Josh Dun Takes Over Drums For Travis Barker During Blink-182 Show
By Lindsey Smith
August 9, 2019
Fans attending blink-182's Los Angeles show on Thursday (August 8) were in for a few incredible surprises.
Twenty One Pilots' Josh Dun and Mark Hoppus' Simple Creatures band mate (and All Time Low frontman) Alex Gaskarth both made unannounced appearances during the band's set.
Dun took over for Travis Barker during the song "Mutt" and Gaskarth came out on stage to sing with the full band to perform "Going Away To College." As an added bonus, tour mate Lil Wayne came out during "What's My Age Again?"
Previously, the rapper started the tour on a rocky start after cutting his set short and saying he was going to pull out of the tour. As for now, he's stayed on the tour and hasn't left.
If you weren't in attendance at the show, have no fear. The band uploaded a few videos to social media and fans have also posted footage.
Mutt @joshuadun pic.twitter.com/itkO0bhn8V
— blink-182 (@blink182) August 9, 2019
Brought a few friends to the @forum tonight. @AlexGaskarth pic.twitter.com/53YXjfBenz
— blink-182 (@blink182) August 9, 2019
rockstars @LilTunechi pic.twitter.com/ooo4gITJgK
— blink-182 (@blink182) August 9, 2019
Blink recently revealed the title of its forthcoming album, due out September 20, and also announced, in addition to the album, the band is working on an EP with Pharrell and Lil Uzi Vert. "We have a lot of stuff that we didn’t put on the record that we kind of set aside for an EP after the album comes out," Mark Hoppus explained in a recent interview.
Blink-182 and Lil Wayne Tour Dates
08/09 – San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands ^
08/27 – Irvine, CA @ FivePoint Amphitheatre
08/30 – Portland, OR @ Sunlight Supply Amphitheater
08/31 – Seattle, WA @ White River Amphitheatre
09/02 – Salt Lake City, UT @ USANA Amphitheatre
09/04 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
09/06 – Wichita, KS @ Hartman Arena *
09/07 – Council Bluffs, IA @ Stir Cove *
09/08 – Kansas City, MO @ Providence Medical Center Amphitheater
09/10 – Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
09/12 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
09/14 – St. Loius, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
09/16 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
09/18 – Camden, NJ @ BB&T Pavilion
09/20 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
10/11 – Sacramento, CA @ Aftershock ^
* without Lil Wayne
^ blink-182 festival date
Photos: Getty Images