Travis Barker: Why have Blink-182 postponed the start of their reunion tour?

Travis Barker’s surgery on his injured finger has forced Blink 182 to postpone their much anticipated reunion tour which was due to kick off 14 March. 

The drummer, 47, shared a post to Twitter in February explaining that he had injured his finger. Travis who is married to Kourtney Kardashian, wrote: “I was playing the drums at rehearsals yesterday and I smashed my finger so hard I dislocated it and tore the ligaments.”

Lead singer of the band Tom DeLonge, took to Instagram to share a video where he said: “Hey everyone, it's Tom from Blink-182 here. I wanted to say I'm so sorry to everyone down in South America that we couldn't be there. This has been something we have been aiming to do for so long, and we worked so hard and we just had one of those freak accidents that nobody saw coming.”

He explained that before they could “do anything else” Travis’s finger would have to fully heal. He continued: “These were the biggest shows we ever played in some of the most important places in the world. For a band this is the pinnacle of our career, coming down and playing for you guys, so I really want you to know that we are devastated and we are planning to come back.”

It’s been over a decade since the rock band played together. Performing classic songs such as ‘All the Small Things’, ‘The Rock Show’ and ‘What’s my Age Again’. 

The group split in 2015 after founding member Tom dramatically left claiming that his relationship with the other members had been poisoned. However it seems time is a healer and the group reunited announcing a huge comeback with new music and world tour.  

Bassist Mark Hoppus' cancer diagnosis seemed to be another reason the band got back together. In 2021 the songwriter revealed that he had lymphoma but is now cancer free after successful treatment. 

The first date of the Blink-182 world tour is now 4 May.