| Blink-182 Summer Tour | ||
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| Tour by Blink-182 | ||
| Locations | United States, Canada, Europe | |
| Start date | July 23, 2009 | |
| End date | TBA | |
| Legs | 1 | |
| Shows | 55 | |
| Blink-182 tour chronology | ||
| DollaBill Tour (2003–2004) |
Blink-182 Summer Tour (2009-2010) |
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The Blink-182 Summer Tour is a concert tour by the punk rock band Blink-182. It was the band's first tour together in over 4 years. The tour ran from July 23, 2009 until October 12, 2009, in North America and will run from August 10, 2010 until September 4, 2010 in Europe, although there are some other dates to announce yet.
Blink-182 announced the tour dates dates on May 15, 2009. The band also announced that tickets would be at least $20, these are mainly lawn seating at amphitheaters. The $20 ticket price includes fees and taxes, as well as free parking at the concert. The band was supported on the tour by a variety of high-profile acts including Weezer, Fall Out Boy, Panic At The Disco, The All-American Rejects, Taking Back Sunday, Valencia, Motion City Soundtrack, Planet Smashers, The Academy Is... Chester French, Mickey Avalon, The Aquabats and Asher Roth.[1]
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After tensions between the band members arose in 2004, a planned tour was cancelled and on February 22, 2005, after much tension, their band manager called Hoppus and Barker to tell them that DeLonge had quit the band.[2] Thus began an almost four year hiatus.
The members went their separate ways. DeLonge formed a new band, Angels & Airwaves, which released two albums and a DVD, entitled Start the Machine, chronicling the final days of Blink-182 and the genesis of Angels & Airwaves. Hoppus and Barker formed a new project +44, which released one album in 2006. The new +44 album was still in pre-production.
At the 51st Grammy Awards ceremony on February 8, 2009, all three members of the band appeared onstage for the first time since December 2004.[3] Barker announced the band's reformation, stating that "we used to play music together, and we decided we're going to play music together again," with Hoppus adding, "Blink-182 is back!" A message appearing on the band's website the same day confirmed the reformation and added that the band was in the studio writing and recording a new album and preparing for a world tour.[3] The band also updated their "smiley face" logo to feature six arrows instead of the previous five. After the on-stage announcement many fans began to speculate on Travis Barker's arm being in a sling. An MTV article released on February 10 claimed that Barker had recently undergone surgery to repair "extensive nerve damage," from which a recovery could take up to ten weeks. This will not affect the tour, which started in the summer of 2009.[4]
On February 16, DeLonge confirmed that Blink-182 would be touring in "a big event" this summer. DeLonge went on to note that his commitments with Angels & Airwaves would be held off and the band would release a new album coupled with a feature film in 2010. DeLonge stated that the new Blink-182 record would be a fusion of all his previous works, including Box Car Racer and Angels & Airwaves.[5]
As a surprise to fans, the band played their first live performance since 2004 at the T-Mobile launch for the new Sidekick at the Paramount Pictures lot in Hollywood, California on May 14, 2009.[6]. In addition to the performance, the band made their first television appearance since the 2005 break up; they played "The Rock Show" on May 18 and also performed "All the Small Things" on May 19, both on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
In an interview with MTV, Hoppus stated that he plans to do a European tour in 2010.[citation needed]
Since the tour is now over, the band now plans to head back into the studios and start working on their new album.[1] The band also mentioned that they had a blast on their twitters.[2][3]
The dates for the North American leg of the tour were announced in May 2009.[7][8] The dates for the European leg were first announced in December 2009 and later were updated in February 2010. There are more dates to announce yet.
| Date | City | Country | Venue | Opening Act(s) |
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| August 20 | Biddinghuizen | Netherlands | TBA | Lowlands Festival |
| August 21 | Ludinghausen | Germany | Area 4 Festival | |
| August 22 | Hohenfelden | Highfield Festival | ||
| August 24 | Hamburg | Alsterdorfer Sporthalle | TBA | |
| August 25 | Chiemsee | TBA | ||
| September 3 | Wiesen | Austria | 2 Days a Week Festival | |
| September 4 | Bologna | Italy | I-Day Festival |
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