Video of Blink-182 Live at Reading

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Any vids of dammit josie or carousel at this concert would be awesome !

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Goddamnit Tom, stop crooning. This is Blink, you pansy. Sing in the tune of Blink, not AVA

I like that tom can’t sing to save his life!

Am I the only one that can’t stand Tom butchering songs with his vocals anymore? It’s embarrassing. It’s a shame because some songs you just really wanna vibe with the chorus/hook or specific lyric/part but you can’t because Tom totally fucks it up on purpose in his “artsy” way. It’s one thing to change the tone of the emphasis of a lyric, but he just fucking mumbles random ridiculous sounds before and after words now, it’s downright awful.

It’s so disappointing to watch. Both of their vocals blow more than ever live. Mark can’t hit high notes and can barely project his voice loudly anymore. I just wanna hear a new studio album already, lol.

Thanks for posting these!

dude u guys that are slamming blink are not real fans at all…………vocals this, vocals that…….do this do that….god u guys are f’n pathetic.

I agree….shut up and tom has never been able to sing

@matt (the other matt, stop using my damn name you nazi) Their vocals are fine, they are a punk rooted band. Singing good isn’t the point. Who cares? No one is forcing you to listen to it. If you don’t like it, ignore the live stuff and stick to the studio work. Its stupid to be so disappointed and nostalgic for something you were never a part of. You’re a fan, that’s it. Keep your sobbing and whining to yourself and let it alone. It isn’t your band, it isn’t your music, and it isn’t your voice.

Tom has done a wonderful job here, and so has mark. This is the new Blink, take it or leave it. Both are better musicians. Tom struggles to sing his better way with this old music, and mark is singing very stagnant and very CD-version backup and missing the point of live, either way, it makes for the best you’re gonna get. They’re amazing.

i miss you is my favorite live blink song atm.. the way they have altered the song live is truely amazing

ugh. i understand people not liking the way tom sings, but this isn’t new. if you don’t like it fine, i’m just sick of hearing the complaining.

@matt (the one that complained about the vocals). And yes my name is Matt too. I sort of agree because even though it’s live, and the vocals change to suit the mood or the passion at that moment, you DO want to be able to recognise the hooks. The hooks are what MAKE those songs. I think Tom sings for the atmosphere at the time, and not for those watching a recorded version later on the internet. Whether this is a good or bad thing you can make up your own mind!

In my opinion, I thought the shows were great….They really looked liked they were enjoying themselves Roll on Dublin…

omg! soooo awesome! tom sings fuckin amazing, look at the stay together for the kids vid dudes! awesome awesome awesome:)

its weird tom is a hit or miss vocalist sometimes hes good and sometimes he is terrible but the point of the matter is that it is tom in blink and whether he can sing or not that is what you will have to deal with blink is blink no matter how good or bad, if your a true fan they are always good

Stockholm sounds good

i was at leeds, trust me they were AMAZING, and with 100,000 people singing along you’re not too focused on the vocals

tom has always deliberately distorted the way he sings!!!!
as far i as i can tell he started back in the ‘enema’ days!!
fair enough….he sounds more like he’s involved in ava when he sings like that, and it can be a little annoying….but him singing all punk/artsy isn’t anything new!!

plus, has anyone noticed; he is playing his instrument WAY-HAY better than ever before!!!! that goes for mr.hoppus too! i’m stoked about that!!!!

cannot wait to see them in dublin on tues!

Its funny how when youre actually at the show, you cant even tell how good or bad their singing is. its just AWESOME. yet when you watch videos like this, you feel obligated to point it out.

Hmmm when I saw them live at aberdeen it was kind of ups and down as far as vocals went. For the most part when Tom sang the more fast paced songs he did really well but it was when they tempo dropped it was pretty obvious his voice was getting strained and he even got Mark to sing the intro to Reckless Abandon.

However its pretty obivous that hes getting more used to singing the old way now, so things can only improve. As for people complaining about Marks vocals?? Seriously, what the fuck?

leave tom alone you idiots.

I am so sick of people calling him fat or complaining about his singing.

it’s fucking tom delonge, so accept him like he used to be and still is – awesome.

Tom seems drunk. His guitar playing is all over the place and his vocals are awful.

