Blink 182 To Reunite and Record

[Fattening Ass]

band sucks

[Mariner]

Originally Posted by yoshinobu's revenge

i kinda thought that too but couldn't deny it's catchiness etc. and their last (s/t) album was surprisingly decent. they used robert smith better than billy did in TFE.

yeah the 2003 s/t shits all over zeitgeist, sorry apologists. it's like a weird gateway from less serious teen pop punk type stuff to things like the cure and new order/joy division.

"violence", "fallen", & "easy target"/"all of this" are great little pop songs


the real shame, though, is for preconceived notions to get in the way of people listening to boxcar racer. now there's a teenage nostalgia record.

[Raskolnikov]

Originally Posted by Mariner

the real shame, though, is for preconceived notions to get in the way of people listening to boxcar racer. now there's a teenage nostalgia record.

Seriously, man. I always plan on taking that album off my iPod, then a song like "Cat Like Thief" or "Watch The World" will come up on shuffle and I remember why I just can't bring myself to yank it. "There Is" will always, always remind me of a particular late night drive with a particular ex.

[markpregen]

BAND REUNITES FOR FIRST TOUR IN 5 YEARS AND DELIVERS FOR FANS WITH $20 ALL-INCLUSIVE LAWN TICKETS

WEEZER, FALL OUT BOY To Join The Most Dynamic Tour Package All Summer

Additional Support Acts On Different Dates: Panic At The Disco, All American Rejects, Taking Back Sunday, Asher Roth and Chester French

LOS ANGELES, May 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Setting the alternative nation abuzz with excitement and anticipation, Travis Barker, Tom Delonge and Mark Hoppus, better known as blink-182, one of the world's greatest punk rock bands, earlier this year officially announced they are back together. Today they are confirming their monster summer tour which features a ton of great bands and is the first-ever national tour to offer lawn tickets at a $20 all-inclusive price for each amphitheater show. The Live Nation produced tour kicks off on July 24th in Las Vegas, NV and culminates October 3rd at The Borgata in Atlantic City. The national tour will be presented by T-Mobile Sidekick LX, State Farm and MySpace. Tickets are available at Live Nation | Concert Tickets and Concert Tour Dates beginning May 30.

In addition to the hit-filled headlining blink-182 set, the tour will feature a full package of support acts such as Fall Out Boy, Weezer, Panic At The Disco, All American Rejects, Taking Back Sunday, Chester French and Asher Roth. The band chose to feature support acts that were mutual friends, along with some exciting new artists.

With more than 20 million albums sold worldwide, blink-182 is widely considered one of the best punk rock bands of all time. Formed in the San Diego suburbs in 1993, the band found international fame, multi-platinum albums and massive radio airplay success before breaking up in 2004. Although each member went on to their own successful projects, personal events and natural chemistry brought them back together. In what each of the band members describe as nothing short of fate, they have newfound inspiration and creativity together, and are working to create the summer's best rock show. Known for connecting with their fans, blink-182 is out to prove that after five years apart, they can still deliver a massive show and this will be the highlight of the summer touring season.

This summer, blink-182 is vowing to give fans the best value for their dollar. As the tour primarily stops at Live Nation amphitheaters, the band has taken the extraordinary step of making lawn tickets available at $20 including all fees while supplies last. NO charge for parking, ticketing fees, no tax, No nothing... You got a 20 dollar bill and you're on the lawn and in the show.

"We can't wait to get out on tour this summer. After a four year break, we're ready to get out on the road and play what we hope will be the most amazing tour of the season. The lineup is awesome. We've got an ever-changing roster of bands, from the most established and successful names in rock and roll, to the hottest up and coming artists on the scene. For production, we're putting together the most ambitious stage show of our career. Working with Martin Phillips (stage designer for Daft Punk, Kanye West, Nine Inch Nails, etc), you can expect the most ridiculous display of lights and images we can imagine. And the best part is that we're bringing all of this together for one of the lowest-priced tours of the summer. We've worked very hard with the promoters to make possible something that has never been done by any major touring act. 20 dollar tickets. 20 dollars gets you into the blink-182 tour this summer. No hidden fees, no parking fees, no extras, no processing charge. 20 dollars and you're at the show. Good Times!" said blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus.

