Blink-182 make their triumphant return to Ireland next week for dates in Dublin and Belfast on their first arena tour in almost 8 years. The tour opens tonight in Birmingham and the trio will perform two nights at London’s O2 arena before arriving for their long awaited first Irish show in 2 years at The O2, Dublin.
 
All American Rejects will join Blink-182 as main support with Four Year Strong opening the Irish shows.
 
Blink 182 plus special guests:
 
Thur, 07 June 2012 - Birmingham NIA                                    
Fri, 08 June 2012 - London The O2                                                      
Sat, 09 June 2012 - London The O2                                                      
Tues, 12 June, 2012 - Dublin, The O2 - All American Rejects & Four Year Strong
Wed, 13 June 2012 - Belfast Odyssey Arena - All American Rejects & Four Year Strong
Fri, 15 June 2012 - Manchester Arena                                  
Sat, 16 June 2012 - Birmingham LG Arena                                          
Sun, 17 June 2012 - Sheffield Motorpoint Arena 
Tues, 19 June 2012 - Newcastle Metro Radio Arena                            
Wed, 20 June 2012 - Glasgow SECC
Sat, 07 July 2012 - Bournemouth BIC                                                                                  
Tues, 10 July 2012 - Cardiff Motorpoint Arena                     
Wed, 11 July 2012 - Nottingham Capital FM Arena                             
Thur, 12 July 2012 - Liverpool Echo Arena                           
 
TICKET INFORMATION
12 June: The O2, Dublin                                 
13 June: Odyssey Arena, Belfast                  
 
Tickets are on sale now from Ticketmaster outlets nationwide and online at www.ticketmaster.ie
 
Blink 182 were formed in San Diego in 1992 by Mark Hoppus and Tom De Longe and later joined by drummer Travis Barker. The bands breakthrough album, Enema Of The State, was released in 1999 and went on to sell in excess of 15 million copies worldwide. Their next two albums, Take Off Your Pants And Jacket (2001) and blink 182 (2003) cemented their position as a pop punk supergroup. The band that created hits such as All The Small Things, The Rock Show and First Date have won a number of MTV Awards throughout their career. Their latest album Neighborhoods was released last year.
 
Tickets for blink-182 live in Dublin and Belfast are on sale now!
 
For more see: www.blink182.com / www.mcd.ie / www.ticketmaster.ie