blink-182 - Cynical w/Tom Delonge (LIVE) Chicago, IL | 5/7/23 | United Center

5/7/2023

[@davey0110]

I’m glad the skiba era is still in the catalog

[@gr8dane33]

Big thanks to Skiba for keeping Blink alive when all hope is gone for Tom. 😬

[@tom_bout]

I think bored to death is one of their best compositions idk if skiba wrote that one but I liked skiba in the band but obviously it's better to have tom back in the lineup

[@Taco-IV-V-VI]

@@tom_boutall songs with skiba where all 3 of them help write them they said in a interview 2016

[@47rlc]

Wildlife , Parking Lot and San Diego would be amazing to hear live with Tom

[@clastra9392]

SKIBA GAVE US SO MUCH TO LOOK FORWARD TOO!! And this song is such a banger from that era that deserves to be celebrated.

[@jakubmaceja]

Mark's speech about Matt was very nice, and I'm glad Tom applauded Matt's mention.

[@kennyfrick3066]

Tom really admires Skiba. back in the day when Alkaline was getting popular, Tom talks about Skibas lyrics and mentions how he took a lot of inspiration from him.

[@jakubmaceja]

@@kennyfrick3066 Sure, I know :) They played together on the Warped tour. I believe they also have a lot of common experiences.

[@jessewrigley5664]

who cares its not like you even know these guys

[@jan.plays.guitar]

@@jessewrigley5664 you sound on the edge

[@JosephRichardsMusic]

@@jessewrigley5664 you’re right, who cares what you think it’s not like anyone knows who you are! Great logic 👍🏻

[@roopa1824]

Tom sounds ridiculously good.

[@alexandredesmonts35]

the live pro tools + live vocoder helps him a lot ;) let's be honest

[@barebp]

I think it speaks a lot that Tom is doing skiba era. Hope blink continues to have good energy and relationships with each other.

[@IDiggPattyMayonnaise]

Tom loves Alkaline Trio. He's the one that made them an opener for them on tour. He's also admitted to rewriting multiple songs for TOYPAJ because Matt's writing was just so good. They've been friends for decades. Mainstream fans pitted them against each other because they just don't know punk music.

[@kiwiangeldust6912]

​@@IDiggPattyMayonnaiseExactly 💯

[@StzaJack]

Tom's genuinely sounding the best he's sounded in years on this tour, good to hear some good raw vocal recordings. Fuck I wish I had a ticket

[@highervisioncreativeconten9421]

Wait I until the day of, all the greedy ticket hoarders start to sweat & just wanna get rid of the extras they bought

[@Hey-Its-Dingo]

I would love it if Alkaline Trio joined them at one of the shows, and Matt comes out to sing a song or two from his time, then we'd get to see Matt and Tom on stage at the same time.

[@seraph7676]

Matt was and always will be a part of Blink . Glad those awesome tunes don't die out due to egos

[@goodobaggins]

Same I really liked that first album they did with Matt I was hoping we’d still get to see them play some of those

[@giroudsbrother9450]

It was a very good album imo

[@Openzmindz_]

It’s perfect. It’s like something off Dude Ranch but with a little modern Blink style to it. Awesome job Matt!

[@the_laybacks]

Glad they're playing this one, it's honestly one of their top songs.

[@lalalol36]

What's funny is Tom's "yed" voice works really great for Matt's vocal parts. Lol

[@jonnylawless6797]

Dude I swear Mark made those songs so Tom could sing them when he inevitably came back

[@ZitiPatrol]

After watching videos of how it would sound with Tom, and then watching this I'm left very satisfied (That's what she said)

[@RivardBrad]

@@ZitiPatrol not sorry, not sorry not sorry, I’m not sorry you made the joke 😂

[@kristianputra7300]

Tom incredibley did it better than Skiba

[@charlottestreet3301]

​@@kristianputra7300 skiba was good at this song

[@calvinbostian800]

Much love to Matt Skiba from alkaline trio for keeping Blink alive we absolutely appreciate you Matt. Even though we all wanted Tom back at the time but now we look back on a big part of Blinks history. The blink community kicks ass have a great day everybody

[@seae2030]

Id like to hear tom sing darkside or home is such a lonely place ❤

[@poppunkice]

Tom sounds really good!

