The Mark, Tom and Travis Show Tour explained

Concert Tour Name:The Mark, Tom and Travis Show Tour
Artist:Blink-182
Location:North America, Oceania
Start Date:May 11, 2000
End Date:April 9, 2001
Number Of Legs:2
Number Of Shows:41
Last Tour:Loserkids Tour
(1999)
This Tour:The Mark, Tom and Travis Show Tour
(2000–01)
Next Tour:2001 Honda Civic Tour
(2001)
Gross:$7,000,000 ($ in dollars)

The Mark, Tom and Travis Show Tour was a concert tour by rock band Blink-182. Launched in support of the group's 1999 album Enema of the State, the tour visited amphitheatres and arenas between the summer of 2000 and spring of 2001. The tour was considered "one of the most anticipated rock tours of the season", and was supported by Bad Religion and Fenix TX, and from Bodyjar on the Australian and New Zealand leg of the tour.

The tour was celebrated with live album titled The Mark, Tom and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!) (2000). The concert was actually recorded at the band's 1999 Loserkids tour.

Background

With massive radio and video play, Blink-182 played to larger crowds when they began touring in support of Enema of the State. The band played to sold-out audiences and performed worldwide during the summer of 2000 on the Mark, Tom and Travis Show tour. The tour was staged as a drive-in movie, with a giant retro billboard suspended from the ceiling, and films were projected on the screen behind the band—including vintage gay porn as a joke.[1] Barker broke one of his fingers during an altercation with two men who kept flirting with his girlfriend in Ohio, and Damon Delapaz, guitarist of Fenix TX, stepped in on drums for Barker.[2]

When questioned about the decision to tour with Blink-182, Bad Religion frontman Greg Graffin said, "I was happy to be asked, because it's a great way to reach some people who've never heard punk rock, who are now willing to listen to it."[3] Hoppus was effusive of their inclusion. "Watching them play every night is just a huge honor for us, and to have them on tour is the best thing ever", said Hoppus. "I think it's rad, because a lot of the kids that come to the shows probably never even heard of Bad Religion or don't know what it's really all about. What Bad Religion gave to us is kind of like what we are giving back to the kids of the next generation, hopefully."[2]

To celebrate the success of the tour, the band released a limited edition live album titled The Mark, Tom and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!), which featured snippets of the band's infamous between-song dialogue.[4] Released in November 2000, the band returned to the studio with Finn to complete a song left off the final track listing of Enema of the State: "Man Overboard."[5] Although MTV News initially reported the album would feature recordings made "during its spring-summer tour,"[5] the album's content ended up featuring concerts from the band's 1999 Loserkids tour.[6]

The band cancelled an Australian leg on November 7, 2000 when Barker was diagnosed with a "severe case of the flu."

Setlist

  1. "Dumpweed"
  2. "Don't Leave Me"
  3. "Aliens Exist"
  4. "Family Reunion"
  5. "Going Away to College"
  6. "What's My Age Again?"
  7. "Dick Lips"
  8. "Blow Job"
  9. "Untitled"
  10. "Voyeur"
  11. "Pathetic"
  12. "Adam's Song"
  13. "Peggy Sue"
  14. "Wendy Clear"
  15. "Carousel"
Encore
  1. "All the Small Things"
  2. "Mutt"
  3. "The Country Song"
  4. "Dammit"
Notes

