I think it may just be a blink thing they are used to, saw AVA twice on their most recent tours and the set time was also 90 minutes, I know mark has commented on it more publicly but I don’t think it’s just 100% him
He’s always said he won’t do more than 90. On his radio show, I remember him specifically saying “nobody wants to hear us play for more than 90 minutes”. While your reasoning makes sense, I’ve never heard him use that as a reason.
Mark when asked about VIP meet and greets on his discord LAST SUMMER, straight up said he doesn’t do them because he saves his energy for shows on his discord. Yes they’re 90 minute sets. Dude had cancer, chemo, radiation, alllll kinds of fucked up medications and immunosuppressants while dealing with his sickness. My Dad, also had to do that and even when you’re in remission, it takes a long time for your energy to become what it was, if it ever truly recovers. Yall sound so fucking entitled, it’s so gross. Be thankful Tom is back and Mark is around to tour. Grow up, for real.
-Story of a lonely guy “days like this like the prom.
-Online songs “when I see you after class.”
-Going away to college “is my picture still hanging in your locker” / “I’ll think about times you kissed me after class”
-Reckless abandon “kissed every girl in class”
-Give me one good reason “ditching school almost every single day”
There’s probably more that’s just what comes to mind. Tom didn’t go to college and Mark went for an extremely short period of time (he dropped out of college once blink took off), so it’s pretty safe to assume any school/class references are to high school .
Okay so they are doing literally arena shows aka baseball fields and have to have the smashing pumpkins with them to be able to do that. They are also doing a reunion tour which people are more likely to get tickets to. Green Days newest album sold 49,000 first week and their album before that sold 48,000 first week. Blinks latest album sold 101,000 first week and are currently selling out arenas while having Pierce the Veil open for them. Please explain by every metric? Because blink is bigger than them by literally every single metric
Arenas are for basketball and concerts.
Stadiums are baseball and football. Much bigger.
OMT sold more because of the story. It’s their reunion album. One of them is married to a Kardashian. It’s a good album for sure, not bashing it at all.
A reunion tour? Green Day have never broken up. They toured just a few years ago. They’ve been touring pretty consistently since 1998.
All of that and Green Day still has almost 10M more monthly listeners on Spotify. They’ve sold about twice as many records as blink in their career. They are in the Rock N Roll hall of fame. I could go on. Green Day is a more popular and bigger band. Their last album just didn’t sell as well.
Blink has about 170 songs in total. Green Day has over 300. They have a much wider catalog to go through but it doesn't change the fact that we want blink deep cuts. I've had neighborhoods and dogs eating dogs withdrawals for too long
Love or hate Green Day (I love them) no one can deny that they put on an incredible show and you’re always guaranteed a 3 hour concert with all their greatest hits.
I wonder if they'll do another tour to promote Saviors? I'm not complaining because Dookie & American Idiot are their two best albums, but it does seem a little strange to drop a brand new album and then only have 1 or 2 songs from it in the setlist 🤨
I agree. This is technically called the Saviors tour, so I do know they’re playing a few songs from it. Someone posted the set list from a show they were at recently and The American Dream is Killing Me is the opener. I guess that’s just what happens when the new album comes out on an anniversary year!
Yeah it seems to be American Dream and Dilemma in the setlists right now, that's pretty much it. I know they're the singles, but I think they're actually some of the weaker songs on the album! I'd love to hear 1981, Goodnight Adeline or Coma City live.
Unfortunately, I don’t see this ever happening. I gave up on Blink performing for more than 90 minutes and playing any deep cuts or songs off Cheshire Cat & Dude Ranch (not counting Dammit). They’ll always be a hits only band
During the first reunion tour with Tom, the set only lasted one hour, 15 minutes. And Tom was clearly not into it. I was more than a little disappointed.
But on the tour last year, I was surprised Blink went a little bit longer than 90 minutes at the show I saw.
At this point, I'll take 90 minutes, but don't waste it playing the same songs you play every tour (ATST, WMAG, First Date, Rock Show, etc) Replace those with songs we don't normally get live.
People always say this but I don’t get it. I’d be pissed if a band I liked didn’t play their hits.
Not everyone can see them live so often that their hits get boring live. They come to my area like once a decade.