"blink-182 has made a career out of outrageous behavior," said Live Nation's, Jason Garner, "so it's fitting that they are breaking the rules again creating such a huge show at an incredibly low price. It will be a can't miss event."

"Ever since I heard 'dude ranch' I knew I wanted to meet blink-182. They basically were saying and doing everything I wanted to, only in smarter and funnier ways. To have the chance to join them on tour has always been a dream for our band. We thought we probably would never have the chance. It's good for music that blink-182 is making noise again. I'm really happy to be able to see it from such a close point of view," said Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz.

Keep an eye out for details about how to experience a special Blink 182 concert coming soon through an unprecedented technology that will bring the band to fans like nothing ever before. Curious about the venue? Craving a ticket? Stay tuned for more to come on how to get in on this first-of-its-kind Blink performance, taking place before the nationwide tour kicks-off.

The tour is presented by the new T-Mobile Sidekick LX. This summer, T-Mobile will support blink-182 and the tour with a national promotion and also implement programming in top U.S. markets that the band is scheduled to hit. Additional details on the tour and promotion will be available later this summer at T-Mobile Sidekick LX ? Experience the full line of Sidekicks and Buy Online.

State Farm is also excited to be a Presenting Sponsor of the Blink 182 tour. This sponsorship will allow State Farm to connect and engage blink-182 fans on site and online through exciting consumer promotions and give-aways.

blink-182 TOUR SCHEDULE

** Check local listings for on-sale dates and additional details

DATE CITY VENUE
FRI 7/24 Las Vegas, NV The Joint
TUES 7/28 Vancouver, BC GM Place
THU 7/30 Calgary, AB Saddledome
FRI 7/31 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
SAT 8/1 Saskatoon, SK Credit Union Center
SUN 8/2 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
TUES 8/4 Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheater
THU 8/6 Boston, MA Comcast Center
FRI 8/7 Quebec City, QC Colisee Pepsi
SAT 8/8 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
SUN 8/9 Wantagh, NY Nikon Theater at Jones Beach
WED 8/12 Hershey, PA The Star Pavilion
THU 8/13 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
FRI 8/14 Pittsburgh, PA Post Gazette Pavilion
SAT 8/15 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
SUN 8/16 Omaha, NE Westfair Amphitheater
TUE 8/18 Minneapolis, MN Xcel Energy Center
THU 8/20 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
FRI 8/21 Buffalo, NY Darien Lakes Performing Arts Center
SAT 8/22 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
SUN 8/23 Toronto, ON Molson Amphitheater
TUE 8/25 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
THU 8/27 Saratoga, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
FRI 8/28 Camden, PA Susquehanna Bank Center
SAT 8/29 Hartford, CT New England Dodge Music Center
SUN 8/30 Washington DC TBD
MON 8/31 Wantagh, NY Nikon Theater at Jones Beach
WED 9/2 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
THU 9/3 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
FRI 9/4 Kansas City, KS Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone
SUN 9/6 Denver, CO Fiddlers Green Amphitheater
MON 9/7 Salt Lake City, UT David O. McKay Events Center
THU 9/10 Seattle, WA White River Amphitheater
SAT 9/12 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheater
SUN 9/13 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheater
MON 9/14 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl
WED 9/16 San Diego, CA Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
THU 9/17 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
SAT 9/19 Phoenix, AZ Tempe Beach Park
MON 9/21 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion
WED 9/23 Dallas, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
THU 9/24 Houston, TX Superpages.com Center
SAT 9/26 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheater
SUN 9/27 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheater
TUE 9/29 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheater
THU 10/1 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
FRI 10/2 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
SAT 10/3 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Events Center

About T-Mobile Sidekick

This next-generation T-Mobile(R) Sidekick LX(TM) maintains the popular features that define the Sidekick family including the intuitive user interface, the iconic swivel screen and a full QWERTY keyboard. The new Sidekick LX(TM) also features 3G for fast Web browsing and enhanced mobile access to popular social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. In addition, the device has an improved multimedia experience with a 3.2 megapixel camera and enhanced video capabilities that make it easy for users to record and share pictures and videos on popular social networking sites including YouTube and MySpace.

