The live debuts, classics, and more - Australian blink-182 fans will be served on this tour.
blink-182 (Credit: Jack Bridgland)
It’s an exciting day for blink-182 fans, as the beloved American pop-punk trio have played their first show of their Australian tour at Perth’s RAC Arena and still have 14 more concerts to go.
The first of 15 shows was a raging success, with The Music reviewer Michael Hollick declaring, “blink-182’s performance was a time capsule, providing both longtime and newer fans a chance to relive the days when baggy jeans, chains, and dyed spikes were the epitome of cool. The band may have grown older, but their music remains forever young.”
You can read the review here.
Blink-182 were joined by special guests Rise Against, who riled up the crowd with their political punk rock tunes, playing classics including Prayer Of The Refugee, Savior and Swing Life Away.
If you’re up to this point reading this article and decide that spoilers aren’t for you after all, look away, as we’re about to get into blink-182’s Perth setlist.
When singer and bassist Mark Hoppus arrived in Perth a few days ago, he teased, “We got new songs that we are playing for the first time in Perth. The first live performances of these songs will be in your city and a lot of bad words probably.” And he kept his promise.
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The band played a massive 27-song setlist, which included seven tracks from their latest LP, One More Time…, with Australian fans being treated to the live debuts of Fuck Face, Turpentine and Anthem Pt 3 (the latter played in full for the first time). The remainder of their set was a balance of their hit albums, with the pop-punk trio playing five tracks each from their self-titled album, Enema Of The State and Take Off Your Pants And Jacket.
Only one song from the records Dude Ranch, California and Neighborhoods were performed, with two from The Mark, Tom, And Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!). You can find the complete setlist below.
Anthem Part Two
The Rock Show
Family Reunion
Man Overboard
Feeling This
Violence (Travis solo at the start)
Up All Night
Dysentery Gary
Dumpweed
MORE THAN YOU KNOW
EDGING
DANCE WITH ME
Aliens Exist
Happy Holidays, You Bastard
FUCK FACE (live debut)
Stay Together For The Kids
ANTHEM PART 3 (first time in full)
Always
Down
Bored To Death
I Miss You
TURPENTINE (live debut)
What's My Age Again?
First Date
All The Small Things
Dammit
Encore:
ONE MORE TIME
One More Time… was the band’s first album starring their most famous line-up – Hoppus, drummer Travis Barker and singer/guitarist Tom DeLonge – in twelve years.
Last June, the trio added a fifth and final Melbourne show to meet demand for their Australian tour, taking the run up to a whopping 15 dates. It’s their first Australian tour since 2013.