# Blink-182 in Concert

Blink-182 in Concert (also known as The Summer Tour and the Greatest Hits Tour) was the tenth concert tour by American rock band Blink-182 and was the band's first tour since 2004. Bassist/singer Mark Hoppus jokingly referred to the tour as One Way Ticket to Boneville, a name they got from a fan on a KROQ interview. In 2009, it ranked 32nd on Pollstar's "Top 50 Tours in North America", earning over $25 million.

## Background

After tensions among the band members arose in 2004, plans for a spring 2005 tour in North America were scrapped. In early 2005, a confirmed appearance at the Music for Relief benefit concert to be held in Anaheim, California, U.S. was cancelled. On February 22, 2005, guitarist/vocalist Tom DeLonge announced he had quit the band.
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. 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. 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 would not affect the tour, which started in the summer of 2009.
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.
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. 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. Fall Out Boy was the main supporting act for the tour and played their last concert together in New York City on October 4, before reuniting in 2013. Weezer took over the last 4 dates of the North American tour.

## Reception

At the Las Vegas opener, Jason Bracelin of Spin called the gig a "prolonged rim shot," while observing "there has always been an almost child-like vulnerability and tender-skinned emotiveness at the core of the band." Evan C. Jones at Billboard reviewing the band's Madison Square Garden shows, called the set ferocious, praising the showmanship of Barker, "thrusting his signature, kinetic flourishes onto the drum kit." In St. Louis, Matthew Fernandes of the Post-Dispatch called "Blink's playing was adequate if not spectacular."

## Setlist

* "Dumpweed"
* "Feeling This"
* "The Rock Show"
* "Easy Target" or "Go"
* "What's My Age Again?"
* "Obvious" or "Violence"
* "I Miss You"
* "Stay Together for the Kids"
* "Down"
* "Always"
* "Stockholm Syndrome"
* "First Date"
* "Man Overboard"
* "Going Away to College" or "Don't Leave Me"
* "Not Now"
* "All the Small Things"
* "Adam's Song" (July 23–August 27)
* "Reckless Abandon"
* "Josie"
* "Anthem Part Two"

### Encore

* "Untitled I" (Instrumental Interlude)
* "Carousel"
* "Dammit"
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## Tour dates