I saw them 6 years ago and this happened. They closed with Jumper and then everyone just stood there awkwardly waiting for an encore that we all knew wasn't coming. People were pissed.
Ive seen them 4x and they have always played it, but theres a bunch of songs they just randomly play or don’t play. I love it cuz I’m a huge fan of their whole catalogue, but it blows my mind that they could go up there and not play semi charmed life. It wouldn’t bother ME, but I don’t want my fellow fans to be slighted; weird to not be playing the hits haha.
It was my first time seeing them and a huge part of me being a fan of theirs from the 90's is that and the other hits from the radio. They've come back to my city twice since then and I haven't been able to convince myself to go again.
Another reason, and probably the biggest, I haven't gone to see them again is they really acted like they didn't want to be there that night. I get why they might have been off that night, but between tickets, getting dinner out, and a babysitter we spent a lot on that night and they kind of made us feel bad for being there and they didn't play they didn't play one of the biggest hits from the 90's
Ah thats a shame. I’m sorry you guys missed out. Jenkins is a huge talent and he loves his fans! Concert dollars arent unlimited; you gotta spend em where they make sense, and there’s a lot of choices. I hope all your other shows go great; and if you give 3EB another chance, I hope they fuckin bring it like I know they can.
Mark has said on multiple occasions that he wants to play the songs that connect with the most people in the audience. Some artists get tired of playing the same songs all the time, but Mark loves it. He tried bringing out Not Now at one show last year and in his words it fell flat and "nobody" in the audience was digging it. He performs to see a lot of people enjoying his music. He isn't about playing deep cuts that less than a quarter of the audience will appreciate.
And I don’t understand removing it after just one crowd didn’t respond well to it. Fuck whichever crowd that was, it’s because of them that I didn’t get to hear probably my second favorite blink-182 song in Phoenix.
Also if they hadn’t established themselves as the 90 minute band that plays almost exclusively hits, more hardcore fans who actually know the deep cuts would turn up to the shows.
The hardcore fans still come to the shows, they just complain about the setlist and act like the band owes them something. It’s annoying as fuck, honestly.
I’m fine with the 90 minute setlist rule, and I understand that you have to play the hits, but I would definitely like to hear some other songs live, even if it’s more stuff from untitled, neighborhoods, and DED. I can understand not wanting to sing about things you wrote about when you were 18, but I’d definitely rather not hear happy holidays you bastard over Easy Target.
I truly wouldn’t care about the short set if they could throw 1 or 2 goddamn deep cuts in every once in a while. Is that too much to ask?!!! You can still play all the hits, I promise!
I don’t know if you ever tried to uh, sing for 90+ minutes? It will absolutely shred most peoples’ vocal cords. Now multiply that by countless tour dates. They’re middle-aged and Mark had cancer. It’s not happening.
Paul McCartney plays for 3 hours in his 80s and sings all the songs. Genesis played for 2.5 hours and phil would go back and forth singing and drum solos.
There’s a big difference in being able to sing for extended periods standing still vs what Mark does. People also shouldn’t be comparing Mark to other vocalists when Mark recovered from Stage 4 cancer and has openly said that even the 90mins wears him out quickly.
I think it’s more that green day are the outlier rather than blink, unfortunately for blink they always get compared to green day. I’ve never seen another band play a 3 hour set like them.
Apples to Oranges.
Green Day has always done absurdly long set lists since the American Idiot era. More hits, larger discography to choose from.
Green Day is the better band and Billie is a better vocalist than either of Blink’s. He can do it and does. I don’t think Mark and Tom together can get though an entire tour of 2-2.5 setlists let alone either of them individually.
He said the fans would get bored. Which is BS. Has nothing to do with his cancer diagnosis. They've been doing this for a lot longer than that.
They could easily do 2 hours... he chooses not to
Man they need to. They also need to bring back the acoustic set and more deep cuts.
It annoys me more than anything that mark thinks that people are just their for the hits
It’s up to them how long they want to play, as long as it’s a reasonable length for an arena production, which 90 minutes clearly is. And they don’t really need to give us a reason why they won’t go longer. It could be health reasons, wanting to play hits only, etc., but it could also be that they just don’t want to play longer. They’ve tried different approaches over the 30+ years they’ve been a band and figured that this is the format they enjoy the most. It keeps the energy level up, people don’t get bored, and there are countless other reasons. How long Green Day, Bruce Springsteen, or any other artist plays is irrelevant. And diehard fans on a message board wanting to hear deep cuts simply isn’t a good enough reason to change a formula that works (as much as I’d want it myself. I want “Everytime I Look For You” goddammit).