Mark and Travis are tight though, they don’t miss a beat. In regard to saying that Mark’s vocals are stale or lacking in energy, I think it’s better that he’s playing solidly than doing whatever the fuck Tom is attempting.

we made blink famous we made em rich…so since we are not happy anymore with their performance we can demand for more..i know they were fucking up sometimes during live performances in the past but it was all in the punk rock context and it was packed with attitude..i mean delonges voice before was off key but it was whiny and raging and now its like an imitation of robert smith

It cracks me up when people say I’m not a real fan because I’m critical of Tom’s awful singing. Fuck that shit. Nobody is a bigger fan than me. I’ve seen them live 3 times, and those 3 nights were some of the bets nights of my life. I’m on a fucking message board for Blink, and i just watched videos with Tom butchering songs, of course I’m gonna give my opinion.

I don’t need any lecture on the band. I know what punk is, i know that they’ve never been good live and that singing “isn’t the point”. I don’t need to be told that shit. I get it. But that still doesn’t change the point that it IS INDEED frustrating to listen to a band live, when they drastically change the sound of choruses and when the singer mumbles random sounds instead of actually singing or speaking the actual lyrics. It’s annoying, that’s all.

Does any of this mean I’m not a real fan? FUCK NO. I love this band, and I always will. I’m taking the day off from work when the new album eventually comes out, because that shit’s like a holiday to me.

So get the fuck off my nuts for being critical of a band I like. It’s most certainly justified.

everything is fine but one thing… mark’s mic is really quiet. or is he just singing softly? other than that, travis is absolutely shredding as usual and mark is awesome and tom is being a goof ball. what else could you ask for from blink? so i think they are making a huge comeback.

short set, very short.

..but to hear 100,000 people singing family reunion in harmony more than made up for that. (won’t be seeing that one on the BBC I bet!)

Any chance to get the whole show in mp3s?! Is almost impossible to find a good audio of a blink show after the comeback

Yeah I was there… Paid £182(coincidence?) just for BLINK!

Plus, how was it a short set?
It’s the amount of songs they’d play anyway at their headliner shows

they played for one and a half hours, it was a standard set @b182.

this is the mid section of the set.

more videos will come though, as if travis solo wasnt recorded!

Does anybody know how to rip this from the bbc website with good quality — http://beta.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p009qb20 ??

(same video as http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/festivals/readingandleeds/2010/artists/blink182/)

These performances are honestly some of the best I’ve ever seen. I really like the way that Tom spiced up a lot of the guitar riffs in the songs, especially in I Miss You and Down. Great stuff, can’t wait until they put out the new album and tour again in America.

I was there and they sounded amazing, blink aren’t a band that sound good when recorded cus it only works with the crowd, which you can’t hear in these

i miss old blink 182….i’m happy they’re back….but tom…is so…………i have no word….!it seems like he try to make blink like his “ridicoulos project”….
somenthing like….”hi i’m tom….i play in AVA..we’re cool…..oh i forgot…i play in a funny band too…they’re blink182″…
it’s sad..this is why i’ve choosen that i’ll never see them live after the reunion…
i’ll remeber the real blink 182

I dont agree with the “if you think toms singign bothers you your not a true blink fan” thats retarted im a huge fan, have been since they first came out, and toms singing is horrible now. stop being biased cause its your favorite band just accept it: your favorite band cant sing anymore, i know i have but i dont bitch at people who acknowledge it i just go”(sigh) yeah your right . . . but they still kick ass =D”

am i the only one who noticed tom trying not to cry during STFTK….The guy obviously has Passion,idk why yall are ridiculing him so much…….and anyone who says he sucks @ guitar needs to turn their fucking headphones up!! BEST LIVE PERFORMANCE BY BLINK BY FAR…@marcus maybe you need to get off your computer and go see a show man..anyone will agree he sound better in person than on a youtube vid

*they sound better

Well I don’t think we can really judge the shows unless we were actually there. I am just saying I agree that when you are there in the moment it is a completely difference experience. However I saw Blink twice last summer and I think Tom’s vocals sounded a little better and tighter then they did here. Not hating just stating. On STFTK he sounded great. All I would really like to add to the comments on here is that let’s all just chill out and wait to see what they come up with for the new album. There is a difference between complaining about how they sound and commenting on differences, I say hell they are back and playing together and recording a new album. If you asked me 4 years ago if that was going to happen I would have said you’re crazy. But they’re back and people are loving it. Keep rolling fellas.

you people need to shut up about toms singing if you are a blink 182 fan why are you goin on about toms singing

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Listen to Not Now, Tom is fucking incredible in that. Mark is great as always. Tom changed vocals for AVA and is still with them so ofcourse it’s gonna be a while before it’s perfect. Ohwell, I thought everyone: bass, guitar, drums, vocals: were AMAZING!