About State Farm

State Farm insures more cars and homes than any other insurer in the U.S., is the leading insurer of watercraft and is also a leading insurer in Canada. State Farm's 17,000 agents and 68,000 employees serve more than 78 million auto, fire, life and health policies in the United States and Canada, and more than 1.9 million bank accounts. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company is the parent of the State Farm family of companies. State Farm is ranked No. 31 on the Fortune 500 list of largest companies. For more information, please visit statefarm.com(R) or in Canada statefarm.ca(R).

About MySpace Music

MySpace Music is a landmark joint venture among MySpace, The EMI Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony ATV, and whose independent music partners ******* Alternative Distribution Alliance, Caroline, Fontana, RED, The Orchard, IODA, Nettwerk Music Group, INgrooves, IRIS Distribution, Royalty Share and Wind-up Records. MySpace Music offers an ever-growing catalog of freely streamable audio and video content, user-friendly e-commerce solutions, personal music players, and user and artist playlisting. MySpace Music aims to empower major, independent, and unsigned artists to monetize their content through multiple revenue streams by allowing the MySpace community to freely stream premium content in an ad-supported environment, purchase MP3s and ringtones, create and share playlists, and ultimately buy merchandise, concert tickets, and other digital and physical goods. MySpace Music also connects artists and fans in the offline arena through various concert series and live events including Secret Shows, MySpaceLIVE!, Transmissions, The Release, Front to Back and The List.

ABOUT LIVE NATION

Live Nation's mission is to maximize the live concert experience. Our core business is producing, marketing and selling live concerts for artists via our global concert pipe. Live Nation is the largest producer of live concerts in the world, annually producing over 22,000 concerts for 1,600 artists in 33 countries. During 2008, the company sold over 50 million concert tickets and drove over 70 million unique visitors to LiveNation.com. Live Nation is transforming the concert business by expanding its concert platform into ticketing and building the industry's first artist-to-fan vertically integrated concert platform. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, California and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, trading under the symbol LYV. For additional information about the company, please visit Live Nation | Investor Site - Corporate Overview.
Website: Live Nation | Concert Tickets and Concert Tour Dates

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by D.

i can't believere rthis got to 4 pages. jesus.,

seriously what happened to this board

[Hypocaust]

Originally Posted by markpregen

...one of the world's greatest punk rock bands,

...blink-182 is widely considered one of the best punk rock bands of all time.

...Although each member went on to their own successful projects, personal events and natural chemistry brought them back together.

lol whut.

[sppunk]

I'm buying Hershey tix and heading to local high schools to sell for extra $$.

[Trotskilicious]

i doubt high schoolers give a shit about blink anymore

[You Said]

Huge threads on Marilyn Manson and Blink 182, yeah I think it's time people stop pretending to be 2cool4skool hipsters on here.

[redbull]

does anyone know what shows weezer will be on

[markpregen]

Originally Posted by redbull

does anyone know what shows weezer will be on

I assumed they were on all the dates, but youre right, they're not:

Blink-182 Recruit Fall Out Boy, Weezer for Reunion Tour: Hoppus and Wentz Speak Out : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
“We started talking about bands to tour with and Weezer was actually one of the first ones that came up,” Hoppus tells Rolling Stone. “They wanted to do the tour, and so did Fall Out Boy. It worked out perfectly.” But fans hoping to catch all three acts together on the tour, which begins July 24th, may be out of luck: Fall Out Boy are on board for two-thirds of the dates and Weezer will play the other third. Dates for the tour, and which bands are opening in which cites, haven’t been announced at press time.

[redbull]

damn, i hope they're on chicago/indy/st louis

[markpregen]

Originally Posted by redbull

damn, i hope they're on chicago/indy/st louis

here's the audio from tonight's show
http://forums.netphoria.org/music-ne...ml#post3487938

[wounded]

how does weezer open for blink?

[ATS]

blink 182 rox

[ATS]

people who get territorial over the title "punk" are idiots. real punk rock sounds like crap. if you genuinely enjoy going around in shit-stained underwear theres a chance you might genuinely enjoy "real punk" but otherwise youre just another dork poser

[publius clodius]

hey guys whats punk

[Joe]

who fucking cares blink 182 sucks balls

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by publius clodius

hey guys whats punk

green day and stuff

[Shallowed]

ttly hrdkore punx

[publius clodius]

Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

green day and stuff

cool! is linkin park punk

[jhonen32629]

My ltitle bro liked them....in middle school, I doubt they'll be successful again, nothing new to add, same stuff