[@conors4430]

It’s called onstage auto tune They just dial it down a little bit from the obvious mess at Coachella

[@yospilner]

I was at the show too…nice recognition given to Matt!

[@linagarcia4822]

Holy shit Tom 👏 And thank you Matt Skiba 🥲

[@Penguator432]

If there was one song from the Skiba era that deserves to stay in the live rotation, it’s this one

[@tonyzee7162]

Wrong. lol they made plenty of bangers with Skiba

[@Penguator432]

@@tonyzee7162 not saying there weren’t more than one, just saying if there had to be only one, Cynical is the right choice

[@vivimos_en_una_sociedad7758]

@@Penguator432 nah bored to death or i really wish i hated you are probably a bit more representative of the best of their respective albums

[@StzaJack]

@@vivimos_en_una_sociedad7758 Can honestly say I dislike both of those songs lol, each to their own

[@tonyzee7162]

@@Penguator432 california and nine were both made to represent hoppus. He took full control of blink. Why? Because hoppus is the only original standing member of blink. However all of california and nine is a more mature album then anything blink has made. Sorry that you expect them to do music from 20 years ago, but bands evolve. And the new album with tom will have strong roots towards cali and 9. Because hoppus owns the band now.

[@GregGallagher]

I ❤ Skiba and skiba-era blink so this makes me happy

[@LouSassles]

This song was written like an OG blink song. Tom fits it well. I tip the hat to blink. When Matt joined I lost interest honestly (just wasn’t the same to me). But since Tom came back, I’ve been checking out the Skiba era and holy shit some of it are some true blink songs. Some set up that in toms return, he’d fit right back into it.

[@artso1990]

No, this song sounds like Nofx, which is one of their early influences

[@SajakShrestha]

@louSassles I agree. Tom's voice fits perfectly in this song. I think , Matt and Matt (haha), had vocals on a very low bass level. Tom's voice is quite sharp and creates a pleasing contrast in the song. I wonder what Tom would have played on the guitar on the song. Especially the verse.

[@Rountree1985]

California is an awesome album, you should listen to the whole thing. Ignore the next album, Nine. It’s awful.

[@beanpasteposts]

It sounds like Linoleum lol

[@kiwiangeldust6912]

@@Rountree1985No. NINE is also great.

[@retrocollegiategaming9521]

These songs sound so good with Tom. They need to play shes out of her mind, left alone

[@paultomasso9492]

finally glad to hear them recognize Skiba!

[@CaptainMacbeth]

I love how tom can sing "whats the point of saying sorry?" Without a shifty eye👀

[@docproof26]

I want a full blink-182 & Alkaline Trio collaboration with all 4 vocalists on the same songs!

[@ianmccown]

Honestly wasnt too much of a fan of the matt era, but like darkside, and home is such a lonely place are good tunes. Id love to see a tom version of darkside! The “woah” parts of cynical. Damn! I love Toms ability to so far hit those high notes! Im 27 and cant fucking do that!

[@Screaminmyear]

So dope. My favorite Blink 182 song and I always wanted to hear it with Tom on vox.

[@taylortrevor909]

Tom applauding the shout out to Skiba makes me want to cry tears of pure appreciation holy shit.

[@ZitiPatrol]

After watching videos of how it would sound with Tom, and then watching this I'm left very satisfied (That's what she said)

[@cbtrippin]

I'd love to hear official recordings of Tom on these skiba songs, he fits so well w it

[@wolfuglymusic]

I saw them while Matt was still in the band and Tom blew there performance out of the water!!! Absolutely love this performance

[@TheBrandonn]

🤣🤣🧢

[@breejordon6042]

I love Tom in this

[@StarPedal]

I recently fell in love w this song and feel like I’m cheating on Tom cuz he’s been the love of my life forever

[@vatti4602]

Tom is the goat of punk pop punk

[@gotplot]

For real. Singing, lyrics, guitar.

[@lilxlillix7819]

This song with Tom is giving out Dude Ranch vibes holy fuck

[@andreaendymion5779]

Thnx Blink. Thnx Matt 🤘

[@aljoa2392]

Can’t wait to see them in July

[@brandondebroy1955]

Okay; that was pretty effin sick!! I actually didnt know they sang California songs live after Tom came back. Love to see it!!