I enjoy Tom’s voice on album, weather Blink or AVA, but I just cringe when he sings live. I’m not gonna try and say that he should stop singing that way in Blink – because that IS Blink, weather any of us like it or not – but I just want to convey that hate how he mumbles weird crap now. Maybe he’s just way feeling the music more than he used to…but fuck, it’s just weird.

Oh well, I still love ‘em and can’t wait for the new album!

i dont know if anyone else noticed, but im pretty sure tom is totally shit-faced. check out his facial expressions in stay together for the kids…its pretty funny

I would like to point out Andrew McMahon from Something Corporate and Jack’s Mannequin.

If any of you listen to them you can see his voice change from the early SoCo Demos to Leaving Through The Window and North.

The first Jack’s record Everything In Transit is pretty much like the first 2 SoCo records

Then you get to Jack’s 2nd record The Glass Passenger (and the EP’s that came before and after it) Yeah I know he had Cancer and went through treatment and all that but the point I’m trying to make is that his voice changed. Period.

Look at Tom through all his Records He’s sang 3 different ways through 3 different periods.

It is what it is. I give him props for sticking with it and trying to make it work, which it is, just watch live videos and you’ll see.

As for Mark, they gotta start turning his Mic up, he’s had that problem a few times. I don’t think it’s his voice or his power or anything just every few live shows is Mic is low (Just my thought)

And Travis… I can’t even joke around. With me being a drummer that would be sin. He’s solid as always.

@HeartAttack Decent point, so kudos for that! I don’t understand what people are complaining about. If you don’t like it turn it off and don’t listen to it. If you do sit through it, ignore it and enjoy it. One last critique though HeartAttack; it’s “whether” not “weather”, sorry I know its fickle but bad spelling annoys me.

I was at Reading Festival and i had absolutely no problems with their vocals. I hate people that weren’t even there bitching about how poor they sounded, trust me when if you were there with another 100,000 people singing along you would care!

They were amazing live and i felt honored to see them play live again after so many years..

I just wished that the BBC put the whole set online and not just what they believe to be their “biggest hits” it’s madness!

Tom almost Cries in STFTK :L

Tom sounds like that because he is wasted plain and simple

Bobby: I was their too and it was AMAZING i did record almost everything of the show beside Dammit because my batteri did died in my videocamera… but i will upload when i can!

I was at reading and their playing was fantastic, they were just like they were before they became a bit moody(i miss you) but with the moody songs still being played, there were about 80 references involving boners and mums and they played family reunion, mark and tom were brilliant in my opinion, considering, playing and singing is the most difficult thing you can do!

actually even without considering that they were still brilliant,

Just to note, people who were’nt there will never understand! u had to be there, the artsyness definately fitted the moment and not a single person out of 85000, ( not 100,000 cus the main can only hold that many ) cared because they were going bats**t insane and almost dribbling with happyness,

matt no.1 shut up,
u might be a fan, but u just happen to be incorrect!

I was at reading and their playing was fantastic, they were just like they were before they became a bit moody(i miss you) but with the moody songs still being played, there were about 80 references involving boners and mums and they played family reunion, mark and tom were brilliant in my opinion, considering, playing and singing is the most difficult thing you can do!

actually even without considering that they were still brilliant,

Just to note, people who were’nt there will never understand! u had to be there, the artsyness definately fitted the moment and not a single person out of 85000, ( not 100,000 cus the main can only hold that many ) cared because they were going bats**t insane and almost dribbling with happyness,

matt no.1 shut up,
u might be a fan, but u just happen to be incorrect!

oh, and the sound was fine, i could hear them over everyone! maybe it was the transition to television.

oh and i forgot that travis should play drums for god.

Can you share the video since the BBC took it down on YouTube?

fucking assholes removed the vids before I could watch them. anyone have other links to these vids?

A link to d.o.w.n.l.o.a.d can be found in the forums – http://www.182online.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=5470&p=190480#p190480

Haha fuck dude, there is no such thing as an “AVA voice.” It’s called Tom isn’t 19 and people’s voices change. I love these videos and I’m way stoked for new Blink. Ahh yes!

IM just gettin the videos follow me on twitter , i´ll give you the links soon, when i find a way of then dont getting removed http://twitter.com/PavelDeLaRosa