Sad news for blink-182 fans, especially those who had planned on going to the band's upcoming Las Vegas shows. Travis Barker has revealed he is suffering from blood clots in both of his arms, and currently cannot perform. As a result, the guys have postponed their concerts so he can recover.
Blink-182 shared the unfortunate news on social media and in a message posted to Twitter, the band wrote:
"Friends, Travis Barker is suffering from blood clots in both arms and unfortunately cannot perform until cleared to do so by his medical team. The situation is currently being closely monitored. Due to this situation it is with great regret that blink-182 ‘Kings of the Weekend Las Vegas residency dates this weekend must be rescheduled. New dates will be posted on the bands website shortly. If you are not able to attend the rescheduled dates, refunds will be available at point of purchase."
And in a personal statement Travis added, "Drumming is my life and it kills me that I can’t perform for you guys this weekend. I hope to be back as soon as I can."
Blink-182 revealed their Las Vegas residency (their first-ever) at the Palms Casino Resort back in March, and the shows kicked off last month in late May. Mark Hoppus had told Las Vegas Weekly of the residency:
"It's really awesome to be coming back to the same place over and over again and trying to change the set each time to do something a little bit different. It’s an interesting puzzle as a band because we have pyrotechnics, we have cryo, we have certain lighting cues, so there are anchor songs in the set that we can’t change."
He added, "To regress, before we started rehearsing, I made three song lists: songs that we absolutely have to play at every show, songs that we can flip-flop in and out, and songs that are really, really deep cuts that we’ll play here and there just for fun, to make every single show different."
Get well soon, Travis!
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