List of 2009 concerts :
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
| July 23, 2009 | Las Vegas | United States | The Joint |
| July 24, 2009 | Las Vegas | United States | The Joint |
| July 28, 2009 | Vancouver | Canada | General Motors Place |
| July 30, 2009 | Calgary | Canada | Pengrowth Saddledome |
| July 31, 2009 | Edmonton | Canada | Rexall Place |
| August 1, 2009 | Saskatoon | Canada | Credit Union Centre |
| August 2, 2009 | Winnipeg | Canada | MTS Centre |
| August 4, 2009 | Milwaukee | United States | Marcus Amphitheater |
| August 6, 2009 | Mansfield | United States | Comcast Center |
| August 7, 2009 | Montreal | Canada | Bell Centre |
| August 8, 2009 | Toronto | Canada | Molson Amphitheatre |
| August 9, 2009 | Wantagh | United States | Nikon at Jones Beach Theater |
| August 12, 2009 | Hershey | United States | Hersheypark Stadium |
| August 13, 2009 | Cincinnati | United States | Riverbend Music Center |
| August 14, 2009 | Burgettstown | United States | Post-Gazette Pavilion |
| August 15, 2009 | Tinley Park | United States | First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre |
| August 16, 2009 | Council Bluffs | United States | Westfair Amphitheatre |
| August 18, 2009 | Saint Paul | United States | Xcel Energy Center |
| August 20, 2009 | Noblesville | United States | Verizon Wireless Music Center |
| August 21, 2009 | Darien | United States | Darien Lake Performing Arts Center |
| August 22, 2009 | Clarkston | United States | DTE Energy Music Theatre |
| August 23, 2009 | Toronto | Canada | Molson Amphitheatre |
| August 25, 2009 | Wantagh | United States | Nikon at Jones Beach Theater |
| August 26, 2009 | Holmdel Township | United States | PNC Bank Arts Center |
| August 27, 2009 | Camden | United States | Susquehanna Bank Center |
| August 29, 2009 | Hartford | United States | Comcast Theatre |
| August 30, 2009 | Columbia | United States | Merriweather Post Pavilion |
| September 4, 2009 | Bonner Springs | United States | Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone |
| September 6, 2009 | Greenwood Village | United States | Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre |
| September 7, 2009 | Orem | United States | McKay Events Center |
| September 9, 2009 | Portland | United States | Veterans Memorial Coliseum |
| September 10, 2009 | Auburn | United States | White River Amphitheatre |
| September 12, 2009 | Wheatland | United States | Sleep Train Amphitheatre |
| September 13, 2009 | Mountain View | United States | Shoreline Amphitheatre |
| September 14, 2009 | Bakersfield | United States | Rabobank Arena |
| September 16, 2009 | Chula Vista | United States | Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre |
| September 17, 2009 | Irvine | United States | Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre |
| September 18, 2009 | Irvine | United States | Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre |
| September 19, 2009 | Tempe | United States | Tempe Beach Park Amphitheatre |
| September 21, 2009 | Albuquerque | United States | Journal Pavilion |
| September 23, 2009 | Dallas | United States | SuperPages.com Center |
| September 24, 2009 | The Woodlands | United States | Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion |
| September 26, 2009 | West Palm Beach | United States | Cruzan Amphitheatre |
| September 27, 2009 | Tampa | United States | Ford Amphitheatre |
| September 28, 2009 | Pelham | United States | Verizon Wireless Music Center |
| September 29, 2009 | Maryland Heights | United States | Verizon Wireless Amphitheater |
| September 30, 2009 | Cuyahoga Falls | United States | Blossom Music Center |
| October 2, 2009 | Virginia Beach | United States | Verizon Wireless Amphitheater |
| October 3, 2009 | Atlantic City | United States | Borgata Event Center |
| October 4, 2009 | New York City | United States | Madison Square Garden |
| October 6, 2009 | Charlotte | United States | Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre |
| October 7, 2009 | Atlanta | United States | Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood |
| October 10, 2009 | Los Angeles | United States | Hollywood Palladium |
| October 12, 2009 | Santa Barbara | United States | Santa Barbara Bowl |
List of 2010 concerts :
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
| August 16, 2010 | Aberdeen | Scotland | Press & Journal Arena |
| August 17, 2010 | Glasgow | Scotland | Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre |
| August 19, 2010 | Hasselt | Belgium | Kempische Steenweg |
| August 20, 2010 | Biddinghuizen | Netherlands | Spijk en Bremerberg |
| August 21, 2010 | Lüdinghausen | Germany | Flugplatz Borkenberge |
| August 22, 2010 | Leipzig | Germany | Störmthaler See |
| August 24, 2010 | Hamburg | Germany | Trabrennbahn Bahrenfeld |
| August 25, 2010 | Übersee | Germany | Almfischer Festivalgelände |
| August 27, 2010 | Paris | France | Domaine National de Saint-Cloud |
| August 28, 2010 | Leeds | England | Bramham Park |
| August 29, 2010 | Reading | England | Little John's Farm |
| August 31, 2010 | Dublin | Ireland | The O$_2$ |
| September 3, 2010 | Wiesen | Austria | Festivalgelände Wiesen |
| September 4, 2010 | Bologna | Italy | Arena Parco Nord |
| September 26, 2010 | Fontana | United States | Auto Club Speedway |

### Cancellations and rescheduled shows

| August 31, 2009 | Saratoga Springs, New York | Saratoga Performing Arts Center | Cancelled. |
| September 2, 2009 | Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio | Blossom Music Center | Rescheduled to September 30, 2009 |
| September 3, 2009 | Maryland Heights, Missouri | Verizon Wireless Amphitheater | Rescheduled to September 29, 2009 |
| September 29, 2009 | Atlanta | Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood | Rescheduled to October 7, 2009 |
| October 1, 2009 | Charlotte, North Carolina | Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre | Rescheduled to October 6, 2009 |

