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Blink And You’ll See Them Again: Blink-182 Returning To Las Vegas

Author Shawn Tempesta
Travis Barker is getting back behind his kit in Las Vegas later this summer in Blink-182's new tour.

This past weekend’s When We Were Young festival had many elder emos turning out. While the concert is now behind us, Blink-182 wasted no time in planning their next Las Vegas dates.

The legendary pop-punk band is making its Vegas return as part of their One More Time tour on Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024 at T-Mobile Arena! Their date is one of many planned worldwide that will keep Mark, Tom and Travis busy throughout the year.

Blink-182 brings a new tour to support a new album

It has been a hot minute since the main three guys returned for new music. The band, which formed in 1992, had a bit of a break in the late 2000’s. Solo projects, time apart from each other and more got in the way. They reunited for 5 years beginning in 2009 but creative differences and a general distaste for one another got in the way and Tom DeLonge left the band in 2015, with his last performance being right here in Las Vegas in 2014, according to Rolling Stone.

While that didn’t stop Blink-182 from continuing with Alkaline Trio’s Matt Skiba joining Mark and Travis for pretty decent music, something was missing.

Challenges brought the band back together

The band has seen their fair share of challenges and scares. Travis Barker’s plane crash. Mark Hoppus’ cancer diagnosis. It was the latter that seemed to reunite Tom with the rest of the guys. From that, a new album was birthed in One More Time. The album is a return to form for the band and is being generally applauded by fans and reviewers alike. Don’t let the title fool you though, this isn’t their last album (maybe). It’s more “trying this” one more time to see if they can get being a band right, once and for all.

We are here for it, and even though we just saw Blink, we are ready for another amazing performance from the boys next summer!

Shawn Tempesta is the co-host of Aimee+Shawn on 102.7 VGS in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is also an Emmy award nominated television host. As a content creator for 102.7 VGS, Shawn writes about current events, education, funny and trending stories.

Don't Blink Or You'll Miss It: Blink-182 Are Reuniting!

Be still our high school hearts! The trio we know and love have patched things up and Blink-182 is returning with Mark Hoppus, Travis Barker… AND TOM DELONGE! They have a World Tour next year, and are dropping new music!

The band dropped the news Tuesday morning with a video that is undoubtedly Blink.

It’s them. It’s really them. Sure, they look a bit older. Sure, Travis is married to a Kardashian now BUT IT’S THEM AND WE’RE ELATED!

Why did they break up in the first place?

It was the beginning of 2015. Mark and Travis made an announcement – Tom left the band. Then Tom made an announcement – um, no. I didn’t quit. I had no plans on quitting. So… there’s some debate there.

Needless to say, Tom was taking an interesting turn personally, with a straight up fascination with UFOs and the extra-terrestrial. He co-wrote several books on the subject. He even founded a UFO research company… which published UFO videos… that the feds eventually confirmed. So, maybe he wasn’t crazy after all.

Meanwhile, Blink-182 continued on without Tom, joining forces with Alkaline Trio’s Matt Skiba to release two albums and tour. The music was decent! But… it wasn’t Blink. Something was missing.

How’d they patch things up?

Time heals all wounds. In this case, illness may have. Back in 2021, Mark Hoppus announced he was diagnosed with B-cell lymphoma and it was pretty advanced. That sparked a renewed friendship between Mark and Tom, which likely led to this reunion. Life is short. Don’t harbor grudges. We can learn a thing or two.

When is the tour? When do they come to Las Vegas?

The tour kicks off in Mexico in March, then heads stateside in May with stops in across the country including Phoenix and several stops in California.

Then it swings around to Las Vegas for When We Were Young Festival…NEXT YEAR! October 21st, 2023. They’ll be headlining the show we’d think, right?!

Here’s a look at the schedule that gets near the Southwest, just in case your pop punk heart can’t wait til October:

  • June 14th – Phoenix, Arizona – Footprint Center
  • June 16th – Los Angeles, California – Banc Of California Stadium
  • June 20th – San Diego, California – Pechanga Arena
  • June 22nd – San Jose, California – SAP Center
  • June 23rd – Sacramento, California – Golden 1 Center

In honor of the boys getting back together, here’s a look at some of our favorite Blink-182 songs of all time!

  • "All The Small Things"

    The boys lampooning the boy bands of the era. Ah, this brings us back to the TRL days. A simpler time.

  • "I Miss You"

    Surprisingly, “I Miss You” is the band’s most watched video. We think it might be the emo kids playing it on loop.

  • "What's My Age Again"

    Seeing the boys in the buff alongside adult film star Janine Lindemulder. Her in a nurse outfit. You can’t forget it.

  • "Dammit"

    The song that started it all for many. The song was used for the intro of the movie “Can’t Hardly Wait”. Also the song where that one dude you knew in high school would say “yeah Dude Ranch was such a better album, they sold out”. We all hated that kid.

  • "First Date"

    A single off of the greatest named album in history, Take Off Your Pants And Jacket.

  • "The Rock Show"

    The video was filmed in a very Spike Jonze, “Jackass” way, which was the look for the time. Total, hilarious anarchy.

  • "Man Overboard"

    As someone that was lucky enough to see Blink in a venue this small… man. What I’d give to see that again. Arena tours are fun, but dingy hole in the wall venues? That’s their natural habitat.

  • "Adam's Song"

    Loneliness inspires great music. That’s what inspired this song from Mark’s pen.

  • "Always"

    The video is both amazing and disorienting.

  • "Stay Together For The Kids"

    Something Blink has decided to do after all. Even though all of their kids have kids now.

  • "Feeling This"

    A bit of a harder, edgier track for the boys. Also starts off with our barber shop nightmare.

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