Blink-182 kick off reunion headline tour and air Matt Skiba era songs

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Blink-182 kicked off their 2023 reunion headline tour in St. Paul, Minnesota last night (May 4) where the band performed a career-spanning set that included Matt Skiba-era songs.The band reunited at the Xcel Energy Center with their classic line-up — Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker — for the opening night of their world tour, which featured a 25-song setlist.The pop-punk icons were initially scheduled to debut their reunited line-up in March, but were forced to postpone after drummer Barker suffered repeated injuries to his finger.

The band then returned to the stage for a surprise performance at last month’s Coachella festival.Blink performed classics like ‘All The Small Things’ and ‘What’s My Age Again’ and also revived fan favourites like ‘Up All Night’ (for the first time since 2016, via Setlist.fm) and ‘Ghost On The Dance Floor’ (for the first time since 2014).The setlist also featured two songs from Matt Skiba-era Blink-182 — ‘Cynical’ and ‘Bored To Death’ — from their 2016 album ‘California‘.In October last year, the Alkaline Trio vocalist – who joined the band in 2015 as a replacement for DeLonge – said he was “truly happy” for Blink’s reunion with DeLonge.“I am truly grateful for my time with blink and I am truly happy you guys are a band and a family again,” he wrote in a social post.Check out the full Blink-182 opening night setlist and find footage below.1. ‘Anthem Part Two’2. ‘The Rock Show’3. ‘Family Reunion’4. ‘Man Overboard’5. ‘Feeling This’6. ‘Reckless Abandon’7. ‘Dysentery Gary’8. ‘Up All Night’9. ‘Dumpweed’10. ‘EDGING’11. ‘Aliens Exist’12. ‘Cynical’13. ‘Don’t Leave Me’14. ‘Happy Holidays, You Bastard’15. ‘Stay Together for the Kids’16. ‘Always’17. ‘Down’18. ‘Bored To Death’19. ‘I Miss You’20.