Blink-182 has cancelled its concerts in Kansas City and St. Louis “due to illness.” The band announced the news on social media last night, though it did not confirm who specifically was affected.
“Unfortunately, due to illness, we are unable to make it to Kansas City and St. Louis,” the band wrote on its website, adding that refunds would be automatically issued to ticket holders who purchased tickets through Ticketmaster. “We are very sorry and hope to see you next time.”
Blink-182 is currently on a US tour, set to continue on August 12 in Detroit at Little Caesars Arena. The band performed at Lollapalooza in Chicago last weekend and will head overseas later this month to play the Reading & Leeds Festival in the UK.
Rolling Stone Of the band's Lollapalooza set, he wrote, “It's strange to see Mark Hopps and Tom DeLonge swapping sex jokes together again—plus a memorable quip about Ben being owned by DeLonge's mom. With Travis Barker on drums in the air, the recently reunited classic trio of Blink-182 delivered a show that was both nostalgic and refreshing.
Blink-182 reunited with their classic lineup in 2022 and released once againtheir first album together since DeLonge's departure in 2015, last year. After DeLonge left the group in 2015, he was replaced by Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio, who appeared on two Blink albums, 2016's California And 2019 nine.
“I didn’t know that Blink was getting back together or that I was going to share the stage with Tom,” Hobbs told Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 last year. “I told management, I told Travis, I told everybody, ‘I’m never going to step foot on stage with this guy again. I don’t have a chance.’”
That all changed in 2021 when Hobbs was diagnosed with an aggressive form of lymphoma. Hobbs decided to keep the news relatively quiet, and as it happened, DeLonge actually reached out to Hobbs before she knew the diagnosis. In classic Blink fashion—where sultry humor meets deep emotion—Hobbs recalled receiving a text from DeLonge from the set of an Angels and Airwaves music video. It was accompanied by a photo of DeLonge with “six women in their underwear and high heels.”
“It was similar to what happened to Travis when he had an accident in the past,” DeLong said. “Nothing really matters. It’s all stupid and marginal and insignificant when real human things happen. So, it feels like an instant thing. I feel like there’s a real sense of brotherhood between us. Like any brothers, you have little disagreements over the years, and you drift apart. You come back together. But you always have a foundation that binds you together.”
