The blink 182 general discussion topic

[Elisa]

6 hours ago, Jared Goff said:

This is such a tired excuse though…why? What are you saying about blink’s fans? 

Yeah, this is not true at all. When they played Apple Shampoo out of nowhere in 2013, the crowd went crazy. When they played the little acoustic set in 2012 with Give Me One Good Reason and M+M’s, everyone was singing along. When they played Easy Target at my show in 2014, people started moshing.

They can afford to play 2 or even 3 deep cuts, their fans in the audience are not a bunch of stupid people who don’t know shit about the band they’re seeing live, they would love it, but Mark doesn’t want to. 
 

[thongrider]

They just need to drop the lame "fan favorites" they do every show. Casuals dont know those songs and a real fan would probably want to listen to something they haven't done in a while instead of the same old shit.

[_Kyle_]

they lost their way when they stopped playing Carousel at every show

[thongrider]

1 minute ago, _Kyle_ said:

they lost their way when they stopped playing Carousel at every show

It should be replaced with another CC song.

[_Kyle_]

"and now, what you've all been waiting for: STRINNNNNNNGGGGGGGSSSSSS"

[thongrider]

6 minutes ago, _Kyle_ said:

"and now, what you've all been waiting for: STRINNNNNNNGGGGGGGSSSSSS"

Oh yes! Would be magical!

[_Kyle_]

[WPGBlink]

This tour with alk3 will be the third with Tom back in the fold in a matter of years. 

The people coming to see them for a 2nd-3rd time since the reunion are likely more than casual fans of the band. With the ticket prices the way they are, it wouldn't hurt to fucking throw them a bone with some deep cuts mixed in or rotated..... 

That said, it's blink, and we know how it'll go. 

[boxelder]

I still can’t believe that they’re touring again with a pretty large slate of dates. Tom really must’ve made a huge change in his life to agreeing to being on the road this much, because I know he hated it for so long. It’s honestly great to see them so active 

[eleven]

I guess there are older songs that will never be played live again - maybe because they don’t like the lyrics anymore? If it's possible to make some instrumental adjustments, then I think lyrical changes could be made too, if that's the reason. Some purists might not like those changes, but honestly, I couldn't care less.

[Champ182]

26 minutes ago, boxelder said:

I still can’t believe that they’re touring again with a pretty large slate of dates. Tom really must’ve made a huge change in his life to agreeing to being on the road this much, because I know he hated it for so long. It’s honestly great to see them so active 

I have no idea if this theory is correct, but it seems like a lot of bands from that generation are becoming more active again and making music again at a time that probably directly coincides with their kids getting to be old enough to be out of the house haha

[boxelder]

3 minutes ago, Champ182 said:

I have no idea if this theory is correct, but it seems like a lot of bands from that generation are becoming more active again and making music again at a time that probably directly coincides with their kids getting to be old enough to be out of the house haha

Makes complete sense. It’s honestly really nice to see them settle into a legacy live act

[Sun God]

1 hour ago, boxelder said:

I still can’t believe that they’re touring again with a pretty large slate of dates. Tom really must’ve made a huge change in his life to agreeing to being on the road this much, because I know he hated it for so long. It’s honestly great to see them so active 

Tom said in that Toby Morse interview he has a trainer now and has been working out. This may or may not have anything to do with it but you definitely have a lot more energy when you’re working out consistantly 

[eleven]

Yeah, he said he has a 25-year-old female trainer. I heard that and thought, 'Well, that’s not exactly an age-appropriate trainer,' and couldn’t help but giggle.

[Champ182]

21 minutes ago, twelve said:

Yeah, he said he has a 25-year-old female trainer. I heard that and thought, 'Well, that’s not exactly an age-appropriate trainer,' and couldn’t help but giggle.

Didn't he also say she was really hot haha and that motivates him to try to get in shape or something? I don't know why it always cracks me up when Tom talks about hot girls, he really is just an appreciator of the female form. But yea it's clearly harmless and fun but nobody else says shit like that in public nowadays haha.

[Sun God]

1 hour ago, Champ182 said:

Didn't he also say she was really hot haha and that motivates him to try to get in shape or something? I don't know why it always cracks me up when Tom talks about hot girls, he really is just an appreciator of the female form. But yea it's clearly harmless and fun but nobody else says shit like that in public nowadays haha.

Honestly I thought it was kind of creepy the way he framed it lol. And honestly since I’m a dude I’d rather have a dude trainer that is in shape as a male, but I guess that’s just me. (I mean I’d love to have a sexy woman trainer but personally I’d just trust a jacked up man for building the male body since I am also a man- also it would not be a distraction vs some hottie in yoga pants lol) 

[_Kyle_]

Yeah, hopefully it stays professional. The one thing I really do appreciate blink for in hindsight was how they didn't seem to creep on fans or others in the business. 

[kibbles]

I know it’s been known for a while but I love how the re-reunion and friendship again was kinda set off by Tom randomly texting Mark a picture of him with models on the Spellbound shoot. Apparently Mark’s sharing this text and image at his book tour thing, would love to see it

[_Kyle_]

was tom texting him "this could us, but you playin"?

[Kay]

On 4/10/2025 at 7:03 PM, Champ182 said:

Didn't he also say she was really hot haha and that motivates him to try to get in shape or something? I don't know why it always cracks me up when Tom talks about hot girls, he really is just an appreciator of the female form. But yea it's clearly harmless and fun but nobody else says shit like that in public nowadays haha.

Tom is skirting swiftly into the kind-of-harmless-but-kinda-weird-drunk-uncle era, and im here for it