grown from their mistakes and refocused on the music, delivering a striking performance for fans new and old.

—Staff writer Anna Moiseieva can be reached at [email protected] . Follow her on X at @AMoiseieva .

Roisin Kelly / 24 August 2024

blink-182 at Reading Festival, 23/08/2024

The pop-punk trio delivered an emotionally charged, outrageous and nostalgic set that celebrated their 30-year career

blink-182 took the Reading crowd on a journey through their 30-year career. Splicing in an eclectic collection of their biggest hits from over the years and delivering a night that was nostalgic, outrageous and emotionally charged. “It’s f***ing awesome to be back here at Reading, we’ve been coming here since the early 2000s. Through all the highs and the lows… We’re back here.” frontman Mark Hoppus shares with the sweeping Reading crowd. Between their pop-punk anthems and their signature “your mum” jokes, this sentimentality and reflection was a predominant theme of the night. Whether you found them in the 90s or 00s, or you’re part of the resurgence that’s discovering them now, blink-182 make everyone feel something real. That sentiment is evident from the show’s opening chords. The trio arrived on stage to a deafening cheer and launched into ‘Feeling This’, the first single from their self-titled 2003 album.   Following ‘Feeling This’, the band gave fans exactly what they came for, going straight into anthems such as ‘The Rock Show’, ‘Man Overboard’ and ‘Aliens Exist’. Catchy hooks and sing-along lyrics are blink-182’s bread and butter. The band’s ability to write a pop-punk earworm is second to none, and hearing them live makes blink-182’s legacy and longevity undeniable. They bait the crowd with their blatant ridiculousness, repeatedly calling themselves the best band in the world and bringing up Britain’s colonising history with the States. They know their wind ups, silly and facetious. As always, they aim to tease fans and completely outrage the proper.

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The band’s synchrony and tightness was something to behold. Travis Barker’s drumming prowess goes without saying, but both Mark and Tom’s vocals were impressive – even with Tom revealing he’d been sick this week. Although, in all fairness, a little extra nasality probably isn’t going to harm Tom DeLonge’s schtick.

Of course, blink-182’s foray into the emo genre, ‘I Miss You’, was an absolute crowd favourite. The drama and delivery of ‘Not Now’ matched the space-rock direction that Tom would take his side project Angels and Airwaves.

Throughout their tumultuous career – and their dysfunctional band politics – blink-182 had many side projects. Paying homage to this history with short snippets of +44’s ‘When Your Heart Stops Beating’ and Boxcar Racer’s ‘There Is’ was a moving touch for the long-time fans of each and every blink iteration.   The trio saved their biggest bangers for last. Sending the crowd into a frenzy with ‘What’s My Age Again’, ‘First Date’, ‘All The Small Things’ and ‘Dammit’ closing out the show – the final of which, Mark added a playful Spice Girl’s interpolation. But the band have always loved to make their fans laugh, and then make us cry. That bittersweetness was in full force with their encore track, ‘ONE MORE TIME’. Released in 2023, ‘ONE MORE TIME’ is the band’s letter of love, reflection and forgiveness to each other. Mark and Tom’s emotions were palpable. The encore performance was accompanied by a stirring montage of music videos and clips of the trio goofing around over the years. The show celebrated blink-182’s legacy and acknowledged the turbulent journey it took for the band to be here, reunited and performing on the main stage at Reading in 2024. ‘ONE MORE TIME’ was a beautiful way to sum that up while also serving a poignant reminder to all of us; tell your friends you love them.

The world has changed a lot since blink-182 were topping charts. Surprisingly, in 2024 blink-182’s boyish humour didn’t feel offbeat. It was silly, self-deprecating and self-aware. And with all of their nostalgic sonic angst, blink-182 transported me back to a simpler, freer time. A time without every moment of our lives captured on cell phones. Or the sensation you’re always being watched, need to appear cool and the resulting anxiety. I haven’t screamed lyrics or danced without inhibitions at a show like I did to blink-182 last night, in years.

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