# We Are Pirates Tour

The We Are Pirates Tour is a concert tour by American rock band Blink-182 in support of the group's seventh studio album, California (2016). It consisted of festival and amphitheater dates and ran between May 14 and July 10, 2016, in North America. Support acts included All Time Low, Hawthorne Heights, Simple Plan, and the Used on select dates. Aside from the few club shows and the Musink Festival in 2015, the We Are Pirates tour was their first with guitarist and vocalist Matt Skiba and their first without founding member Tom DeLonge.

## Background

After touring and releasing the band's sixth album Neighborhoods (2011), it became difficult for Blink-182 to record new material, due to guitarist Tom DeLonge's various projects. After disagreements, the remaining members of the group—vocalist/bassist Mark Hoppus and drummer Travis Barker—sought separation from DeLonge and recruited guitarist Matt Skiba, best known as the frontman of rock band Alkaline Trio, in his place. Blink-182 performed two club shows and a slot at the Musink Tattoo Convention & Music Festival in March 2015 with Skiba "filling in" for DeLonge. Afterwards, they regrouped and recorded the album California with producer John Feldmann.
Prior to the main headlining tour for California, the group embarked on the We Are Pirates Tour. They performed at several festivals, including X Games Austin 2016, Firefly Music Festival, Big Field Day, Amnesia Rockfest, and Kerfuffle 2016. Hoppus and Skiba also performed several acoustic sets in England in June 2016, including for BBC Radio 1's Rock All Dayer and Radio X. They also added four dates in Canada in early July, supported by Simple Plan and the Used.

## Set list

This setlist is representative of the June 4, 2016, performance in Austin. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour.
* "Feeling This"
* "What's My Age Again?"
* "Family Reunion"
* "The Rock Show"
* "First Date"
* "Down"
* "I Miss You"
* "Up All Night"
* "Bored to Death"
* "Built This Pool"
* "Dumpweed"
* "Always"
* "Stay Together for the Kids"
* "Man Overboard"
* "Violence"
* "Josie"
* "Happy Holidays, You Bastard"
* "Not Now"
* "Reckless Abandon"
* "Carousel"
Encore
* "All the Small Things"
* "Brohemian Rhapsody"
* "Dammit"

## Tour dates

List of 2016 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and support acts :
| Date | City | Country | Venue | Support |
| May 14, 2016 | Irvine | United States | Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre | — |
| June 4, 2016 | Austin | United States | Austin360 Amphitheater | All Time Low |
| June 7, 2016 | Kingston | England | Rose Theatre | — |
| June 8, 2016 | London | England | Maida Vale Studios | — |
| June 9, 2016 | London | England | Leicester Square | — |
| June 12, 2016 | Los Angeles | United States | LA Hangar Studios | — |
| June 16, 2016 | Southaven | United States | BankPlus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove | Hawthorne Heights |
| June 18, 2016 | Richmond | United States | Innsbrook Pravilion | Fun Size, Ann Beretta, The Struts, KONGOS |
| June 19, 2016 | Dover | United States | The Woodlands of Dover International Speedway | — |
| June 23, 2016 | Bethlehem | United States | Sands Bethlehem Event Center | Hawthorne Heights |
| June 24, 2016 | Montebello | Canada | Montebello Marina | — |
| June 26, 2016 | Columbia | United States | Merriweather Post Pavilion | Bear Hands, The Strumbellas, Joywave, Violent Femmes, Cold War Kids, Silversun Pickups |
| June 27, 2016 | New York City | United States | Ed Sullivan Theater | None |
| July 5, 2016 | Milwaukee | United States | Henry Maier Festival Park | All Time Low |
| July 7, 2016 | Winnipeg | Canada | MTS Centre | Simple Plan, The Used |
| July 8, 2016 | Saskatoon | Canada | SaskTel Centre | The Used |
| July 9, 2016 | Edmonton | Canada | Northlands Coliseum | The Used |
| July 10, 2016 | Calgary | Canada | Cowboys Stampede | The Used |

## Personnel

* Mark Hoppus – vocals, bass guitar
* Travis Barker – drums
* Matt Skiba – vocals, guitar