Watch Blink-182 reunite with Matt Skiba for ‘Bored To Death’ at LA charity gig

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Blink-182 reunited with former member Matt Skiba last night (February 13) as part of a special charity show for those affected by the LA wildfires.The Alkaline Trio vocalist who joined the band as a replacement for Tom Delonge in 2015, teamed up with the band for ‘Bored To Death’, which featured on their 2016 album ‘California’, at the Hollywood Palladium.

You can view the footage below.‘Bored To Death’ was the first Blink track released with Skiba as co-vocalist and it has also featured in the band’s live set since their reunion with DeLonge.

It was the first time Skiba had performed the track with the band since 2020. His band, Alkaline Trio also opened the show.After a seven-year run with the pop-punk trailblazers, Skiba’s time with the band came to an end after they announced that Delonge would be returning to the classic line up in 2022.Last night’s one-off gig saw 100 per cent of the ticket proceeds from the event – which was staged by Live Nation who previously pledged $1million (£813,355) to help the music community affected by the LA wildfires – donated to the Pasadena Humane Society, California Fire Department, LAFD Foundation, and ARC Firefighter Fund.Recently, Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker paid tribute to the incarcerated firefighters who helped with the Los Angeles wildfires, hailing them as “heroes”.His own family were affected by the fires, with his children Landon and Alabama evacuating their Pacific Palisades homes during the disaster.Members of the LA music community recently spoke to NME about being hit hard, with a number of venues, studios and artists being affected by the blaze.Elsewhere, Skiba recently revealed that he wrote “almost a whole album” of new material with Blink-182 that was scrapped.