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Blink-182 Get "Artistic" for Reunion Tour

"We're being as ambitious as possible," Mark Hoppus says

Posted May 19, 2009 8:20 AM

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Blink-182

Openers On select dates: Weezer, Fall Out Boy, Panic at the Disco, All-American Rejects, Taking Back Sunday, Asher Roth and Chester French

Tickets $20-$60

WHAT TO EXPECT:
For their first tour since 2005, Blink-182 are trying a new strategy: rehearsing. "We used to walk onstage and forget our parts — we just wanted to play fast and look cool," says bassist Mark Hoppus. "This time, we want to be more artistic." The trio's reunion tour will feature all their pop-punk hits and a few new songs, plus they're planning an intense light show from Daft Punk and Kanye West's set designer. "We want to use the entire arena as a lighting rig and a stage," says Hoppus. "We're being as ambitious as possible."

THIS TIME AROUND:
Blink-182 Play First Reunion Show, Unveil New Weezer at Private Gig
Photos: Blink-182 Return to the Stage

THEIR HISTORY ON STAGE:

Blink-182's Rock Show:
Shots of the band on stage

PLAYLIST TO GET YOU PUMPED:

"Anthem Part 2"
"First Date"
"The Rock Show"
"Feeling This"
"Violence"
"Down"
"I Miss You"
"Go"
"Stockholm Syndrome"
"All the Small Things"
"Dammit"
"What's My Age Again?"
"Stay Together For the Kids"
Play All

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