Neighborhoods Tour

Neighborhoods Tour
Promotional poster for tour
Tour by Blink-182
Location	Neighborhoods
Start date	August 15, 2011 (2011-08-15)
End date	July 12, 2012 (2012-07-12)
Legs	2
Shows	7 in North America 21 in Europe 28 Total
Blink-182 tour chronology
10th Annual Honda Civic Tour (2011) Neighborhoods Tour (2011-12)

The Neighborhoods Tour is the eleventh headlining concert tour by American pop punk Blink-182. The tour supports the band's sixth studio album, Neighborhoods. Originally planned to begin in Europe, the tour was postponed so the band could focus on finishing their album. The tour will visit Canada in 2011 and Europe in 2012.

Background

The tour was first announced in November 2010, shortly after the band performed at various music festivals in the Germany, France and England.^[1] Initial dates revealed arena shows in Manchester, Newcastle Upon Tyne. Nottingham, Birmingham and London.^[2] The tour would mark the band's first arena shows in seven years.^[3] Additional dates for the tour were announced in December 2010, with festival appearances scheduled for T in the Park and Oxegen. Four Year Strong were announced to open show in the United Kingdom. While promoting his talk show, Hoppus on Music on Popeater, he announced the band will tour the United States along with Europe.^[4]

In April 2011, the band postponed their European tour until 2012.^[5] Tom DeLonge stated the band's forthcoming album was not complete and they wanted to provide new songs on the tour, not repeating their previous tour. A detailed explanation followed on the band's official website. It says:

"It is with heavy hearts that we have to announce our planned 2011 European Summer tour has been rescheduled. When we booked the tour last year, we were confident that we would have the new album out before the Summer. Turns out we were mistaken as the album is taking longer than we thought and won't be out till later this year. We hoped we would have some new songs to play rather than do another 'greatest hits tour' which you all saw last Summer. As much as we know our fans would be cool with that, we feel that we owe you guys something new when you spend your money to come see us. Frankly, it's what needs to continue for us to remain vital. The three of us are working very hard to do what we set out to do when we re-formed...get a new blink-182 album recorded. Apologies to all of our fans who have bought tickets and were looking forward to the Summer shows but we'll be back soon with the rescheduled dates in Summer 2012, have a new album out and be able to play new songs for you all. Thanks for all of the continued support and understanding".^[6]

Shortly after this announcement, media outlets confirmed the band would tour the U.S. on the 10th Annual Honda Civic Tour. The band opened the long running concert tour back in 2001. They were joined by My Chemical Romance. With the album near completion in June 2011, the band stated they would tour Canada in August, separate from the Honda Civic Tour.

Opening acts

• Against Me! (Canada)^[7]
• Rancid (Canada)^[7]

Setlist

1. "Feeling This"
2. "Up All Night"
3. "The Rock Show"
4. "What's My Age Again?"
5. "Down"
6. "I Miss You"
7. "Stay Together for the Kids"
8. "Dumpweed"
9. "Always"
10. "Blow Job"
11. "Violence"
12. "After Midnight"
13. "First Date"
14. "Happy Holidays, You Bastard"
15. "Heart's All Gone"
16. "Man Overboard"
17. "Ghost on the Dancefloor"
18. "All the Small Things"
19. "Josie"

Encore

20. "Untitled I" (contains elements of "Can a Drummer Get Some?", "Beat Goes On", "Let's Go" and "Misfits") (Instrumental Interlude)
21. "Carousel"
22. "Dammit"
23. "Family Reunion"

Source:^[8]

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America[7][9]
02011-08-16August 16, 2011	Montreal	Canada	Bell Centre
02011-08-17August 17, 2011	Toronto		Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
02011-08-25August 25, 2011	Winnipeg		MTS Centre
02011-08-26August 26, 2011	Saskatoon		Credit Union Centre
02011-08-27August 27, 2011	Edmonton		Rexall Place
02011-08-28August 28, 2011	Calgary		Scotiabank Saddledome
02011-10-29October 29, 2011[A]	New Orleans	United States	City Park
Europe[10][11]
02012-06-07June 7, 2012	Birmingham	England	National Indoor Arena
02012-06-08June 8, 2012	London		O2 Arena
02012-06-09June 9, 2012
02012-06-12June 12, 2012	Dublin	Ireland	The O2
02012-06-13June 13, 2012	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Odyssey Arena
02012-06-15June 15, 2012	Manchester	England	Manchester Evening News Arena
02012-06-16June 16, 2012	Birmingham		LG Arena
02012-06-17June 17, 2012	Sheffield		Motorpoint Arena Sheffield
02012-06-19June 19, 2012	Newcastle		Metro Radio Arena
02012-06-20June 20, 2012	Glasgow	Scotland	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
02012-06-23June 23, 2012[B]	Neuhausen ob Eck	Germany	Flugplatz Neuhausen ob Eck
02012-06-24June 24, 2012[C]	Scheeßel		Eichenring
02012-06-25June 25, 2012	Essen		Grugahalle
02012-06-26June 26, 2012	Frankfurt		Festhalle Frankfurt
02012-06-29June 29, 2012[D]	Prague	Czech Republic	Výstaviště Praha-Holešovice
02012-06-30June 30, 2012	Berlin	Germany	Spandau Citadel
02012-07-03July 3, 2012	Milan	Italy	Mediolanum Forum
02012-07-04July 4, 2012[E]	Lucca		Piazza Napoleone
02012-07-10July 10, 2012	Cardiff	Wales	Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
02012-07-11July 11, 2012	Nottingham	England	Capital FM Arena Nottingham
02012-07-12July 12, 2012[F]	Liverpool		Echo Arena Liverpool

