Travis Barker Cancels Tour 2013-02-18 by Andrew Caswell | 63 Replies | 2655 Views |
Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker is opting to skip out on the bands upcoming Australian tour dates because of his extreme phobia of flying in an airplane. Naturally no one can blame him since he was involved in a crash back in 2008 that took the lives of four passengers and left him with severe third degree burns.
The remaining members will continue on as expected with a temporary replacement to fill in so they can still play instead of cancelling the shows.
Here’s the official statement:
” I'm sorry to announce I won't be joining Blink-182 on this Australian tour. I still haven't gotten over the horrific events that took place the last time i flew when my plane crashed and 4 people were killed, two being my best friends. I gave the band my blessing to take another drummer if they still wanted to do the tour without me. I hope to come to Australia again some day perhaps by ship if need be. Unfortunately, there wasn't a boat that worked with the schedule this time around. Once again I'm sorry to all the fans.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/17/travis-barker-plane-crash-blink-182_n_2707270.html
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bad religion drummer is going to fill in
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sweet.
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The amount of backlash poor Travis is getting for this is absolutely disgusting. I'm happy the band still coming out though.
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Brooks Wackerman is such a trooper, he subs in for Tenacious D as well
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The guy almost fucking died in a plane accident. I wouldn't fly either for a while.
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yeah, don't blame him at all.
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hopefully he never gets into a boat accident or he's fucked with traveling.
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who cares
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people.
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Blink fans.
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"hopefully he never gets into a boat accident or he's fucked with traveling."
Travis Barker suddenly becomes John Madden
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Blink with Bad Religion's drummer? They should make a DVD (or post the whole thing on Youtube).
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damn that's too bad, Travis Barker would be who I watched the most if I saw them live.
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he's definitely fun to watch live.
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idk why they'd book the tour with him in the first place but yeah can't blame him
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Brooks Wackerman is a better drummer than Barker anyways.
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because he was gonna go by boat but something came up.
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@foxblood well they booked the tour with him because Travis was going to try to overcome his fear. It was him trying to challenge himself to get on a plane again but the day they were supposed to leave he must have nearly shit himself. I know i would
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Good replacement.
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i don't blame him at all.
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Wow grow some balls.
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I can just imagine the next tour and Travis turning up shouting 'IM ON A BOAT'.
The chances of it happening a 2nd time must be slim, but can't blame him. Death maybe after him like in the final destination movies lol
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Understandable.
Headline is misleading though. Shouldn't it just say he's dropping out?
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pussy
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Convenient that he pulls out of the Soundwave lineup after all his fans have already brought tickets, sneaky motherfucker.
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The 'Tom, Mark and Brooks' show
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Sucks, but how could you blame him? If I was involved in a crash, I sure as heck wouldn't be getting in another plane. Would you call me a pussy then?
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"The chances of it happening a 2nd time must be slim, but can't blame him. Death maybe after him like in the final destination movies lol"
the fucked up thing is dj a.m. survived the flight with him only to die not too long after that from a drug overdose. cheating death just to come right back to it.
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There's just as much a chance of it happening again as there was of it happening in the first place
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They should be happy 2/3 of Blink is still going and they didn't cancel the shows.
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Understandable.
Hopefully they'll put up a good show anyway.
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Bob Barker must be rolling over in his grave.
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bob barker will never die.
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I don't blame him
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"The amount of backlash poor Travis is getting for this is absolutely disgusting. I'm happy the band still coming out though.
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Wheres the backlash?
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They didn't cheat death, they simply survived
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Remarkable punk rock drummer replacements this month.
Blink 182 - Travis Barker = Brooks Wackerman
The Vandals - Josh Freese = Derek Grant from Alk3
this year rules
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It's understandable for sure.
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Can't blame Travis, hell I'd never wanna fly again after what happened.
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Ya I would never fly again that's for sure
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Another misleading title....the tour isn't being cancelled...Travis just isn't playing in it.
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"Wheres the backlash?"
His Facebook. Tons of people are calling him a pussy, and I literally saw some saying he should have just died in the crash so they wouldn't be disappointed that he dropped off the tour.
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"Another misleading title....the tour isn't being cancelled...Travis just
isn't playing in it."
I think people fail to understand that the title only allows you to fit in
so much. I could go back and change it but it would just mess up the
way the lines are formed in the post. either way you're obviously not
mislead when you actually read the article so why even complain lol.
and the last time I checked travis is canceling the tour so there ya go.
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"His Facebook. Tons of people are calling him a pussy, and I literally saw some saying he should have just died in the crash so they wouldn't be disappointed that he dropped off the tour."
"Malcolm Stoney I still haven't gotten over the horrific events that took place on your last album."
Ok I admit this made me lol a little
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I'd probably be a little uncomfortable with flying as well.
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"Travis Barker Leaves Tour"
"Travis Barker Out of Tour"
"Travis Barker Pussies Out"
bam, take your pick
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he canceled the tour did he not? silly thing to whine about.
bottom line is he's not going so sorry to those australians.
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mm
The remaining members will continue on as expected with a temporary replacement to fill in so they can still play instead of cancelling the shows.
nope
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I'm not whining man I'm just saying there could've been better ways to word it
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but that's what is happening. did you wake up on the wrong side
of the bed today. you seem to be more bitchy when usually chill.
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I don't think you know what cancel means and I'm not being bitchy stop being so sensitive come on
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go to the corner for a time out and think about what you've done.
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I'm chillin here idk what you're talking about
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that's it. I'm taking away your xbox.
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no man don't do that it's bad enough having my brother play fucking minecraft on it half the time
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what's the big deal with minecraft anyways?
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Well, you mine shit. Then craft shit.
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literally no idea that kid is crazy
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Can't blame him. Very suitable replacement though.
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'Wow grow some balls.'
you go get in a plane crash which kills one of your best friends and then come back and say that.
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two best friends.
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I admire that he would have the balls to even consider flying after what happened to him
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"His Facebook. Tons of people are calling him a pussy, and I literally saw some saying he should have just died in the crash so they wouldn't be disappointed that he dropped off the tour."
"Malcolm Stoney I still haven't gotten over the horrific events that took place on your last album."
Ok I admit this made me lol a little"
lol
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