blink-182 brought every era, dumb jokes, and choked-up emotions to Citi Field

“Ah, Citi Field… so this is where the Mets lose,” said Mark Hoppus to a crowd of laughter and boos at blink-182‘s first-ever NYC stadium show. It was a very blink-182 way to acknowledge the career milestone, and the place was unsurprisingly packed for the band, who played three consecutive NYC-area arena shows and headlined a festival in Atlantic City just one year earlier. For their stadium debuts on this run (which also hits Fenway Park on Tuesday, 7/23), blink are putting on almost the exact same show you’d see if they were still playing clubs. They took advantage of the outdoor venue’s ability to set off fireworks, had Travis Barker do his trademark elevating drum platform for a few songs, and used a few necessary pre-recorded samples for things like...

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