Santa Monica, California, February 3, 2004 – Two of the most popular and hard working bands in music today, blink-182 and No Doubt, will join forces for a once in a lifetime summer tour. Both bands released new records at the end of 2003 and have enjoyed consistent chart success into 2004. The tour will kick off in Indianapolis on June 1sst and finish in Southern California in San Bernardino at the Hyundai Pavilion on June 26th. Blink-182 and No Doubt will hand pick artists to appear on various side stages. Main stage support has yet to be determined.
"This is a great opportunity to see two bands from Southern California that have history spanning over a decade. We're honored to be sharing a stage with them again like we did 10 years ago." Says blink-182 singer/guitarist Tom DeLonge
No Doubt bassist Tony Kanal said, "It's been a while since we've been on the road, so we're really excited to go out again and celebrate the release of our singles collection. I know we will have a great time with the Blink guys."
Tour dates follow:
June 1 Indianapolis Verizon Wireless Music Center
June 3 New Jersey PNC Bank Arts Center
June 6 Philadelphia Tweeter Center
June 8 Boston Tweeter Center
June 11 DC Nissan Amphitheatre
June 12 Cleveland Blossom Music Center
June 13 Chicago Tweeter Center
June 16 Seattle White River Amphitheatre
June 19 San Francisco Shoreline Amphitheatre
June 21 Sacramento Sleep Train Amphitheatre
June 23 Phoenix Cricket Amphitheatre
June 24 San Diego Coors Amphitheatre
June 26 San Bernardino Hyundai Pavillion
Blink-182's new untitled album was released in November 2003 and features the singles “Feeling This” and “I Miss You”.
No Doubt released the retrospective collection The Singles 1992-2003 which features their cover of Talk Talk's "It's My Life" in November 2003
There will be an MTV News Piece featuring an update on the upcoming No Doubt and blink 182 tour on MTV, Wednesday, 2/4 @ 12:50am & 5:50pm and on MTV2 2/4 @ 1:30am EST, 11:30am EST, 1:30pm EST & 3:30pm EST