radioactive tomdog

the prices are already going down. chicago was one of the worst cases and now pit tickets are $485. all other seats are between $200-400 (non resale) that's still not a "good" deal but better than a few days ago. regarding nosebleed seats, why would anyone ever buy those for more than $20? i hope the second and third levels at these venues remain empty.

there's actually a video of that performance on youtube and i remember how weird that was

let's not pretend simple creatures is on par with bcr/+44/transplants/ava.

wish blink would do this with cheshire and dude ranch https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cj3Oy1wMZa9/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

good news for those who have tickets- if the conspiracies are true and the venues are empty, the ushers typically move everyone down to closer/better seats that went unsold prior to the show starting.

those will probably never come out. just like the pre-feldmann era album that was essentially finished.

i think he was always slightly uncomfortable with the level of fame and money surrounding the band. i would be too at his age if i never had it before. didn't he sleep on a bus with other crew members on tour as opposed to having his own bus like mark and travis do?

so are tickets cheaper now today with the general sale or is it the same bullshit?

if they can convince people to change their bodies they can convince people to go see blink 182

travis is also a lot more famous now and has kardashians promoting the tour

reminder that untitled was submitted to the label and pressing plant at the very last minute leading up to their deadline in 2003. just because they are "OnLy 90% dOnE" does not mean they are unorganized or that this album won't come out before the tour.

i'm sure they have a deadline and technology has drastically sped up the recording process. they could turn this around fast as long as tom doesn't get distracted.

i think matt is confused and thought blink was added to this years lineup. i was confused about it myself until i read the dates. or maybe tom is attending this years fest to hangout maybe skiba comes out for a song at a LA or chicago show on the tour but i seriously doubt it.

he tricked like half a million people into pre ordering WDNTW based on words alone. didn't work for anything else after that though (modlife, tts, etc).

i'm guessing another single between thanksgiving and christmas. then a february album release before the festival shows

it would be a seriously bold move to launch pre orders for vinyl if they just started writing this record. i'm not saying this band is above doing bullshit like that but it's insanely uncommon.

aaron says edging was written in the middle of the actual recording process. considering that song is full blown done and released, they must be near the end.

this strategy ruined the album for me. afi did that with their rise records album too and i was mad about it. hard to have self control and not listen when you're desperate. i don't think blink will do this though. everything forthcoming will likely be a random surprise, whether it's another single or the album release itself.

i'm very happy to have been wrong about this. anyone who is a longtime fan of skiba knows that he struggles with a lot of personal shit. it's apparent in his lyrics and some of his late night IG posts. so, if this had been handled poorly, i'd feel really bad for him. that's something i didn't want. i think the fact that he's been living with family in a chicago suburb for over a month is really telling of where he's at lately too. he's probably hitting the reset button. despite being happy for blink, it's gotta be a mental whirlwind for him. one day, he's taking press photos on top of the empire state building and playing good morning america. then, a few years later, he's reading about their triumphant reunion from a random park in the midwest where nobody will ever recognize him. i hope he comes back with the best alkaline trio record ever.

i just want some more songs like obvious and stockholm

https://www.instagram.com/p/CjveNXXpjf5/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= he elaborated a bit more on IG. that's what i wanted to hear

i think +44 avoided press too for a really long time before the album came out. it makes sense. especially when journalists only interested in the drama. i think the album is in the mixing, mastering, etc. stages right now. we already know they've been at this for a while. mark told davey he had been recording since early this year. mark's manager said he wasn't surprised by tom's social media bio updates in late july because "he was already in the band" by then.

we really do need a version of PLG without the rap though. one of the biggest mistakes they ever made. i bet that rapper is super irrelevant now anyway.

the apple music stream sounds infinitely better. i dont have any issues with the production or mix here. it's not the single i wanted but i'm also content with it. knowing them, there are better songs to come.

last summer, when matt said he didn't know if he was still in the band, i think he was being honest. if he was sworn to secrecy he wouldn't have responded to a random person at all. i'm sure he connected the dots, just as everyone else on the internet did (2+ years without involvement), and then someone eventually told him. whether that was actually mark/travis or someone representing them is the question. band history tells us it would be the latter. we don't actually know until these guys talk about it more.