blink-182 Band • Page 28

I thought online ceramics closed down. Their stuff runs large (from my experience) but yeah it’s good quality. Excited to see what this is.

 

IMO Mark’s comments suffice. “This tour is for the fans.” I have always seen it as warmup shows in B markets brushing up for riot and WWWY. They are doing a bunch of old songs they haven’t played in a decade. A more mundane tour vs another giant cycle feels more a sign of the band being happy playing without enormous stakes and burning out than cause for alarm. Also Tom said he wants to get writing for a new record before he does a bunch of directing and TTS stuff. Maybe this is all they could manage while also doing other stuff that fills their creative outlets. Both of their interviews with Toby seemed really happy with OMT and not fully into another album but keeping things active and moving.

 

Anyone have any strong opinions on SPAC vs Bethel venues? Leaning towards Bethel but I could sit closer for slightly cheaper at SPAC...

 

Is Tom out? Was he ever back in?

 

Maybe Tom was just the friends we made along the way

 

If this tour is truly for the fans why are we still in the 1 hour 30 min, cut, end, no more, no less. Riot.

 

LinkinPark played for 2hrs and I still wanted more, 1hr30 is crazy

 

This is like blink fan PTSD or something.

 

They have a tour shirt from this company. The one I wanted sold out so I grabbed theirs. $20 more than the others

 

I'm the first to speculate and overthink about Mark / Tom vibes and lack of social posting and stuff.

I think early (new) reunion Tom wanted to make it very clear he wanted to be there, almost exhibiting it. Heaps of social posts, blink sharing, etc. The dude doesn't use social media much and keeps his life pretty private.

I think the fact that the friendship between these three is a key element of why people love this band causes fan spirals. But these are three 50 year old dudes with families, kids, lives, etc. playing shows, which while fun for them, is still a job. I'm sure they're fine.

 

travis' last scream on fuck face live in incredible. i'd kill for him to front a hardcore project.

 

Every time I see a video from this tour that is supposedly Very Concerning the band arguably sounds even better than they did a couple years ago.

 

https://www.online-ceramics.com/collections/blink-182

 

Been a couple years since I ordered from Online Ceramics - I forgot how expensive it is. Gonna have to pass considering I don’t love any of these. (The Dammit shirt and the hoodie are pretty good though. Alien one is kind of funny but don’t think I’d ever wear it, lol)

 

Yeah, balked at the hoodie price. Might get a hat…the t-shirt with the rabbit says “what’s my age again” and has all the small things lyrics on the back, kinda odd.

 

The pill hoodie would be cool without the URL on it. And not for $120 lol

 

You know something is gonna be expensive when you don’t know the price until it hits the cart.

 

I have been obsessively checking Ticketmaster waiting for them to kill off the VIP packages for NH so I can get a seated ticket up close. They finally did it last night, but they just removed the tickets entirely instead of making them regular seats. So now I'm...still obsessively checking Ticketmaster waiting for them to come back.

 

Same, haha. I have an...ok seat, but would love to get closer.

 

I've wavered between a seat and pit basically since the thing went on sale, but I absolutely love the venue and I'd like to just kind of enjoy my time and mosey over to a seat when I'm ready rather than get a fast lane pass to rush in and get close and then not be able to move for hours, haha.

 

I've only been once, to see paramore back in 2017. I was in the pit for that!
Also kept going back and forth on this one- but the price tag for pit is wild. do they ever do seat upgrades at this venue?
Also, which parking lot do you suggest snagging a pass for?
...if you don't mind me asking, lol

 

Pit is starting to drop on the secondary, and there's some resale ones on TM right now about $55 cheaper than face, so, not awful (though still not great.)

I haven't seen them do upgrades, at least for a show that's sold pretty well like this one. They do free tickets (just pay the fees) a lot, but its always on slow movers.

I usually go for MB Tractor Preferred - I'm coming down from Maine and it's a 3+ hour drive home, so I like to get out of there quickly and that lot has always done the trick. Looks like it's $30 for this show.

 

Thanks so much!
Coming from MA, and am just planning on booking a hotel when I get paid. It's a 2.5ish ride for me. Plus a day off from work never hurts!

 

Heads up - they just cut prices (down to $243 for pit, $219 for front seated sections.)

 

UGH. I'll be keeping an eye on tickets and making a decision on Friday (payday, lol). Hope you're able to snag something better!