[@MISTER__OWL]

Legends ! When I was in 8th grade, my first mp3 player could only fit 3 albums on it so I picked Take off your Pants and jacket, Enema of the state, and toxicity by SOAD lmao

[@mattbouwmeester455]

I like how having a screw up in the song is just part of playing Cynical lol. In the recording it was Travis, here it was Mark. It's a feature not a bug.

[@JJB2332]

This is the best timeline

[@blink182Aussie]

This is so epic

[@gabspibfloripa]

This song was made for Tom sings with Mark! It's great!

[@efsejo]

Wuaooo sounds really good

[@Trouchy]

Damn that sounded great

[@ericlariviere5]

Chills !

[@gozanova]

Well done Tom. I always wondered how this song would sound with Tom 😀 it’s good

[@jacksonarguello3309]

He escuchado a blink toda la vida y Tom es blink pero Matt se gano también el cariño y merece estar estar en tarima con Junto a Tom y la banda y tocar sus temas juntos ❤🎸🎙️🎧💯🎊

[@andrevrd]

I love Matt and deluxe is a great album. But I love that Tom is back too.

[@russellschwartz3912]

Tom acted pretty childish for the first year or so after he was out of the band but to his and Matt’s credit neither of them ever had anything bad to say about each other. Tom is back where he belongs but that good will has continued and you really love to see it. No matter what we may think of the quality of output of the Matt era he deserves to be commended for the job he did and he should be celebrated.

[@ZitiPatrol]

1:08 Travis: "AHHH"

[@141414]

I'm just getting into blink after putting it off since it's my dad's favorite band and me and him have a rocky relationship to say the least. Well great to know that Mark shares a similar taste with me, rock that twenty one pilots shirt man!

[@PaulMykokov69]

thhis was fucking amazing

[@iDrinkPaint_]

It’s so much better with Tom!

[@lynxbytheway7573]

Not gonna lie, it sounds better with Tom, the voice harmony is fantastic 😁👍🏽

[@HollowRick]

Because that's what blink was meant to be skiba had the same range as Mark They're both baritones so the harmonies were terrible it was hard to differentiate who was singing at times

[@TheBrandonn]

🧢

[@Thatsuburbanfakewasteofspace]

I wish they would just re-record California, and nine in the studio with Tom or at least do live albums with Tom singing all the songs, they sound fantastic with him

[@MilkAndCerealYTP]

wouldnt that be a bit disrespectful to matt skiba

[@WatchingTokyo]

That would be extremely disrespectful to Matt, and yet I wish the same thing. Never gonna happen understandably!

[@Messina4NY]

Crazy how travis has gotten so big but you can tell he just loves this band and being part of it

[@androidisaloser]

and it's kinda funny too bcs he's been on reality tv since the old days. they've all gotten really big in different ways and it's cool seeing them come together for this band again 💜

[@albinjungdal4856]

i heard account littleredguitars arrangement with tom style n that was great

[@punkamirbj287]

Yeahhhhh blink182 ✊✊✊

[@joa1232]

What I think is that generally tom was a little bit bored by always playing the same songs with blink and I think that was one of the reasons why he left blink. He was always searching for new challenges such as ava and the to the stars stuff. And I think he really enjoys the songs matt wrote, because it is a new challenge for him and he tries to make the songs as good as he can.

[@LOL-ee1zp]

i was thinking, man i wanna see em live, but id feel old, havent been to a show in a while. Then i saw the crowd in this video. Crazy how weve all gotten old. Crowds not as energetic as it was when we were younger, but the songs mean so much more, hope blink realizes that.

[@TheRevyr1666]

I have adhd I’m just as energetic now as I was back then.

[@kylegrimsley9220]

They aren’t energetic because they are watching through their phone. that’s just the world we live in now.

[@TheRevyr1666]

@@kylegrimsley9220 I don’t do that either. I enjoy the show.

[@Not_Sure_81]

Yeah man. I'm 42. Zero fucks given

[@bantehayes9973]

I live in St. Louis Missouri, and my family just came from vacation in Chicago. I couldn't go cus of work. If only I could have had tickets.

[@IamY00t]

This clip is proof that Tom DeLong makes Blink182 better

[@junachanel9229]

Happy days

[@RobbertMuniz]

Caramba, estou chorando aqui, ficou incrível! Engraçado é que essa música foi feita para o Tom em "tom" crítico, pelas idas e vindas dele na banda. Irônico (e muito bom!) vê-lo cantando essa música!

