Blink-182 confirms openers, divulges desire to be like Daft Punk
With all that green screen nonsense and talk about how there won’t be a new album for quite a while, it’s easy to forget that Blink-182 is going on tour sometime soon - the lack of actual dates probably have something to do with that as well. But the reunion tour is indeed still on tap, one which we recently learned a little more about courtesy of this month’s issue of Rolling Stone (via himynameismark).
- The band is rehearsing ahead of the tour dates, the first time ever says bassist Mark Hoppus: “We used to walk onstage and forget our parts. We wanted to play fast and look cool. This time, we want to be more artistic.”
- Speaking of artistic, the trio has apparently hired the same set designer used by Kanye West and Daft Punk to create an “intense light show.”
- As for the songs that will be played, expect mostly hits with a few new numbers mixed in.
- And finally, as rumored, Weezer and Fall Out Boy will serve as openers on the tour. Maybe The All-American Rejects too?
Still no word on dates, but the rumor is an arena tour in the fall.
Blink + Weezer = yes, please.
yes, please + Fall Out Boy = meh, let’s hope they get the 30 minute opener set.
24 & 26 of July*
24 & 26 of festivals in Japan
May 15th, 2009 at 9:46 am
[...] that changed in a hurry. Just a day after the recently reunited trio dropped details on the tour’s openers and desires to be like Daft Punk and Kanye West, Mark Hoppus, Travis [...]