The illusion disappeared. It was in October 2022 when Peru and other countries in the region received the news that the famous punk-rock group blink-182 would reach Latin American lands as part of his world tour. However, her vocalist used her social networks -in March 2023- to announce that they would cancel her presentations in this part of the planet. This fell like a bucket of cold water to the millions of her fans. What happened? Why did they make such a decision?
blink-182 is a group made up of Tom DeLonge, mark hoppus and Travis Barkerwho have been conquering their millions of fans since 1992 with their amazing songs. For more than three decades the band has remained firm and after a brief musical break they returned with a new album and a new world tour that would take them to several countries.
Latin America was one of the destinations chosen by blink-182 and their presentations were expected to take place between March and April of 2023. In several countries like Peru, Argentina, Chili, Brazilamong others, tickets were sold for the concert of the famous american group.
However, great was the surprise for many of his fans when the Wednesday March 1 Tom DeLongevocalist and leader of the group, used his social networks to announce news that did not go down well with his fans: the cancellation of his tour in Latin America.
THE REASON FOR CANCELLATION
blink-182 has been making different presentations as part of his world tour 2023-2024. For the month of March and April they planned to visit Latin American landsalthough this will not materialize due to a particular reason.
And it is that the drummer of the group Travis Barker suffered an accident during his work that seriously affected a large part of his fingers. The man with the tattoos was very affected in his networks where he has left as evidence the state in which one of his hands is. This was confirmed by Tom DeLonge.
WHAT DID TOM DELONGE SAY?
Tom DeLonge His fans are used to posting photos and videos on his official Instagram about his daily activities, but on March 1 he used the aforementioned social network to issue a statement.
“I wanted to tell you that I apologize to everyone in South America for not being able to be there. This is something that we had wanted to do for a long time and we worked so hard and we just had one of those accidents that nobody saw coming. Travis needs to go in for surgery on his finger and we have to get him better before we can do anything.”said the singer.
HOW SERIOUS IS TRAVIS BARKER’S INJURY?
Rolling Stone magazine gave some details of the situation the drummer is going through Travis Barker. The aforementioned media outlet maintained that at the beginning of February the artist suffered an injury to the ring finger of his left hand.
Barker himself specified that during a rehearsal, using the drumsticks, his finger accidentally hit and suffered a fracture. This caused him some problems like:
- Dislocation.
- Ligament rupture.
- Swelling.
WHAT DOES THE BLINK-182 TOUR LOOK LIKE ON THEIR OFFICIAL WEBSITE?
After the announcement of the cancellation of the presentations of blink-182 in Latin America in the official Web of the group no longer appear their concerts in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru and others.
WHO WILL REPLACE BLINK-182?
One of the groups that has been gaining great notoriety in various parts of the world is Twenty One Pilots. This is the North American band that has been chosen to replace blink-182.
WILL BLINK-182 STEP ON LATIN AMERICA SOON?
To the joy of his millions of fans, blink-182 will come to Latin America in it 2024as announced by his own vocalist at another time in his message on Instagram.
“This is so sad these were the biggest shows we’ve ever played these are some of the biggest venues in the world for a band it’s like the peak of our career was coming up we wanted to go and play for you so , I really want to let everyone know that we are devastated and plan to return. We will return to Lollapalooza Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Estereo Picnic, Asuncionico Festival, Lima, Tecate Pa’l Norte, Imperial GNP, Tijuana, Mexico City, we are going to do all this in 2024″, sentenced.
COUNTRIES THAT BLINK-182 WAS GOING TO VISIT IN MARCH 2023
In addition to Peruthe pop punk group was scheduled to visit:
- Argentina
- Chili
- Paraguayan
- Colombia
- Brazil
- Mexico
BLINK-182 TOKEN
Origin: Poway, California (United States)
Members: Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker
Musical genre: punk rock
Founded in: 1992
Official Web: https://www.blink182.com/