Blink-182 (w/ Turnstile, Beauty School Dropout) at Scotiabank Arena (Toronto, ON) on May 11, 2023 Punk rock royalty Blink-182 hit Toronto for a pair of long wished-for, pined for, prayed for, cried-for sold-out shows at Scotiabank Arena. This is the first tour since 2014, when the band’s most popular configuration broke up with the departure of founding member Tom Delonge. While replacement singer/guitarist Matt Skiba joined the band, toured and created two albums with them from 2015 – 2021, and did a respectable job, Blink just isn’t Blink without Delonge. As the lights went down, and the smiling face logo from their self-titled 2003 album cover was slowly drawn on the centre video screen, the room was electric. For many fans, this would be the first live show they’d seen with the ...