Blink-182 in Concert

Blink-182 in Concert
Tour by Blink-182
Promotional poster for the tour
Location
  • Europe
  • North America
Start dateJuly 23, 2009 (2009-07-23)
End dateSeptember 26, 2010 (2010-09-26)
Legs2
No. of shows70
Supporting acts
Blink-182 concert chronology

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. It began in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, on July 20, 2009, and concluded in Fontana, California, on September 26, 2010. The tour encompassed 70 shows and visited 11 countries in total. The tour marked the band's return to live performance after a four-year hiatus. The tour featured a rotating roster of supporting acts including Fall Out Boy, Weezer, Panic! at the Disco, The All-American Rejects, Taking Back Sunday, and more.

The band approached the setlist as a retrospective, focusing primarily on established material rather than new songs as they reconnected with audiences. The tour was notable for its elaborate stage design, encompassing large-scale lighting systems, modular video displays, and dynamic moving structures. It also featured an accessible pricing strategy, alongside extensive corporate sponsorship. Musically, the band sought to refine and elevate their live performance, moving toward a more controlled and precise approach compared to their earlier, faster-paced touring style.

The tour was preceded by a surprise reunion performance in Los Angeles that first signaled the band's return. It ultimately began with a two-night kickoff in Las Vegas before moving through North America in dense runs of arena and amphitheatre dates. The trek concluded with West Coast shows in major California markets and was later extended into 2010 with select European festival appearances and additional international dates. In 2009, it was ranked on Pollstar's "Top 50 Tours in North America", earning over $25 million.[1]

Background

The 2009 reunion tour of Blink-182 marked the band’s return to live performance following a four-year hiatus, with the announcement confirming their reformation and a full-scale summer amphitheatre run across North America. The tour was positioned as a major comeback, featuring a rotating lineup of supporting acts described as friends of the band, including Fall Out Boy, Weezer, Panic! at the Disco, The All-American Rejects, Taking Back Sunday, Chester French, and Asher Roth across selected dates.[2] The tour was produced by Live Nation.[3] 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.[4]

The tour was notable for its accessible pricing strategy, offering a standardized $20 lawn ticket with no fees for many venues, a move marketed as an attempt to lower barriers for attendance. In addition to the reunion itself, the band emphasized an expanded production scale, collaborating with high-profile stage designers to create a more ambitious visual presentation featuring elaborate multimedia elements.[5] The stage was designed by Martin Phillips, who had recently worked with artists like Daft Punk and Kanye West.[6] It featured massive lighting rigs, modular video screens, and constantly shifting structural elements.[7]

The band approached the setlist as a way to re-establish their live identity before returning to the studio, prioritizing familiar material over anything new.[8] The tour also included an extensive range of limited-edition merchandise, including city-specific T-shirts capped at 182 units per show, collectible posters, and "Blink bunny" rabbit toys tied to their long-running band mascot.[9] Presenting sponsors of the tour included T-Mobile Sidekick LX, State Farm, and MySpace.[3] The tour also marked a major shift in the band's live performance, as it was the first time they regularly played in sync with click tracks tied to lighting and production cues. In an interview, drummer Travis Barker acknowledged that earlier tours were often played significantly faster than studio recordings and without formal timing aids, whereas the reunion era embraced click tracks as a tool for cohesion between performance and large-scale production elements.[10] Guitarist Tom DeLonge said the band were approaching rehearsing for the outing more seriously than in the past.[11][12] Footage from across the tour was filmed by Los Angeles production company Handsome Randsome for use in a documentary about the band's reunion, The Blinkumentary, that was ultimately shelved.[13]

The tour was first teased with an unannounced three-song concert at the T-Mobile Sidekick launch in Los Angeles, their first performance after the hiatus.[14] The tour was first announced on May 13, 2009.[15] In 2010, the tour was expanded into Europe, comprising 14 dates across August and September 2010, including headlining slots at Reading and Leeds. The tour formally concluded with the band's appearance at Epicenter 2010, in Fontana, California. The band joined the festival as their only Stateside show of that year due to its association with KROQ, and that it personally felt like a logical conclusion to their early reunion touring.[16]

Reception

The band performing at the opening stop in Las Vegas.