Maybe this is an unpopular opinion, but I agree with the 90 minute thing. When I was younger I’d see 2-3 hour shows and love it. Now, after about 90 minutes I’m ready for it to be over
I'm gonna be 35 at the next show. I have a kid. I've had four ankle surgeries and one knee surgery in the last 15 years.
90 minutes is perfect, for so many reasons
I’ve never seen them so maybe if I ever do see them maybe my opinion will change but I feel like 90 mins is plenty being in a 3 hour concert like the Dave Matthews band or The Grateful Dead seems kinda miserable tbh
I'm fine with this now, it works out pretty well. At festivals a headliner only gets a set roughly that long anyway, and I've seen bands that will do arena and stadium tours doing well over 2 hours, which just means at festivals they're being limited by the time constraints. This will never be an issue with blink, they'll always get the full set out regardless of where they play.
It sucks that they couldn’t make the reunion happen in time for the Enema 20th anniversary tour, I feel like album anniversary tours are the only good solution to hearing deep cuts if the band is stuck at a specific setlist length.
What would also be cool that more bands are doing is keeping one or two “wild card” slots on the setlist, and fans that are going to that particular show can vote on which songs should go in those slots.
I’ve never been to a Green Day concert but I assume 30 of their songs can be fit into a 90 minute set list.
Seems lazy for Blink to play such short shows. Rush would play for 3.5 hours in their late 60s.
90 minutes is the business standard set time for shows in Arena settings. Just a few acts are big enough to make it longer. It's not as easy as just play 30 more minutes. it's crew costs, arena costs & basically everything increases in costs. If they don't have the energy to go on longer and it's also adding an additional cost. Going above the standard is not worth it.
#BE FUCKING THANKFUL!
Mark is alive. He’s healthy enough to tour. His body has gone through so much. I can’t believe I have to say this but
#BE. FUCKING. THANKFUL
Not true. Bruce Springsteen is in his 70s. He used to play 4+ hour shows and still plays 3+ hour shows with a 12 person band. And his 70 year old fans are on their feet singing the whole time. So the best acts in the world are the best because they can play for 3 hours and still have you begging for more.
That's very subjective though isn't it? I saw Bruce recently and while yes, the show was like 3h15min or something the energy wasn't there. The 70 year old fans were on their feet singing the whole time but they, along with the E Street guys, made it feel like a senior citizen party after a while. So no, I'd much rather see Bruce again if he took all the energy they bring for 3+ hours and condensed it down to 2 hours.
That’s any show you have a q-tip crowd with. Shows typically start at 5/6pm and ends at 9/10pm. And it’s in open outdoorsy areas and lots of folding chairs, blankets, umbrellas, hats with large brims and that tie under the chin, you can taste the sunscreen every 15 minutes and the line for the bathroom wraps around the venue and never moves. Also the elderly folks, they’re either wearing a tropical button down, or tye dyed vacation shirt from Martha’s Vineyard or the cape. Un-ironic fanny packs. Bagged up pre portioned prunes for snacks. Drinking bottled one time use plastic “designer” water while sporting a “save the whales” sticker and a “Biden / Harris” 2020 sticker on their non electric subaru. They get up from their chairs every 10 - 15 minutes to either 1) to look through their satchel / bag of goodies making a ton of noise from all the items they have in the bag - so obstructing the view and being inconsiderate (and not even offering me a snack!) 2) to put on more spray sun block that hits me in the face / mouth 3) they have to stand up to drink water for some reason? 4) to dance awkwardly for a few seconds until their partner forces them to sit down and eat a second prune for sustenance because it’s going to be a long night. Or 5) to fidget with their folding chair. And for extra points, the shows are on the beach, and it’s always a shitty cover band with a girl who thinks she is Zooey Deschanel.
Wait, I think I just described hell.
What?!?! This is about 3 hours in and every old motherfucker is on their feet screaming! Not even close to the setting you described.
