Blink 182 have recheduled their UK tour dates.
See a statement from the band and affected UK dates below:
“FROM MARK, TOM AND TRAVIS: 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 wewere 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 tocontinue for us to remain vital. The three of us are working very hard to do what we set out to do when were-formed…get a new blink-182 album recorded. Apologies to all of our fans who have bought tickets and were lookingforward to the Summer shows but we’ll be back soon with the rescheduled datesin 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. The rescheduled dates are on our website (www.blink182.com) and are listed below.
NEW UK/IRISH DATES ADDED: Onsale date is Thursday 21st April 2011
For those of you who hoped to see the us at Oxegen and T In The Park festivals this year, we’re verysorry that we won’t be there as we were looking forward to playing them s omuch. However, we’ve added Dublin,Belfast and Glasgow arena dates listed below on to next summer’s tour so we can see our Irish and Scottish fans.”
RESCHEDULED UK DATES – June/July 2012
Thursday 07 June 2012 -Birmingham NIA
0844 338 8000 – Tickets still valid from Friday 01 July 2011
Friday 08 June 2012 -London The O2
Tickets still valid from Monday 18 July 2011
Saturday 09 June 2012 -London The O2
Tickets still valid from Tuesday 19 July 2011
Friday 15 June 2012 –Manchester MEN Arena
0844 847 2000 – Tickets still valid from Friday 8 July 2011
Saturday 16 June 2012 -Birmingham LG Arena
0844 338 8000 – Tickets still valid from Friday 15 July 2011
Sunday 17 June 2012 -Sheffield Motorpoint Arena
0114 256 5656 – Tickets still valid from Thursday 7 July 2011
Tuesday 19 June 2012 -Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
0844 493 6666 – Tickets still valid from Tuesday 12 July 2011
Tuesday 10 July 2012 -Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
Tickets still valid from Saturday 16 July 2011
Wednesday 11 July 2012 -Nottingham Capital FM Arena
0844 412 4624 – Tickets still valid from Wednesday 13 July 2011
Thursday 12 July 2012 -Liverpool Echo Arena
0844 8000 400 – Tickets still valid from Monday 04 July 2011
To see the rescheduled EU/UK dates in full, check the comments or head to http://www.blink182.com/blog/default.aspx?nid=35198