The tour featured ticket prices ranging from $20 to $70. The North American leg of the tour grossed $21.2 million, selling out 22 of the 41 dates.[17] The success of the tour surpassed the band's expectations. It was the largest shows of the band's career to that point, with 8,000-seat venues selling out immediately and many dates expanding to arenas accommodating 20,000 to 30,000 fans. He attributed the demand to both nostalgia and the band's enduring appeal, remarking that audiences "just wanted to have fun" and reconnect with the group's music.[18]

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."[19] 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."[20] Ross Raihala of Pioneer Press, summing up the Minneapolis show, observed that "Blink-182 played like the past five years had passed in a mere blink of an eye."[21]

In St. Louis, Matthew Fernandes of the Post-Dispatch called "Blink's playing was adequate if not spectacular."[22] The Orange County Register's Ben Wener considered Weezer the better of the pairing, and wrote in a scathing review that "Blink is still one of the most overrated and unnecessary bands of its generation. Were it not for Barker’s tremendous skill behind the drum kit, the San Diego trio would be no better than any number of Warped Tour has-beens."[23]

Opening acts

Set list

The set list for the tour was designed as a career-spanning showcase that emphasized the band's most recognizable and commercially successful material, structured to function as a "greatest hits" reintroduction following their five-year hiatus.[7][9]

  1. "Dumpweed"
  2. "Feeling This"
  3. "The Rock Show"
  4. "Easy Target" or "Go"
  5. "What's My Age Again?"
  6. "Obvious" or "Violence"
  7. "I Miss You"
  8. "Stay Together for the Kids"
  9. "Down"
  10. "Always"
  11. "Stockholm Syndrome"
  12. "First Date"
  13. "Man Overboard"
  14. "Going Away to College" or "Don't Leave Me"
  15. "Not Now"
  16. "All the Small Things"
  17. "Adam's Song" (July 23–August 27)
  18. "Reckless Abandon"
  19. "Josie"
  20. "Anthem Part Two"
    Encore
  21. "Untitled I" (Instrumental Interlude)
  22. "Carousel"
  23. "Dammit"

Source:[25]

Tour dates

List of 2009 concerts[26][27]
Date City Country Venue
July 23, 2009 Las Vegas United States The Joint
July 24, 2009
July 28, 2009 Vancouver Canada General Motors Place
July 30, 2009 Calgary Pengrowth Saddledome
July 31, 2009 Edmonton Rexall Place
August 1, 2009 Saskatoon Credit Union Centre
August 2, 2009 Winnipeg MTS Centre
August 4, 2009 Milwaukee United States Marcus Amphitheater
August 6, 2009 Mansfield Comcast Center
August 7, 2009 Montreal Canada Bell Centre
August 8, 2009 Toronto Molson Amphitheatre
August 9, 2009 Wantagh United States Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
August 12, 2009 Hershey Hersheypark Stadium
August 13, 2009 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center
August 14, 2009 Burgettstown Post-Gazette Pavilion
August 15, 2009 Tinley Park First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
August 16, 2009 Council Bluffs Westfair Amphitheatre
August 18, 2009 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center
August 20, 2009 Noblesville Verizon Wireless Music Center
August 21, 2009 Darien Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
August 22, 2009 Clarkston 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 PNC Bank Arts Center
August 27, 2009 Camden Susquehanna Bank Center
August 29, 2009 Hartford Comcast Theatre
August 30, 2009[A] Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion
September 4, 2009[B] Bonner Springs Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone
September 6, 2009 Greenwood Village Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
September 7, 2009 Orem McKay Events Center
September 9, 2009 Portland Veterans Memorial Coliseum
September 10, 2009 Auburn White River Amphitheatre
September 12, 2009 Wheatland Sleep Train Amphitheatre
September 13, 2009 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre
September 14, 2009 Bakersfield Rabobank Arena
September 16, 2009 Chula Vista Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
September 17, 2009 Irvine Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
September 18, 2009
September 19, 2009 Tempe Tempe Beach Park Amphitheatre
September 21, 2009 Albuquerque Journal Pavilion
September 23, 2009 Dallas SuperPages.com Center
September 24, 2009 The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
September 26, 2009 West Palm Beach Cruzan Amphitheatre
September 27, 2009 Tampa Ford Amphitheatre
September 28, 2009 Pelham Verizon Wireless Music Center
September 29, 2009 Maryland Heights Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
September 30, 2009 Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music Center
October 2, 2009 Virginia Beach Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
October 3, 2009 Atlantic City Borgata Event Center
October 4, 2009 New York City Madison Square Garden
October 6, 2009 Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
October 7, 2009 Atlanta Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood
October 10, 2009 Los Angeles Hollywood Palladium
October 12, 2009 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Bowl
List of 2010 concerts
Date City Country Venue
August 16, 2010 Aberdeen Scotland Press & Journal Arena
August 17, 2010 Glasgow Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
August 19, 2010[C] Hasselt Belgium Kempische Steenweg
August 20, 2010[D] Biddinghuizen Netherlands Spijk en Bremerberg
August 21, 2010[E] Lüdinghausen Germany Flugplatz Borkenberge
August 22, 2010[F] Leipzig Störmthaler See
August 24, 2010 Hamburg Trabrennbahn Bahrenfeld
August 25, 2010[G] Übersee Almfischer Festivalgelände
August 27, 2010[H] Paris France Domaine National de Saint-Cloud
August 28, 2010[I] Leeds England Bramham Park
August 29, 2010[J] Reading Little John's Farm
August 31, 2010 Dublin Ireland The O2
September 3, 2010[K] Wiesen Austria Festivalgelände Wiesen
September 4, 2010[L] Bologna Italy Arena Parco Nord
September 26, 2010[M] Fontana United States Auto Club Speedway
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
August 31, 2009 Saratoga Springs, New York Saratoga Performing Arts Center Cancelled.[37]
September 2, 2009 Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio Blossom Music Center Rescheduled to September 30, 2009[38]
September 3, 2009 Maryland Heights, Missouri Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Rescheduled to September 29, 2009[38]
September 29, 2009 Atlanta Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood Rescheduled to October 7, 2009[38]
October 1, 2009 Charlotte, North Carolina Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Rescheduled to October 6, 2009[38]

