Blink-182’s Reunion Tour Proves That Ageless Punk Rockers Can Make Fans Feel Like Kids Again: Concert Review
variety.comWilliam Earl A year ago, it would have been tough to imagine that one of the hottest summer tours would be a Blink-182 arena trek.
But a heathy mix of nostalgia and adoration for the recently-reunited classic lineup primed a sold-out Madison Square Garden crowd on May 19 to revisit their elder emo feelings in a show that sent the audience and band alike flying back to their halcyon days.
Although Blink-182 never broke up, the pop-punkers shifted hard with the 2015 departure of co-frontman and guitarist Tom DeLonge.
Although Alkaline Trio frontman Matt Skiba gamely stepped into the vacant role, the band’s breezy charisma and creative chops took a hit, delivering two soon-to-be-forgotten albums and earning their biggest headlines as “the band that would have headlined Fyre Festival.” Yet at the end of last year, DeLonge announced that he was getting back together with the band, filling the classic lineup slot with co-frontman and bassist Mark Hoppus and celeb drummer Travis Barker.
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