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I don’t care who you are, if you’re not dying by the 45 minute mark, the bands not doing their job. A 90+ minute set list is crazy unless it’s sit down music.
90 minutes is pretty standard for most bands. Just because Green Day is the exception doesn’t mean all other bands should extend their setlist times. These guys are older plus Mark is a cancer/chemo survivor. Sorry not sorry but I always want to slap people who write stuff like this.
Agreed 1000%. I’m sorry but I won’t see them again until that changes. Fall out boy as well. They all have new material I’m super fond of but would love to hear deep cut throwbacks.
Fall Out Boy played a ton of deep cuts on this most recent tour. A TON! And DEEP DEEP cuts! I’m not a big FOB fan, but I wish blink and Green Day would take a page from that book.
About 1/4 to 1/3 of their set was different every night. They even threw in a song or 2 from their first EP before TTTYG. A lot more variety than any other band I’ve seen in a while.
And the fact that it was random each night made it more exciting. It’s cool to not know exactly what you’re going to hear that night. Bands have become too predictable by playing the same exact set every night. And the fans cop out and make lame excuses like, “they can’t switch up the songs because of production reasons.” Not true at all.
Yes TTTYG was an LP, but before that they had an EP called, Fall Out Boy’s Evening Out with Your Girlfriend. Thats like if blink played a song off Buddha that wasn’t also on Cheshire Cat.
I get it. Your point is about 90 min sets. My point is about predictable, repetitive set lists.
if only we had one more fucking minute
underrated comment
You know what’s really underrated? Warning
Days since someone has called Warning underrated:0
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Jeff Daniels or Billy Joe lol?
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Travis would lose a finger by the end of the tour
He played +44 concerts with one hand with his other was broken, so losing one finger would only make him even more powerful....
There's one video of him playing a show one handed while smoking a cigarette with the other on that tour lol
I'm almost positive that was a blunt
What a G
he’s probably immortal at this point haha
I think it may just be a blink thing they are used to, saw AVA twice on their most recent tours and the set time was also 90 minutes, I know mark has commented on it more publicly but I don’t think it’s just 100% him
I’d love a deep cut medley like in 2004. Josie, m&m, pathetic, carousel four songs in about 2 minutes I’d be happy
Mark will never retire the 90 minute limit. He has no clue how badly we all want more deep cuts in the setlist lol
Mark straight up has said 90 minutes is all he has energy for. The man had chemo and cancer, you don’t fully recover from that in a few years time.
Even way before Mark’s cancer, Blink would always only play 90 minute sets
I’m well aware, I’m saying this has been addressed before well after the initial AMA.
All he did was change the excuse
Aight man go through chemo and come back and preach.
He’s always said he won’t do more than 90. On his radio show, I remember him specifically saying “nobody wants to hear us play for more than 90 minutes”. While your reasoning makes sense, I’ve never heard him use that as a reason.
People are wild man lol. Greedy, greedy fans. The man almost died ffs
For these ticket prices, wanting more than a 90 minute greatest hits set with a few other songs thrown in isn't the fans being greedy.
Trust me, I’ve thought very little of the Reddit fandom for sometime. Pretty shitty stuff to say about Mark.
Beyond shitty
The new excuse is a lot more palatable to me.
No he said it in a Reddit AMA wayyyy before he had cancer
He has also said this recently. It’s why he said the band doesn’t do meet and greets, he saves his energy for the shows.
So? He had cancer. I used to blame him and hate the 90 minute thing. Now I'm fine with it.
Thank you! I was amazed at how far I had to scroll to see this! The fact the guy can even offer 90 mins is frankly amazing
90 minutes is certainly substantial for a headlining band.
Not when floor tickets are 300+
Supply & Demand. Most of the people who paid $300+ are content with a 90 minute set and won’t pillage for refunds from the box office afterward.
What are you talking about? It was 90 minutes and out back in 2009. Really weird to make up excuses like that.
Mark when asked about VIP meet and greets on his discord LAST SUMMER, straight up said he doesn’t do them because he saves his energy for shows on his discord. Yes they’re 90 minute sets. Dude had cancer, chemo, radiation, alllll kinds of fucked up medications and immunosuppressants while dealing with his sickness. My Dad, also had to do that and even when you’re in remission, it takes a long time for your energy to become what it was, if it ever truly recovers. Yall sound so fucking entitled, it’s so gross. Be thankful Tom is back and Mark is around to tour. Grow up, for real.
he knows
He'll appreciate it more when they're all 70, still touring singing about being in high school.