[@lucasfink8457]

Eles ja falaram isso?

[@guiaraki]

@@lucasfink8457 nunca hahahaha

[@lucasfink8457]

@@guiaraki pse, acho q foi só teoria memo hahaha

[@RobbertMuniz]

@@lucasfink8457 Não explicitamente, mas a letra da música deixa claro. Ainda mais que é a primeira música do primeiro álbum depois que ele saiu da banda. Em todo caso, não deixa de ser teoria... Rs

[@abelhernandezmanzano5927]

thanks matt :(

[@j3arnold]

Tom slayed it!

[@jimmyjames7720]

I’m glad Tom isn’t phoning this song in. He sounds great on that song.

[@juanignacionogueira6693]

Que locura hno tremendo tema y no mueve un pelo esa gente. En arg van a sentir la pasión del público 🙌🏻

[@ericlariviere5]

Chills ! God we miss Matt ...!

[@irmahendra95]

hope they bringing 'Bored to Death' too

[@HollowRick]

They have you can find live videos on KZbin sounds better with Tom

[@beto182olivarez]

They need to record this song again with Tom ughh

[@leel1130]

Mark messes up a bit on the intro on the bass.

[@airporteffect]

And it’s perfect

[@Matt92Machine]

Yes I also noticed that.

[@SethWill07]

this is BLINK they can play wrong it will still be awesome

[@faksi93]

Cool❤🎉

[@Sidneij]

No heart speak of Live queremos!

[@isetmfriendsofire]

I think Matt's voice suits Matt's songs, but it's cool that they played this. Love this song. Glad Tom was on board. And damn, Mark was starting to sound kinda bad a few years ago. Sounds like his voice is doing better now! Hell, for that matter, Tom also sounsed great!

[@ephemeral7043]

unbelievable

[@billkent364]

Toms voice in this song reminds me of Budha album 🤟🏼😤

[@marcomeister4647]

Tom sings better than in 2012!

[@jvfbb96]

SKIBA!!

[@roy2564]

Still waiting some NINE's album songs

[@Richoman24]

This song is epic should be more appreciated

[@The85F0X]

Let’s face it, had skiba not stepped in, blink wouldn’t have made it. Saw them in Houston, frickin amazing.

[@frankverisco4722]

Tom sounds good cuz he's trying. Glad he got the passion back.

[@adamnope4577]

Wasn't a fan of when Matt was in the group but I love that he kept blink together until Tom returned

[@MrJ1Horrordirector]

A true respectful gentlemen has the heart to aknowledge what mister skibba did just like tom did here. Took toms giant shoes no fucks giving, he worked his ass off so we could still have some more blink in some sense and he knew the price. Still the pro did it for us. Thanks matt! Loved ur work ecxept one....darkseird boils my brain...and ass. The rest its legendary now...yeah yeah i said whats up?!?! 😂

[@goodtimes2595]

No disrespect to Skiba but Tom made this song sound like Blink.

[@donbeck8835]

Is it just me or does Mark sound like he's getting emotional at the beginning of the song?

[@KyFiGz]

Just you

[@donbeck8835]

@@KyFiGz Apparently not. Someone else agreed.

[@darkangel07395]

It must be a lie if I can just forget about skiba, thanks Matthew

[@MegaNuc]

What’s with the crowd? Only there for “all the small things” n “what’s my age again” ?

[@weakweek85]

It’s weird seeing Travis playing a DW kit

[@alejandro2435]

Tom sounds more like Matt than Tom

[@carlosmartinezjr.7579]

Way better

[@skrawn1342]

Travis got the Roland TM-6....

[@michaelmacbeth7171]

Fucking turn up Tom's mic

[@PopTartRanger]

And the crowd goes mild

[@iamfromkanto7511]

Possessions never meant anything to me I‘m not crazy …

[@Conan-182]

nice pants mark..😅

[@MRBHV]

Tom does a better job singing Skibas songs than Skiba did signing Toms songs.

[@kaltiny1997]

I honestly prefer Matt Skibas vocals on all the California deluxe album

[@cazpfutz]

learn it frusciante! ( at least for aeroplane xD )

[@joemarino7586]

Tom was made for that song..so weird

[@higuys5521]

camera info?