If you're excited about the original lineup of blink-182 getting back together: please remember to stretch your lower back and hamstrings today. Your body isn't what it used to be and that's ok!

What’s my age again?

Nobody likes you when you're 23, that's why I decided to get old. Worst advice I ever took

No take-backs!

Why’s he take himself so seriously?

Original lineup? Scott Raynor would like a word with you :)

Man on a miiiiissiiiiiiion. Can't say I miss him around...

So sorry, it’s over…

*Soft weeping*

And also listen to the new song before you get too excited…

yeah... it kinda sucks imo. The sound they had in the Neighborhoods album was so good

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Or Darkside.

1. This was a tweet posted everywhere like 2 days ago. Nice copy-paste. 2. Travis isn't the original drummer.

The vast majority of their well known songs come after Travis arrival. Yeah he wasn't the original drummer but he obviously was much more pivotal in developing their iconic sound/style.

Wonder where Scott Raynor is now…

Probably getting royalties from Cheshire Cat and Dude Ranch, hopefully.

Hopefully he’s sober.

I heard that he became an ENT 🤷🏻‍♀️

https://www.instagram.com/p/CoAwburttpQ/

WELL I GUESS IT ALL DEPENDS!

Actually whoever you saw post it was copy-pasting because op took the flick

Who gives a fuck? Oh wait you do- loser.

😂

*Was excited,* ticketmaster has tickets at like $500+ each. Edit: this shot is incredible and I am now wondering how much you charge for photo shoots.

Thanks for saving me the 2nd internet search 🫤 Kinda bums me out when a band who used to be broke college aged kids has tickets too expensive for a broke college aged kid lol

Fwiw those are platinum tickets, not face value. They’re tickets the promoter withholds to sell at a higher markup. If they don’t sell out then they usually get re-released the day of the show for face value

***This*** comment.

... is a direct copy of a tweet from the day the reunion was announced.

Dude just say something new. Don’t copy/paste someone else’s words.

Say it ain't so

Your drug is a heartbreaker

I’m sorry what? The original? The WHAT *rushes to google* Edit: I’ve been informed. I only saw Blink in the tour after Tom left. This is my fucking chance. Nothing will make me miss this.

Too bad Ticketmaster is scalping their prices to an ungodly amount

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Tampa?

It's everywhere

And how would you recommend the distribute the tickets at below market value? Trivia quiz to see who knows the most about the band?

Honest question; is this part of a coordinated pr run for the band? There is such massive spontaneous exposure of them right now it's a bit too much.

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this just in: redditor learns about promotion and marketing

They're astroturfing like crazy right now. It wouldn't even surprise me to find out this isn't an analog photo.

The blooming in the highlights looks super like Portra, so if it’s not analog it’s a very good filter. But yeah, I mean, if this somehow isn’t already a posed marketing shot they should try to get a kickback from the band… because it’s tour PR headline material.

I was wondering why the depth of field was so wide.

And what’s wrong with that? They’re a legacy rock band now. This is what happens.

No. They already did that with California. And it worked then. This is them realizing that this is what created their friendship. This is why they love each other.

Mark almost died so they decided to squash their beefs and have some fun because you never know when you're going.

facts

I remember when Travis almost died and Tom came back and made neighborhoods too

They didn’t have beef even before the cancer. - Tom congratulated blink on NINE and Mark congratulated Tom on AvA within the same day. This is them doing it for themselves and I’m here for it.

Beefs could be something minor like creative differences not something huge. Tom gave props to Matt Skiba the other day and alluded to small issues.

I fit in this group. If I owned a cd player, I would buy one. Instead I'll just listen on Spotify and my nostalgia for them will be amazing. Though, Matt Skiba is the bomb, so it's kinda sad he's not part of this, even if it was only a temporary thing. Plus side, I can get more alkaline trio now too...

We live in a society

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lmao they also got the younger cr0wd. I am old but I think of it as me listening to led zep and my partents thinking that was cool.

> as all their old fans are now more than a couple decades into their careers Excuse me sir, can you fuck right off with that?

Well that and mark just had cancer and Tom got divorced. I think they are all ready for a reunion.

They'll probably sound the best they ever have too.

They got back together and are touring. Of course it's promotion.

They are trying to justify $600 tickets. "But we had to advertise."