Box office box score

Venue City Tickets sold / available Gross revenue
The Joint Las Vegas 7,878 / 7,878 (100%) $442,705[39]
Rexall Place Edmonton 11,972 / 13,585 (88%) $673,448[40]
Comcast Center Mansfield 19,881 / 19,900 (~100%) $837,711[41]
Bell Centre Montreal 14,767 / 14,767 (100%) $704,891[42]
Molson Amphitheatre Toronto 30,176 / 32,309 (93%) $1,492,464[43]
Nikon at Jones Beach Theater Wantagh 25,114 / 27,749 (90%) $1,211,775[40][44]
Hersheypark Stadium Hershey 17,108 / 17,981 (95%) $716,367[40]
Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati 20,561 / 20,561 (100%) $554,292[40]
Post-Gazette Pavilion Burgettstown 22,044 / 22,044 (100%) $645,086[41]
First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre Tinley Park 20,630 / 20,630 (100%) $793,749[41]
Xcel Energy Center Saint Paul 11,170 / 14,445 (77%) $497,244[41]
Verizon Wireless Music Center Noblesville 15,358 / 24,680 (62%) $339,356[41]
Darien Lake Performing Arts Center Darien 18,857 / 21,577 (87%) $535,799[44]
DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston 15,703 / 15,703 (100%) $489,037[44]
PNC Bank Arts Center Holmdel Township 16,946 / 16,946 (100%) $616,495[44]
Susquehanna Bank Center Camden 25,396 / 25,396 (100%) $750,219[44]
Comcast Theatre Hartford 24,767 / 24,767 (100%) $688,328[45]
Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre Greenwood Village 17,011 / 17,011 (100%) $497,138[46]
McKay Events Center Orem 6,747 / 7,179 (94%) $303,389[46]
Sleep Train Amphitheatre Wheatland 17,073 / 18,500 (92%) $404,890[43]
Shoreline Amphitheatre Mountain View 22,791 / 23,300 (98%) $616,427[43]
Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre Chula Vista 19,602 / 19,602 (100%) $579,440[43]
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine 29,874 / 29,874 (100%) $1,076,082[47]
Journal Pavilion Albuquerque 15,277 / 15,277 (100%) $387,621[47]
SuperPages.com Center Dallas 22,464 / 23,112 (97%) $600,418[47]
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion The Woodlands 16,545 / 16,545 (100%) $585,930[47]
Cruzan Amphitheatre West Palm Beach 19,728 / 19,728 (100%) $462,668[47]
Ford Amphitheatre Tampa 19,477 / 19,514 (~100%) $552,348[47]
Verizon Wireless Music Center Pelham 5,506 / 10,289 (53%) $181,204[48]
Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Maryland Heights 16,377 / 21,000 (78%) $383,637[48]
Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls 17,893 / 20,351 (89%) $534,683[48]
Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Virginia Beach 20,055 / 20,055 (100%) $499,527[48]
Madison Square Garden New York City 14,733 / 14,733 (100%) $699,740[48]
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Charlotte 13,048 / 18,808 (69%) $298,226[48]
Hollywood Palladium Los Angeles 3,826 / 3,826 (100%) $202,714[49]
Santa Barbara Bowl Santa Barbara 4,235 / 4,792 (88%) $213,150[50]
Trabrennbahn Bahrenfeld Hamburg 14,734 / 15,000 (98%) $598,985[51]
The O2 Dublin 12,552 / 12,552 (100%) $636,128[51]
TOTAL 647,876 / 691,966 (94%) $22,303,311

Personnel

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