Blink-182 Announce Las Vegas Residency

Blink 182 at Lollapalooza Music Festival, 2017. Photo by REX/Shutterstock (8989075av)

A punk band doing a Las Vegas residency? This is something we never thought we will see, but still, here we are. Blink-182 is heading to Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas where they will play 16 live shows, taking place between May 26th and November 17th.

“When the Palms asked us to do a residency here in Vegas, we said ‘Absolutely!’,” said bassist Mark Hoppus in a statement. “Now, we just have to cast our showgirls, create our set list – a true throwback of Vegas classics with Sinatra, Liberace. Maybe we can even marry someone onstage … The possibilities in Vegas are endless.”

Blink-182 is just one of the many music acts who decided to settle in Las Vegas for an extended period of time. Britney Spears had a successful four-year residency at Planet Hollywood while The Backstreet Boys started their residency at the same location in 2017 and continue to add additional dates for the gig. Most recently, Lady Gaga penned a deal which will see her performing 74 dates at the MGM Park Theater later in 2018 and will get around $100 million for her efforts.

Although Blink-182 lost their co-frontman, guitarist and lead vocal Tom DeLonge in 2015, the band still remained popular with the audience even after replacing him with Alkaline Trio’s Matt Skiba. The band released an album with Skiba, 2016’s California, and topped the charts in several countries including getting the top spot on US Billboard 200. Although California received mixed reviews, it still managed to be a commercial success and earn the band their first career Grammy Awards nomination. The band recently announced that they are working on their eighth studio album.