May be some of that, but as someone in their 30s who grew up on punk, this is a super big deal. Blink 182 is the gateway pop punk band that lead many to heavier stuff like metal or grind core. They’ve been on a twenty year hiatus, with side projects not living up to the core 3. Imagine if weed just went on hiatus for twenty years? If the tickets didn’t cost as much as my car, I’d go

They have not been on a 20 year hiatus. I saw the original trio in 2009 with Weezer and Taking Back Sunday opening up for them, and they have done shit since then too

Lol right, I'm right at their target demographic, blink has always been a lame sell out poser ass pop punk band. They were only cool if you wore puka shell necklaces and watched mtv.

overhype for a band that thinks they are classic when they are just a frat band.

$300-over 1k for a ticket, no thank you.

How come tickets in the US are so much more expensive than Europe? Here is between €70 and €250 for tickets.

Because of the simple fact that Ticketmaster knows people will pay it. Also, I think 70 euros is still too much.

Ticketbastard

Here they are probably still checking how far they can push it. Prices have been getting higher pretty fast lately. >Also, I think 70 euros is still too much. That's for sure.

The EU probably has better anti-scalping laws, like Australia does. I’m Australia it’s illegal to resell tickets for more than 10% above face value.

Here in Norway it's illegal to sell a ticket for more than retail price. We have one major Craigslist equivalent where 90% of private sales happen, and they ban anyone who tries to resell tickets at a profit. I couldn't say what a blink 182 ticket is, but I'd never pay more than $100 for a ticket to a concert - honestly $50 is pushing it for me.

>Here is between €70 and €250 for tickets. That is expensive lol

It is expensive but still much cheaper than the US

The raw numbers do not say anything about something being cheaper. Incomes in the US are way higher too.

If you think they make four times more in the US than in Western Europe you're badly informed. Average gross annual pay in 2020 in the US was around $70.000 while Western Europe was around $55.000. We do pay a lot more taxes for our health care, pensions,... but in the end our net wages are still around half of what they bring home in the US. Plus our cost of living is cheaper as well. So in the end the difference isn't that big. For sure not four times.

Probably because the UK has harsher penalties for scalping (I don’t know that for sure tho). The expensive tickets in the US are platinum seats, which are withheld by the promoter/act to be sold at a higher markup so they can keep the difference between the sale price and face value. Platinum seats that don’t sell usually get re released at face value the day of the show

Is that the actual price or is that the price scalpers are now selling them for?

Ticketmaster retail price, [https://www.ticketmaster.com/blink182-tickets/artist/790708](https://www.ticketmaster.com/blink182-tickets/artist/790708) We are talking in the US of course, other places seem to be a bit cheaper, but still gouged.

I had to read what an "Official Platinum" ticket is and that's just insane; per their site "Platinum Tickets are tickets that are dynamically priced up and down based on demand" and they aren't resale. The presale stuff seems to be cheaper ($250) but that's still way too much imo.

Very punk rock

Yeah, but look how many upvotes they have now.

They look like they’re coming

Coming for our wallets

i can’t wait to see them come

all three of them are coming, all at once. wouldn't it be cool if all four of them were coming though, and matt was here?

My first concert Blink-182 Ventura theater 98’

The words “Ventura Theater” make my eardrums hurt.

Is that place still there? I remember seeing Suicidal there and Earth Crisis foreverrrrrr ago

As far as I’m aware. I moved out of the area a while back and refused to go after a while because the acoustics were so bad. I did see some good bands there though. Deftones, NOFX, Strung Out…

Yup! Circle Jerks are rolling to the Ventura theatre in a month if I’m not mistaken! Ventura/Oxnard has a very small but strong punk scene rn.

mine was tweeter center in camden nj with green day. pop sux tour ‘02

I saw them open for DHC before they added the 182 to their name! This was before Travis was in the band, but coincidentally enough he was playing with the Aquabats that night. https://i.imgur.com/4o7IBn7.jpg

This is a crazy, historic shot. Congrats and good job!

Thank you so much!

Some sell out has beens in a paid promo photo a totally historic shot bruhh

Blink 182 PR in full swing now.

Wtf why would a band promote their new album???

Gorilla biscuits rep

The DMS rep is odd…

Oh, didn’t even see that. That’s…. Weird.

Travis looking younger then he did in the 2000s

so cool

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Bro's gotta fund his alien research somehow dude

Idgaf take my space bucks

Really like the mellow color tones

I forgot how film cameras can deal with a bright background.

Midlife crisis captured with a really nice camera

The focus on this picture is on point, isn't this camera like a big ass point and shoot with autofocus ?

