(All) little things – even hand surgery – can’t keep the Blink-182 from Coachella.
All the original members of the band are making a surprise early return at the music festival on Friday, two months after Travis Barker’s finger injury delayed their world tour.
The surprise addition to the six-day California event was announced Wednesday via Instagram with a photo of the updated schedule.
The title of the post read, “Take off your pants and jacket ☀️”, in reference to the punk rock band’s 2001 album.
According to the social media upload, Barker and the other original members of Blink-182 – Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge – will be performing on the Sahara stage on Friday from 6:45 am to 7:35 pm PST.
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It is unclear whether they will play both weekends.
The Grammy nominees were originally supposed to reunite for a world tour on March 11, but their plans were delayed after 47-year-old Barker injured his left ring finger.
“Yesterday I was playing drums at rehearsals and I banged my finger so hard that it dislocated and tore his ligaments,” the musician said. tweeted in February.
The founder of DTA Records went under the knife that same month and posted updates and gruesome photos before and after the procedure.
His return to the stage on Friday will be the trio’s first performance together since 2014 since 47-year-old guitarist DeLonge left the band in 2015 to form Angels & Airwaves.
Bassists Mark Hoppus and Barker continued to make music with Matt Skiba of the Alkaline Trio even amid Hoppus’ 2021 battle with skin cancer.
Barker and Hoppus have confirmed that DeLonge will be returning in October 2022 with news of their world tour and the release of their single “Edging”.
Although the South American leg was later canceled, DeLonge confirmed via Instagram last month that the “devastated” group will be returning to multiple Latin American cities in 2024.
The tour begins on May 4 at St. Paul will begin in Minn. and then continue with performances in cities across North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.