### Box office box score

| Venue | City | Tickets sold / available | Gross revenue |
| The Joint | Las Vegas | 7,878 / 7,878 (100%) | $442,705 |
| Rexall Place | Edmonton | 11,972 / 13,585 (88%) | $673,448 |
| Comcast Center | Mansfield | 19,881 / 19,900 (~100%) | $837,711 |
| Bell Centre | Montreal | 14,767 / 14,767 (100%) | $704,891 |
| Molson Amphitheatre | Toronto | 30,176 / 32,309 (93%) | $1,492,464 |
| Nikon at Jones Beach Theater | Wantagh | 25,114 / 27,749 (90%) | $1,211,775 |
| Hersheypark Stadium | Hershey | 17,108 / 17,981 (95%) | $716,367 |
| Riverbend Music Center | Cincinnati | 20,561 / 20,561 (100%) | $554,292 |
| Post-Gazette Pavilion | Burgettstown | 22,044 / 22,044 (100%) | $645,086 |
| First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre | Tinley Park | 20,630 / 20,630 (100%) | $793,749 |
| Xcel Energy Center | Saint Paul | 11,170 / 14,445 (77%) | $497,244 |
| Verizon Wireless Music Center | Noblesville | 15,358 / 24,680 (62%) | $339,356 |
| Darien Lake Performing Arts Center | Darien | 18,857 / 21,577 (87%) | $535,799 |
| DTE Energy Music Theatre | Clarkston | 15,703 / 15,703 (100%) | $489,037 |
| PNC Bank Arts Center | Holmdel Township | 16,946 / 16,946 (100%) | $616,495 |
| Susquehanna Bank Center | Camden | 25,396 / 25,396 (100%) | $750,219 |
| Comcast Theatre | Hartford | 24,767 / 24,767 (100%) | $688,328 |
| Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre | Greenwood Village | 17,011 / 17,011 (100%) | $497,138 |
| McKay Events Center | Orem | 6,747 / 7,179 (94%) | $303,389 |
| Sleep Train Amphitheatre | Wheatland | 17,073 / 18,500 (92%) | $404,890 |
| Shoreline Amphitheatre | Mountain View | 22,791 / 23,300 (98%) | $616,427 |
| Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre | Chula Vista | 19,602 / 19,602 (100%) | $579,440 |
| Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre | Irvine | 29,874 / 29,874 (100%) | $1,076,082 |
| Journal Pavilion | Albuquerque | 15,277 / 15,277 (100%) | $387,621 |
| SuperPages.com Center | Dallas | 22,464 / 23,112 (97%) | $600,418 |
| Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion | The Woodlands | 16,545 / 16,545 (100%) | $585,930 |
| Cruzan Amphitheatre | West Palm Beach | 19,728 / 19,728 (100%) | $462,668 |
| Ford Amphitheatre | Tampa | 19,477 / 19,514 (~100%) | $552,348 |
| Verizon Wireless Music Center | Pelham | 5,506 / 10,289 (53%) | $181,204 |
| Verizon Wireless Amphitheater | Maryland Heights | 16,377 / 21,000 (78%) | $383,637 |
| Blossom Music Center | Cuyahoga Falls | 17,893 / 20,351 (89%) | $534,683 |
| Verizon Wireless Amphitheater | Virginia Beach | 20,055 / 20,055 (100%) | $499,527 |
| Madison Square Garden | New York City | 14,733 / 14,733 (100%) | $699,740 |
| Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre | Charlotte | 13,048 / 18,808 (69%) | $298,226 |
| Hollywood Palladium | Los Angeles | 3,826 / 3,826 (100%) | $202,714 |
| Santa Barbara Bowl | Santa Barbara | 4,235 / 4,792 (88%) | $213,150 |
| Trabrennbahn Bahrenfeld | Hamburg | 14,734 / 15,000 (98%) | $598,985 |
| The O$_2$ | Dublin | 12,552 / 12,552 (100%) | $636,128 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | 647,876 / 691,966 (94%) | $22,303,311 |

## Personnel

* Mark Hoppus – bass and vocals
* Tom DeLonge – guitar and vocals
* Travis Barker – drums, percussion