Blink 182
I have a mental list of things I want to do before I die, and seeing a Blink 182 show was on that last, but I never thought it would happen because, you know, Tom DeLonge is an egotistical asshat and broke up the band. So when they announced their reunion I nearly peed in my panties. I finally got to see them in Chicago on Saturday.
Waiting for the show to start. Emily's so cute when she whacks her funny bone on the metal arm of the seat and is laughing and crying at the same time.
First opening band, Chester French. They were so boring it was painful. Thankfully, they only played about 4 songs.
It's half of Panic at the Disco, with two extra people to fill in for the two people who left the band three weeks ago. Good thing the vocalist is one of the people who stayed, so they sound the same as they used to.
Hey look, it's My Secret Boyfriend©, Patrick Stump! He's adorable.
Check out Pete's shadow over on the right... I accidentally caught him doing one of his spinny flip things.
I rock, even if it's not on purpose.
Their guitars had blinky lights on them, which just show up as glowing in these pictures.
Brendon Urie from Panic came out when Fall Out Boy played Don't Stop Believing (yes, Journey) and they lead all 30,000 of us in the loudest sing-along in history.
My Secret Boyfriend© Patrick has lost quite a bit of weight, and while I thought he was completely adorable just the way he was, he has a lot more energy on stage now. He was running and jumping around, and also talking a LOT more than he used to. Pete used to do all the talking between songs, but he tends to get a bit profound and boring, while Patrick is funny and entertaining. I approve of energetic funny Patrick. Two thumbs up!
Emily with the wee little FOB sign sticking out of her head. We both agree that every time we see FOB, they get better than the last time we saw them. I might have to admit that I like the whole band soon.
Hey look, it's My Other Secret Boyfriend©, Mark Hoppus!
Don't tell My Secret Boyfriend© Patrick or Mark's wife.
I can barely even come up with captions for these pictures because I'm still all giddy. You'd think I was a 13 year old fangirl. Yeesh.
My camera really really hated their lighting setup and most of my pictures were shit. Here's one that's actually in focus... of Tom bending over.
HOLY SHIT HOW EXCITING, right?
Six enormous Tom DeLonge faces is terrifying. O.O
These guys Do. Not. Stand. Still. Ever. They're my age, only 2000 times more energetic. There's My Other Secret Boyfriend© Mark jumping around on the left.
In true Blink form, we were treated to a lot of jokes about dicks and blowjobs between songs.
Travis is not my secret boyfriend, but I still wanted to have his babies after he did his drum solo on his flying, spinning drum kit.
Holy crap.
As if he wasn't already one of best drummers EVER. Seriously, drummers don't usually make you stand there grinning like a loon.
Here's a pretty sweet video Travis that linked in his Twitter of his drum solo at our show:
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Confetti!
My Other Secret Boyfriend© Mark played a little bit of drums himself after the show was over. Then he came and got me and took me back to his bus.
Or maybe I sat in gridlocked traffic in the parking lot for an hour in my mom's minivan. You decide.
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