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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Sirob
February 18th 2013

2653 Comments


bad religion drummer is going to fill in

andcas
February 18th 2013

57764 Comments


sweet.

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Prag
February 18th 2013

62 Comments


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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Trebor17
Contributing Reviewer
February 18th 2013

39746 Comments


Brooks Wackerman is such a trooper, he subs in for Tenacious D as well

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nononsense
February 18th 2013

3023 Comments


The guy almost fucking died in a plane accident. I wouldn't fly either for a while.

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MadKungFu
February 18th 2013

341 Comments


yeah, don't blame him at all.

andcas
February 18th 2013

57764 Comments


hopefully he never gets into a boat accident or he's fucked with traveling.

MetallicOpeth
February 18th 2013

14631 Comments


who cares

andcas
February 18th 2013

57764 Comments


people.

nononsense
February 18th 2013

3023 Comments


Blink fans.

ProjectFreak
February 18th 2013

619 Comments


"hopefully he never gets into a boat accident or he's fucked with traveling."
Travis Barker suddenly becomes John Madden

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Willie
Moderator
February 18th 2013

15210 Comments


Blink with Bad Religion's drummer? They should make a DVD (or post the whole thing on Youtube).

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Aids
Contributing Reviewer
February 18th 2013

21894 Comments


damn that's too bad, Travis Barker would be who I watched the most if I saw them live.

andcas
February 18th 2013

57764 Comments


he's definitely fun to watch live.

foxblood
February 18th 2013

6140 Comments


idk why they'd book the tour with him in the first place but yeah can't blame him

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MichaelSnoxall
February 18th 2013

12135 Comments


Brooks Wackerman is a better drummer than Barker anyways.

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andcas
February 18th 2013

57764 Comments


because he was gonna go by boat but something came up.

lyzakthellama
February 18th 2013

562 Comments


@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

henryChinaski
February 18th 2013

1732 Comments


Good replacement.

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ThomasTheCure
February 18th 2013

203 Comments


i don't blame him at all.

JackSoffalot
February 18th 2013

88 Comments


Wow grow some balls.

NorwichScene
February 18th 2013

1181 Comments


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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fish.
Contributing Reviewer
February 18th 2013

15158 Comments


Understandable.

Headline is misleading though. Shouldn't it just say he's dropping out?

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KILL
February 18th 2013

52088 Comments


pussy

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Crucifucxxx
February 18th 2013

15 Comments


Convenient that he pulls out of the Soundwave lineup after all his fans have already brought tickets, sneaky motherfucker.

NorwichScene
February 18th 2013

1181 Comments


The 'Tom, Mark and Brooks' show

StallionMang
February 18th 2013

710 Comments


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?

andcas
February 18th 2013

57764 Comments


"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.

fish.
Contributing Reviewer
February 18th 2013

15158 Comments


There's just as much a chance of it happening again as there was of it happening in the first place

bennyola09
February 18th 2013

234 Comments


They should be happy 2/3 of Blink is still going and they didn't cancel the shows.

gwynbleidd
February 18th 2013

4654 Comments


Understandable.

Hopefully they'll put up a good show anyway.

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sleepdirt
February 18th 2013

105 Comments


Bob Barker must be rolling over in his grave.

andcas
February 18th 2013

57764 Comments


bob barker will never die.

ChopSuey
February 18th 2013

1958 Comments


I don't blame him

Mickeymau5
February 18th 2013

1579 Comments


"The amount of backlash poor Travis is getting for this is absolutely disgusting. I'm happy the band still coming out though.
"

Wheres the backlash?

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JAXETA
February 18th 2013

729 Comments


They didn't cheat death, they simply survived

drasticaction74
February 18th 2013

1520 Comments


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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c0nf1n3d
February 18th 2013

208 Comments


It's understandable for sure.

MyNameIsPencil
February 18th 2013

66 Comments


Can't blame Travis, hell I'd never wanna fly again after what happened.

J0ckstrapsFTW
February 18th 2013

3267 Comments


Ya I would never fly again that's for sure

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dawija1017
February 18th 2013

304 Comments


Another misleading title....the tour isn't being cancelled...Travis just isn't playing in it.

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TrstN01
February 18th 2013

716 Comments


"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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andcas
February 18th 2013

57764 Comments


"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.

gwynbleidd
February 18th 2013

4654 Comments


"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

Spec
February 18th 2013

23677 Comments


I'd probably be a little uncomfortable with flying as well.

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fish.
Contributing Reviewer
February 18th 2013

15158 Comments


"Travis Barker Leaves Tour"
"Travis Barker Out of Tour"
"Travis Barker Pussies Out"

bam, take your pick

andcas
February 18th 2013

57764 Comments


he canceled the tour did he not? silly thing to whine about.

bottom line is he's not going so sorry to those australians.

fish.
Contributing Reviewer
February 18th 2013

15158 Comments


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

fish.
Contributing Reviewer
February 18th 2013

15158 Comments


I'm not whining man I'm just saying there could've been better ways to word it

andcas
February 18th 2013

57764 Comments


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.

fish.
Contributing Reviewer
February 18th 2013

15158 Comments


I don't think you know what cancel means and I'm not being bitchy stop being so sensitive come on

andcas
February 18th 2013

57764 Comments


go to the corner for a time out and think about what you've done.

fish.
Contributing Reviewer
February 18th 2013

15158 Comments


I'm chillin here idk what you're talking about

andcas
February 18th 2013

57764 Comments


that's it. I'm taking away your xbox.

fish.
Contributing Reviewer
February 18th 2013

15158 Comments


no man don't do that it's bad enough having my brother play fucking minecraft on it half the time

andcas
February 18th 2013

57764 Comments


what's the big deal with minecraft anyways?

conesmoke
February 18th 2013

2023 Comments


Well, you mine shit. Then craft shit.

fish.
Contributing Reviewer
February 18th 2013

15158 Comments


literally no idea that kid is crazy

joshieboy12345
February 18th 2013

2001 Comments


Can't blame him. Very suitable replacement though.

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VanitySeason
February 18th 2013

379 Comments


'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.

andcas
February 18th 2013

57764 Comments


two best friends.

RevenantBlue
February 20th 2013

136 Comments


I admire that he would have the balls to even consider flying after what happened to him

Mickeymau5
February 20th 2013

1579 Comments



"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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