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Ticket Stub Tuesday… Round Thirty:

This was the fifth time that I’ve seen Blink 182 in concert. The band will always be sentimental for me because theirs was the first concert that I ever went to. After the group went on indefinite hiatus in 2005, it was uncertain whether or not they would ever tour again. At the 51st annual Grammy Awards, the trio announced that they would be reforming and embarking on a summer tour. They also announced plans to release their sixth studio album, but to date, no new material has been released by the band.

Going in, I knew it would be one of those no-frills-standard-set-know-the-lyrics-to-every-song kind of show — and I was fine with that. After seeing No Doubt earlier in the summer and having a similar experience, I knew that I would enjoy the show. I went with @Cassiee. The two of us have been Blink 182 fans from the “Flyswatter” era and had seen Blink 182 at Roseland Ballroom back in the day. We had a great time then and this concert was no exception. 

Panic! at the Disco and Fall Out Boy opened the show. I’m really not a fan of ether band. Each has a couple of good songs, but I never really got into their music. Blink’s set was loaded with shenanigans, as is standard procedure for a Blink show. You would think that these guys would have mellowed out with age and parenthood. Not so much. They’re still all about the toilet humor and four letter words. Their energy was really very good — they still know how to get the crowd going.

The most amazing part came when drummer, Travis Barker, performed his solo on a suspended, rotating platform. It was truly incredible that he was able to play upside down. The show was definitely a fun summer diversion. I hope that they actually do release a new album and go on tour in support of it.

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Last night, (9 August 2009), Cassie and I attended the long-awaited Blink 182 Reunion Tour, featuring, Chester French, Panic! At the Disco and Fall Out Boy at Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre. This was my second concert there that weekend, the first being Jason Mraz. Cassie and I were a little skeptical that the rain would hold off, but it did and the show went off without a hitch, except, of course, for Mark Hoppus tripping over a speaker wire, that was labeled “the orgasmatron.” Neither of us really wanted to see Chester French, so we arrived at the venue in the middle of Panic!’s set. They were pretty good, although I really only know that one song of theirs, “I Write Sins Not Tragedies.”

I was really happy that I was able to see Panic! and Fall Out Boy at the same time, because I would always get the two confused. Now, I think I’ll be able to differentiate them. Fall Out Boy played a lot of new material, but played their hits: “Sugar, We’re Going Down,” “Dance, Dance,” “This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race,” and “Thks fr th Mmrs.” Pete Wentz Simpson looks like a monkey and he’s actually pretty retarded. Jon’s going to kill me for saying that because he idolizes him, but it’s true, he looks like a monkey with a bad haircut. To be honest, I just don’t like anyone associated with the Simpson Camp (i.e. Ashlee, Jessica, Joe, The Retarded Mother, Ryan Carbrera, Nick Lachey and all of 98°, for that matter…)

My cousin Denielle got us pretty good seats. We were right in the center of the second orchestra section, on the aisle. There were these three really annoying 17-year-old girls from Seaford sitting next to us. Their two guy friends that had closer seats to the stage, kept coming to our row… No joke, Cassie and I had to move about 20 times because of them. That was pretty ridiculous. So, as if I didn’t already hate Seaford or teenagers, that experience solidified those feelings. And Cassie, no, I never was a teenager….LOL.

Blink’s set list held no surprises or right-field picks; it was everything that I wanted to hear after five years of waiting:

Dumpweed

Feeling This

The Rock Show

Go

What’s My Age Again?

Violence

I Miss You

Stay Together For the Kids

Down

Always

Stockholm Syndrome

First Date

Man Overboard

Don’t Leave Me

Not Now

Adam’s Song

All the Small Things

Reckless Abandon

Josie

Anthem Part II

Encore:

Travis’ incredible drum solo, involving some serious aerobatics….

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Unlike Cassie, I was kind of exited about them playing stuff from their last album, “blink 182,” which was released in 2003, mainly because I haven’t seen any of those songs performed live before. This was the fifth time that I’ve seen Blink 182 in concert, more than any other act, (Sara Bareilles is second with four times; Spice Girls, Mika and No Doubt are in third with three times each….), and now I remember why… their shows are always so much fun. I love going to a concert and being able to sing each and every word of every song.  I’m seriously contemplating buying tickets to see them again, ether at their other N@JBT date or at MSG. Ether way, I’m so exited for their new album to be released, sometime next year.