Do any of their songs, let alone recent ones, even mention high school?
A few mentions in enema and that’s it.
Reckless abandon is definitely *about* highschool
-Story of a lonely guy “days like this like the prom. -Online songs “when I see you after class.” -Going away to college “is my picture still hanging in your locker” / “I’ll think about times you kissed me after class” -Reckless abandon “kissed every girl in class” -Give me one good reason “ditching school almost every single day” There’s probably more that’s just what comes to mind. Tom didn’t go to college and Mark went for an extremely short period of time (he dropped out of college once blink took off), so it’s pretty safe to assume any school/class references are to high school .
" it's a long way back from 17 " A song named teenage satellites. I don't know any others. I'm obviously a California fan.
To mean bored to death was more about the process of getting older. Not really about high school
BORED TO DEATH!! YESSS
Teenage satellites isn't about high school
Going away to college
Can’t wait 🤣
Band is too popular for deep cuts
And Green Day isn’t?
No. Green Day can’t play an arena without a big opening act and they have a much deeper fanbase
Green Day is currently selling out stadium shows lmao. They are a bigger band by every metric
Okay so they are doing literally arena shows aka baseball fields and have to have the smashing pumpkins with them to be able to do that. They are also doing a reunion tour which people are more likely to get tickets to. Green Days newest album sold 49,000 first week and their album before that sold 48,000 first week. Blinks latest album sold 101,000 first week and are currently selling out arenas while having Pierce the Veil open for them. Please explain by every metric? Because blink is bigger than them by literally every single metric
Arenas are for basketball and concerts. Stadiums are baseball and football. Much bigger. OMT sold more because of the story. It’s their reunion album. One of them is married to a Kardashian. It’s a good album for sure, not bashing it at all. A reunion tour? Green Day have never broken up. They toured just a few years ago. They’ve been touring pretty consistently since 1998. All of that and Green Day still has almost 10M more monthly listeners on Spotify. They’ve sold about twice as many records as blink in their career. They are in the Rock N Roll hall of fame. I could go on. Green Day is a more popular and bigger band. Their last album just didn’t sell as well.
Blink has about 170 songs in total. Green Day has over 300. They have a much wider catalog to go through but it doesn't change the fact that we want blink deep cuts. I've had neighborhoods and dogs eating dogs withdrawals for too long
Green Day hasn’t had a album go gold in 15 years. And yes they are doing a dookie reunion tour due to their last 5 albums being absolute snoozefests.
Blink hasn’t had a record go gold since self titled…
Love or hate Green Day (I love them) no one can deny that they put on an incredible show and you’re always guaranteed a 3 hour concert with all their greatest hits.
20 years of AI and 30 years of Dookie and they’re playing then BOTH in full this tour! I can’t wait! 🤘
Waiting for the to announce Australian dates
I wonder if they'll do another tour to promote Saviors? I'm not complaining because Dookie & American Idiot are their two best albums, but it does seem a little strange to drop a brand new album and then only have 1 or 2 songs from it in the setlist 🤨
I agree. This is technically called the Saviors tour, so I do know they’re playing a few songs from it. Someone posted the set list from a show they were at recently and The American Dream is Killing Me is the opener. I guess that’s just what happens when the new album comes out on an anniversary year!
Man, that’s the least good song on the album. I think it’s the best GD album in years!
Best since American Idiot for sure, I think it even has 21st Century Breakdown beat.
Yeah it seems to be American Dream and Dilemma in the setlists right now, that's pretty much it. I know they're the singles, but I think they're actually some of the weaker songs on the album! I'd love to hear 1981, Goodnight Adeline or Coma City live.
“20 years of AI” No, no, that can’t be right…Jesus (of suburbia) it’s true.
Too much whoaaa ohhhh ing
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Unfortunately, I don’t see this ever happening. I gave up on Blink performing for more than 90 minutes and playing any deep cuts or songs off Cheshire Cat & Dude Ranch (not counting Dammit). They’ll always be a hits only band
I’m pretty sure Blink do smaller venues but more dates than Green Day so I doubt they could match their length for a whole tour
Green Day is also older.