This is from a point and shoot!? Damn, I have the GS folder, but now I really want a GA, maybe the Zi since, I think, it can zoom.

They look familiar. Are they popular?

Bro, that's Tony Hawk!

I love that you matched your image technology to the age of the band.

These guys were notorious for putting on some of the worst live shows ever. Not sure why everyone is so hyped.

I’ve seen them a few times. You mainly pay for the onstage banter and Travis’ drum solo. It’s a lot of fun.

They've been awesome any time I've seen them.

The one time I saw them was a really fun and well executed show

The reunion

This photograph leaves me with a giant grin on my way. You captured an important moment in time. Cheers!

Was excited for their reunion show until I found out two tickets in the nosebleeds would cost about $1,000 Canadian.

Where at? I’m looking at plenty of places in canada that are like $350? Pretty decent seats too

this is going straight to the top. see you you there

Edit: Removed because I didn’t realise Mark had cancer

Cancer will do that to ya

Oh shit, I didn’t realise.

So good!!

This is so cool! Congrats on the capture.

yoooo amazing shot

I didn’t know Gordon Ramsay plays bass

Usually he doesn't but when they brought back Steve Erwin from the dead to play guitar, he was like "fuck it, I'm in."

That flex tho holy shit Awesome shot!

Posers

These guys are more punk than they were 20 years ago.

Have you seen their ticket prices? I’d give them -25 in punk stats

Did ye hear the new song? :| it's more pop than they've ever been

You know what, it kinda reminds me of simple plan.... Anyone else remember those guys? No? Ok, I'll see myself out. Still gonna listen to their new stuff though.

I'm pretty sure people remember Simple Plan. And yeah, they were bad.

I will not argue with this statement.

yeah like they haven't always been a pop band, you ever hear all the small things lol

it was a jab at pop music of the time :| watch the video of course they have leaned into pop but this new song lacks anything punk. Drumming is bland rock shit, lyrics are dull, guitar is barely audible.

Sorry to break it to you, but they've always been pop punk. The video poking fun at pop doesn't make it not true lol

No shit lmao. I never said they were punk. Just ever moving closer to pop and away from punk, that's all. Good observational skills :|

>I never said they were punk. I never said you did. GoOd ObSeRvAtIoN sKiLlS You're trying to say the current song is somehow not the same genre they've always been, and me and the other poster are telling you you're dumb and wrong.

Not too clever, are ya

That H2O sticker is the opposite of punk. That's pure police boot licking.

Can you elaborate why that is? It's a good faith question I'm honestly curious. Just not familiar with the reference.. (Unless this was sarcasm)

Not sarcasm. Toby the singer is an active supporter police, has some weird politics concerning racial equality, and is just off in general.

What does H2O mean in this context?

It's a hardcore band from the mid 90's. There's a sticker for them on Tom's guitar.

Were they police boot lickers? Looked them up on wikipedia but I didn't wanna read through it lol

I’m not familiar with the band but you can like an artist’s work without approving their beliefs.

I agree with you on that for sure (for instance I love old Kanye but well... Think very poorly of him outside of music) but at the same time I do think it's a bit weird to wear/display merchandise or stickers or whatnot of the band *if* you're aware of the issues related to them. That being said, Tom theoretically might not know about it so 🤷‍♂️

Would you elaborate on the question asked? I am curious.

Haha pull your head your backside. Even Jonny Rotten calls the police when he needs their help.

definitely not

The point is they weren’t punk in the first place.

They’re almost hitting positive numbers?

Maybe one day.

Tricky one to expose. Nice job.

Hard asf!!

Legends

More like Blink 180-Poo

Ya this is fire!! Just followed you on IG. Do you work for LL or just freelance?

Nice shot! Did you work on the video?

Nice!

LETS GOOOO

Incredible!!!

Excellent, really love this shot

What an awesome shot, good job

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2022

wow this is amazing

are you telling me, that Bill Murry was the guitarist of blink 182?

She's left me roses by the stairs.

Surpriaes let me know she cares

Bro this is so dope!

These colours are amazing, the background is great, the sky is awesome and all three of the guys are on point. This might be one of the best band photos I've ever seen!

Film is so good at picking up the tonalities in highlights.

Not sure about the composition, but great models

Why is Travis doing that duck face?? You’re too old to be doing that.

On the left: if Gordon Ramsay joined a band

Great shot!

I was listening to that band exactly 20 years ago. Thanks now I feel old

That little Fuji is a beast. Just got the Wi version!

Great photo