20th Anniversary Tour (Blink-182)
| Tour by Blink-182 | |
Promotional poster for tour
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| Associated album |
Neighborhoods Dogs Eating Dogs |
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| Start date | August 15, 2011 |
| End date | October 11, 2014 |
| Legs | 6 |
| No. of shows | 23 in North America 44 in Europe 9 in Australia 76 Total |
| Blink-182 concert chronology | |
The 20th Anniversary Tour (originally known as the Neighborhoods Tour) is the eleventh headlining concert tour by American pop punk band, blink-182. The tour supports the band's sixth studio album, Neighborhoods. Originally planned to begin in Europe, the tour was postponed so the band could focus on finishing their album. The tour visited Canada in 2011, the United States and Europe in 2012, Australia in 2013, and Europe again in 2014.
The tour was first announced in November 2010, shortly after the band performed at various music festivals in the Germany, France and England. Initial dates revealed arena shows in Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne. Nottingham, Birmingham and London. The tour would mark the band's first arena shows in seven years. Additional dates for the tour were announced in December 2010, with festival appearances scheduled for T in the Park and Oxegen. Four Year Strong were announced to open show in the United Kingdom. While promoting his talk show, Hoppus on Music on Popeater, Mark Hoppus announced the band will tour the United States along with Europe.
In April 2011, the band postponed their European tour until 2012.Tom DeLonge stated the band's forthcoming album was not complete and they wanted to provide new songs on the tour, not repeating their previous tour. A detailed explanation followed on the band's official website. It says:
"It is with heavy hearts that we have to announce our planned 2011 European Summer tour has been rescheduled. When we booked the tour last year, we were confident that we would have the new album out before the Summer. Turns out we were mistaken as the album is taking longer than we thought and won't be out till later this year. We hoped we would have some new songs to play rather than do another 'greatest hits tour' which you all saw last Summer. As much as we know our fans would be cool with that, we feel that we owe you guys something new when you spend your money to come see us. Frankly, it's what needs to continue for us to remain vital. The three of us are working very hard to do what we set out to do when we re-formed...get a new blink-182 album recorded. Apologies to all of our fans who have bought tickets and were looking forward to the Summer shows but we'll be back soon with the rescheduled dates in Summer 2012, have a new album out and be able to play new songs for you all. Thanks for all of the continued support and understanding".
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