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

^A This concert is a part of the "Voodoo Experience"

^B This concert is a part of the "Southside Festival"

^C This concert is a part of the "Hurricane Festival"

^D This concert is a part of the "Prague City Festival"

^E This concert is a part of the "Lucca Summer Festival"

^F This concert is a part of the "Liverpool Summer Pops"

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

June 18, 2011	Scheeßel, Germany	Eichenring	Rescheduled to June 24, 2012.[6]
June 19, 2011	Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany	Flugplatz Neuhausen ob Eck	Rescheduled to June 23, 2012.[6]
June 20, 2011	Frankfurt, Germany	Frankfurt Festhalle	Rescheduled to June 26, 2012.[6]
June 22, 2011	Berlin, Germany	Kindl-Bühne Wuhlheide	Rescheduled to June 30, 2012 and moved to the Spandau Citadel.[6]
June 23, 2011	Prague, Czech Republic	Výstaviště Praha-Holešovice	Rescheduled to June 29, 2012.[6]
June 24, 2011	Essen, Germany	Grugahalle	Rescheduled to June 25, 2012.[6]
June 26, 2011	Roeser, Luxembourg	Rue de la Montagne	Cancelled.[6] This concert was a part of "Rock-a-Field"[12]
June 27, 2011	Milan, Italy	Mediolanum Forum	Rescheduled to July 3, 2012.[6]
June 28, 2011	Lucca, Italy	Piazza Napoleone	Rescheduled to July 4, 2012.[6]
July 1, 2011	Birmingham, England	National Indoor Arena	Rescheduled to June 7, 2012.[6]
July 4, 2011	Liverpool, England	Echo Arena Liverpool	Rescheduled to July 12, 2012.[6]
July 7, 2011	Sheffield, England	Motorpoint Arena Sheffield	Rescheduled to June 17, 2012.[6]
July 8, 2011	Manchester, England	Manchester Evening News Arena	Rescheduled to June 15, 2012.[6]
July 9, 2011	Kinross, Scotland	Balado	Cancelled.[6] This concert was a part of "T in the Park".[13]
July 10, 2011	Naas, Ireland	Punchestown Racecourse	Cancelled.[6] This concert was a part of "Oxegen".[13]
July 12, 2011	Newcastle, England	Metro Radio Arena	Rescheduled to June 19, 2012.[6]
July 13, 2011	Nottingham, England	Capital FM Arena Nottingham	Rescheduled to July 11, 2012.[6]
July 15, 2011	Birmingham, England	LG Arena	Rescheduled to June 16, 2012.[6]
July 16, 2011	Cardiff, Wales	Motorpoint Arena Cardiff	Rescheduled to July 10, 2012.[6]
July 18, 2011	London, England	The O2 Arena	Rescheduled to June 8, 2012.[6]
July 19, 2011	London, England	The O2 Arena	Rescheduled to June 9, 2012.[6]
August 30, 2011	Victoria, British Columbia	Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre	Cancelled[14]

Box office score data

Venue	City	Tickets Sold / Available	Gross Revenue
Bell Centre	Montreal	9,908 / 11,888 (83%)	$627,137[15]
Credit Union Centre	Saskatoon	4,102 / 6,489 (63%)	$281,278[16]
Rexall Place	Edmonton	7,495 / 10,320 (73%)	$463,443[17]
Scotiabank Saddledome	Calgary	5,311 / 7,144 (74%)	$357,373[16]

Critical reception

The shows in Canada were well received by music critics. Rob Williams (Winnipeg Free Press) gave the concert at the MTS Centre four out of five stars. He says, "It didn't seem to matter to the crowd of 6,000 who ate everything up, from old favourites like 'Feeling This', 'Rock Show' and 'What's My Age Again?' to the new 'Up All Night' and 'After Midnight', both which lack the melodic hooks of their best material".^[18] For their show at Rexall Place, Mike Ross (Jam!) gave the band four out of five stars. He explains, "If they didn’t make so many penis jokes, if they didn’t put up such a blustery front, if they didn’t crack the crudest jokes at every possible opportunity, they would simply melt into a puddle of pure mush. They would turn into a band of Bruno Marses".^[19]

External links

• Blink-182 Official Website

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