Tour dates

DateCityCountry Venue
North America[7]
Chula VistaUnited StatesCoors Amphitheatre
Los AngelesGreat Western Forum
PhoenixArizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
DallasStarplex Amphitheatre
AustinFrank Erwin Center
The WoodlandsCynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
MiamiMiami Arena
TampaTampa Ice Palace
AtlantaLakewood Amphitheatre
ColumbiaMerriweather Post Pavilion
CamdenBlockbuster-Sony Music Entertainment Centre
StanhopeWaterloo Village
WorcesterWorcester's Centrum Centre
WantaghJones Beach Amphitheater
TorontoCanadaMolson Canadian Amphitheatre
DarienUnited StatesDarien Lake PAC
June 4, 2000Cuyahoga FallsBlossom Music Center
June 7, 2000PittsburghMellon Arena
June 8, 2000DaytonErvin J. Nutter Center
June 9, 2000ClarkstonPine Knob Music Amphitheatre
June 10, 2000Tinley ParkNew World Music Theatre
June 11, 2000St. PaulMidway Stadium
June 15, 2000PortlandMemorial Coliseum
June 16, 2000GeorgeThe Gorge Amphitheatre
June 17, 2000NampaIdaho Center
June 20, 2000SacramentoARCO Arena
June 21, 2000OaklandOakland Arena
June 22, 2000Long BeachLong Beach Arena
June 24, 2000Las VegasMGM Grand Garden Arena
June 25, 2000Los AngelesUniversal Amphitheatre
June 28, 2000West Valley CityE Center
June 29, 2000Greenwood VillageFiddler's Green Amphitheatre
July 3, 2000Kansas CityKemper Arena
July 1, 2000St. LouisKiel Center
July 2, 2000MilwaukeeMarcus Amphitheater
Oceania[8]
AucklandNew ZealandEricsson Stadium
BrisbaneAustraliaBrisbane Entertainment Centre
SydneySydney Entertainment Centre
MelbourneRod Laver Arena
AdelaideAdelaide Entertainment Centre
PerthPerth Entertainment Centre

Reception

In describing the tour, Hoppus said at the time:

Gavin Edwards, who interviewed the band at various stops on the tour for their August 2000 Rolling Stone cover, wrote that "In ninety entertaining minutes, the band zooms through nineteen songs […] they act just like they do offstage, only with musical instruments strapped around their torsos."[1] Nina Garin of MTV News reviewed the band's first show of the tour, commenting, "While the music inspired chest-pounding and breast-flashing, it was the trio's signature stage banter that kept the hour-and-a-half show moving at full speed. They rattled off jokes about vaginas and penises. There was a short song about blow jobs and another featuring nothing but profanities."[9] Christopher Gray of The Austin Chronicle was positive in his assumptions of the band's May 16 Austin performance, writing, "Yes, they may write songs called "Dick Lips", "Shit Piss", and "Blowjob", but still they came across as ... wholesome. Good boys. It could have been the Fifties aura of their drive-in-and-Cadillacs stage set, or perhaps DeLonge's wide-eyed glee at catching a fan's brassiere, but it was probably the songs: jet-engine blasts of adolescent heartache/bliss with more hooks than an East Texas tackle shop."[10]

The tour featured $20-$25 ticket prices and sold 80% of tickets, grossing $7 million.[11]

References

Notes and References

  1. Edwards. Gavins. The Half Naked Truth About Blink-182. Rolling Stone. August 3, 2000. July 18, 2012.
  2. Web site: MTV News staff . Blink-182: Enema of the Stage. MTV News. June 1, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20121104195646/http://www.mtv.com/bands/archive/b/blink00/index.jhtml . dead . November 4, 2012.
  3. Vineyard. Jennifer. The New State of Bad Religion. Rolling Stone. May 11, 2000. August 1, 2013.
  4. Hoppus, 2001. p. 100
  5. Web site: Basham. David. Blink-182 Records New Song For Live Album. https://web.archive.org/web/20121104214140/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1426178/blink-182-records-new-song-live-album.jhtml. dead. November 4, 2012. MTV News. August 28, 2000. July 18, 2012.
  6. The Mark, Tom and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!) . 2000 . . liner notes . . United States . 112379.
  7. Web site: Mancini. Robert. Blink-182 Preps New Tour, Video. https://web.archive.org/web/20140117014356/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1426185/blink-182-preps-new-tour-video.jhtml. dead. January 17, 2014. MTV News. March 7, 2000. August 1, 2013.
  8. Web site: Blink-182 Cancel Shows. https://archive.today/20150130202530/http://www.mtv.com/news/1426175/blink-182-cancel-shows/. dead. January 30, 2015. MTV News. Teri Vanhorn. November 7, 2000. January 30, 2015.
  9. Web site: Blink-182 Kick Off Tour With Hometown Show. https://web.archive.org/web/20160601093813/http://www.mtv.com/news/872580/blink-182-kick-off-tour-with-hometown-show/. dead. June 1, 2016. MTV News. Nina Garin. May 12, 2000. January 30, 2015.
  10. Web site: Gray. Christopher. Blink-182, Bad Religion, Fenix TX, Frank Erwin Center, May 16. The Austin Chronicle. May 26, 2000. August 1, 2013.
  11. Blink-182: The Billboard Cover Story. Jason Lipshutz. September 16, 2011. Billboard. September 17, 2011.