I'm not gonna lie, last week was crazy busy and I was a little checked out with my birthday and work and everything going on. So Wrex The Halls 2016 announced two dates this year, and tickets went on sale Friday. And I know if you know me and know this site you're not going to believe what I'm about to say, but Band of Horses ACL set on Friday night was pretty amazing and on point. Anyway, details and ticket links are below.
I know it's supposed to be super cool to hate on local bands that go on to massive success, but that's not my style. I loved Blink in high school (before the 182) and somewhere I still have a few 7" records (which I should totally sell on eBay). I saw the band dozens of times at small shows and big shows and SOMA sidestage and I even met a boyfriend at a show they played at 4th & B. I had a fake ID then, but somehow ended up backstage meeting the members of Neurotic Boy Outsiders (before they dropped the Boy) so I definitely think of those days fondly. In college I moved on to other music, but I still was pretty stoked when they played a Casbah show and 91X hooked me up with tickets. That was somewhere around 1999 (?) and the last time I saw the band live.
Blink-182 had their very public separation/hiatus and their own projects and companies and endorsements and accidents and marriages and breakups and when it all comes down to it, they're a family and they came back together to release Neighborhoods. Blink-182 has a formula to their music and it works for the music they create and if you like everything else they've ever done, you're going to like this one, too. You all know how I love my slow and quiet indie rock these days, so for me their style of music exists in my memory and another time and place, but I can appreciate that they've still loved and beloved by tweens to people my age and older. Neighborhoods is certainly helping me get work done.
They're playing at Cricket Wireless Amphitheater this Thursday night with She Wants Revenge and Matt and Kim as support. I have another show I've committed to, so I'm going to give the tickets to you. Tell me a Blink-182 memory on my Facebook wall if you want tickets and I'll pick a winner by Wednesday. I have hard tickets, so you'll have to be able to come pick them up from me before the show on Thursday.
This is straight from CityBeat's newsletter, but I thought it was worth sharing:
There will be a limited number of pit tickets and $20 lawn tickets for blink-182's highly anticipated September 16th show at Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre - available from Tom Delonge himself at the House of Blues Downtown.
The $20 lawn tickets have NO charge for parking, ticketing fees, no tax, no nothing! There is a four ticket limit per customer. Cash only.
House of Blues San Diego will offer $1.82 tacos and domestic draft beers complete with blink-182 music videos playing throughout the restaurant.
Blink-182 With Weezer, Taking Back Sunday, Asher Roth Wednesday, September 16 Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
Hi. We're blink-182. This past week there’ve been a lot of questions about the current status of the band, and we wanted you to hear it straight from us. To put it simply, We're back. We mean, really back. Picking up where we left off and then some. In the studio writing and recording a new album. Preparing to tour the world yet again. Friendships reformed. 17 years deep in our legacy.
