Mark Hoppus has revealed that he attempted to buy tickets for Blink-182‘s upcoming reunion tour but lost them after the website crashed.Last Tuesday (October 11) it was announced that Hoppus and Travis Barker had reunited with Tom DeLonge to release new music and embark on a huge run of global gigs.
The trio then released the single ‘Edging’ on Friday (October 14), with a full album also in the works.Tickets for Blink-182’s 2023/2024 tour dates went on general sale yesterday (October 17).
Many fans subsequently took to social media to express their excitement and disappointment following their efforts to snap them up.Hoppus later acknowledged in a post on Discord how difficult it was for some to secure tickets (via Reddit). “I understand that the ticketing can be frustrating,” the musician wrote.“I bought tickets for two of our shows myself just to see what the experience was like.
I had tickets yoinked from my cart and the whole thing crash out.”The bassist and co-vocalist went on to address complaints over the new “dynamic pricing” model which allows Ticketmaster to charge more for tickets when they first go on sale.The system responds to demand, and so increases or decreases costs in line with what “scalpers” – or touts – would sell them for, keeping the money in-house for the seller and artist.“I’m not in charge of it.
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