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One day after the Poway-bred pop-punk trio released “Bored to Death,” its first song without band estranged band co-founder Tom DeLonge, blink has announced an extensive summer concert tour that will open with a July 22 show at San Diego State University’s Viejas Arena.
The tour is timed to follow the revamped band’s new album, “California,” which is due out July 1 and will be blink’s first with Alakline trio guitarist-singer Matt Skiba in place of DeLonge.
The band will precede the tour with a handful of dates in June.According to blink singer-bassist mark Hoppus and drummer Travis Barker, DeLonge quit the band in early 2015.
According to DeLonge, he did not quit and is still a member of the band, even though it is recording and now set to tour without him.
Tickets for the July 22 tour-opening show in San Diego are priced at $29, $46.75, $54, $69 and $79 each, plus service fees.
Tickets for all tour dates go on sale May 5 at all Ticketmaster outlets, online at livenation.com and ticketmaster.com, and by phone at 745-3000.
A Live Nation presale for the San Diego show will begin Thursday, May 5, at 10 a.m. A presale for Citi card holders will begin Tuesday at 10 a.m.Blink-182 2016 tour dates.