US pop-punk giants Blink 182 have announced plans to play an intimate club date at Manchester O2 Apollo on July 24th. The band has also revealed that they’ll do the same thing in London, scheduling a one-off close-quarters show a day later at the O2 Academy Brixton. The band, consisting of guitarist Tom Delonge, bassist Mark Hoppus and drummer Travis Barker are due to arrive in the UK early next month to kick off their delayed UK tour supporting their latest album Neighborhoods.
The trio were originally set to start their European tour in July 2011 but were forced to reschedule in order to give them more time to finish and release their sixth studio album. As a result, Blink 182 will now arrive at the MEN Arena in three weeks time on June 15th. Perhaps these intimate shows are the band’s way of saying thank you to UK fans for their patience.
“We’re super excited to be doing a couple of smaller club shows at the end of our European run,” says Travis Barker, “It’s been a while since we’ve done shows in the UK like this and we think it will be awesome for our fans and for us too.” Tickets for both shows go sale at 9.30am on Friday 25 May and are priced £32.50 (Manchester) and £35 (London).
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The full list of UK/Irish dates are as follows:
Tuesday 12 June, 2012 – Dublin, 02 0818 719300 www.ticketmaster.ie
Wednesday 13 June 2012 – Belfast Odyssey Arena – 028 9073 9074/084427774455 www.ticketmaster.ie
Wednesday 20 June 2012 – Glasgow SECC – 0844 4999 990 / gigsinscotland.com
Tuesday 24 July – Manchester O2 Apollo – 0844 477 2000 / gigsandtours.com
Wednesday 25 July – London O2 Academy Brixton – 0844 477 2000 / gigsandtours.com
RESCHEDULED DATES – June/July 2012
UK Dates
Thursday 07 June 2012 – Birmingham NIA – 0844 338 8000 – Tickets still valid from Friday 01 July 2011
Friday 08 June 2012 – London The O2 – Tickets still valid from Monday 18 July 2011
Saturday 09 June 2012 – London The O2 – Tickets still valid from Tuesday 19 July 2011
Friday 15 June 2012 – Manchester MEN Arena – 0844 847 2000 – Tickets still valid from Friday 8 July 2011
Saturday 16 June 2012 – Birmingham LG Arena – 0844 338 8000 – Tickets still valid from Friday 15 July 2011
Sunday 17 June 2012 – Sheffield Motorpoint Arena – 0114 256 5656 – Tickets still valid from Thursday 7 July 2011
Tuesday 19 June 2012 – Newcastle Metro Radio Arena – 0844 493 6666 – Tickets still valid from Tuesday 12 July 2011
Tuesday 10 July 2012 – Cardiff Motorpoint Arena – 029 2022 4488 – Tickets still valid from Saturday 16 July 2011
Wednesday 11 July 2012 – Nottingham Capital FM Arena – 0844 412 4624 – Tickets still valid from Wednesday 13 July 2011
Thursday 12 July 2012 – Liverpool Echo Arena – 0844 8000 400 – Tickets still valid from Monday 04 July 2011
Words by Simon Bland.
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