Photo by Abbey McAlister
Blink-182 has been on a coast to coast North American tour to show off their new album California which features the single Bored to Death.
The tour stopped in Hershey Park this past Saturday and lit up the night with their pop punk sound and pyrotechnics. The band was opened by Baltimore natives, All Time Low, and A Day to Remember.
Blink-182 has been around since the early 1990’s. It was originally started by Tom Delonge, Scott Raynor and Mark Hoppus, but today the band consists of Travis Barker (Drums), Mark Hoppus (Bass and Vocals), and Matt Skiba (Guitar and Vocals).
The band released hit songs including All the Small Things (1999), I Miss You (2003), What’s my Age Again (2001), First Date (2001), and The Rock Show (2001) to name just a few.
After separating from Tom Delonge for good in 2015, the current band began writing their new album after not having released an album since 2011, and released California in July of this year.
On Billboard, it was ranked number one, marking the first time in 15 years since they had a number one album. Blink-182 is credited with helping to evolve pop punk music to what it is today.
Jack Barakat, guitarist of All Time Low, saw Blink-182 at Hershey Park when he was a teenager in the early 2000’s. Fast forward about a decade, and Barakat and his band were opening up for some of their inspiration.
After All Time Low and A Day to Remember pumped up the crowd with their blend of pop punk and rock, the trio of Blink-182 burst on to the stage to a packed Hershey Park stadium. Their set list was a perfect medley of songs off their new album and some of their hits from the past 20 years of their existence.
The stadium was filled with fans young and old who sang along word for word to the lyrics of every song. There was not one person sitting down for the duration of their set and everyone was on their feet and getting lost in the music.
During one song, the stadium was lit up by the flashlights of phones swaying back and forth to the music. It was amazing to see how the music connected everyone at the show.
It will be a show I won’t soon forget, if Blink-182 is ever close to here again; go. You won’t regret it.
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