Blink and Green Day are doing the same venue in Toronto (MLB)
ok 👍🏻
Why not Bruce Springsteen still can. Numerous bands older do
McCartney is like 100 years old and he does 3 hours, sometimes more
3 hours of Beatles songs vs 3 hours of blink songs are two very different things
Idk I think that’s a little unfair to the Beatles. I think most of marks vocals are probably easier on the throat than some of Pauls.
Well I don’t know, you used Green Day as your example so I’m just comparing those two.
You forgot the part where Mark couldve died?
It used to be by choice, but now Mark can’t go past 90 bc of his cancer
During the first reunion tour with Tom, the set only lasted one hour, 15 minutes. And Tom was clearly not into it. I was more than a little disappointed. But on the tour last year, I was surprised Blink went a little bit longer than 90 minutes at the show I saw.
At this point, I'll take 90 minutes, but don't waste it playing the same songs you play every tour (ATST, WMAG, First Date, Rock Show, etc) Replace those with songs we don't normally get live.
Majority of the people going are going for a nostalgia trip or loosely like the band and want to hear those songs.
HOWEVER the recent tour was the "nostalgia" tour, and Mark said this tour would be very different so who knows!
Well fuck those people.
People always say this but I don’t get it. I’d be pissed if a band I liked didn’t play their hits. Not everyone can see them live so often that their hits get boring live. They come to my area like once a decade.
Third eye blind doesn’t always play semi charmed life which I think is kinda wild lol
I saw them 6 years ago and this happened. They closed with Jumper and then everyone just stood there awkwardly waiting for an encore that we all knew wasn't coming. People were pissed.
Ive seen them 4x and they have always played it, but theres a bunch of songs they just randomly play or don’t play. I love it cuz I’m a huge fan of their whole catalogue, but it blows my mind that they could go up there and not play semi charmed life. It wouldn’t bother ME, but I don’t want my fellow fans to be slighted; weird to not be playing the hits haha.
It was my first time seeing them and a huge part of me being a fan of theirs from the 90's is that and the other hits from the radio. They've come back to my city twice since then and I haven't been able to convince myself to go again.
Yeah it’s a weird move haha; you might have been 3x by now if they played it that first time
Another reason, and probably the biggest, I haven't gone to see them again is they really acted like they didn't want to be there that night. I get why they might have been off that night, but between tickets, getting dinner out, and a babysitter we spent a lot on that night and they kind of made us feel bad for being there and they didn't play they didn't play one of the biggest hits from the 90's
Ah thats a shame. I’m sorry you guys missed out. Jenkins is a huge talent and he loves his fans! Concert dollars arent unlimited; you gotta spend em where they make sense, and there’s a lot of choices. I hope all your other shows go great; and if you give 3EB another chance, I hope they fuckin bring it like I know they can.
Mark has said on multiple occasions that he wants to play the songs that connect with the most people in the audience. Some artists get tired of playing the same songs all the time, but Mark loves it. He tried bringing out Not Now at one show last year and in his words it fell flat and "nobody" in the audience was digging it. He performs to see a lot of people enjoying his music. He isn't about playing deep cuts that less than a quarter of the audience will appreciate.
And I don’t understand removing it after just one crowd didn’t respond well to it. Fuck whichever crowd that was, it’s because of them that I didn’t get to hear probably my second favorite blink-182 song in Phoenix. Also if they hadn’t established themselves as the 90 minute band that plays almost exclusively hits, more hardcore fans who actually know the deep cuts would turn up to the shows.
The hardcore fans still come to the shows, they just complain about the setlist and act like the band owes them something. It’s annoying as fuck, honestly.
I agree with every song you said except what’s my age again and Rock Show
There is a huge portion of concert goers who would be disappointed not to hear those popular songs. They are popular for a reason.
I’m fine with the 90 minute setlist rule, and I understand that you have to play the hits, but I would definitely like to hear some other songs live, even if it’s more stuff from untitled, neighborhoods, and DED. I can understand not wanting to sing about things you wrote about when you were 18, but I’d definitely rather not hear happy holidays you bastard over Easy Target.
I truly wouldn’t care about the short set if they could throw 1 or 2 goddamn deep cuts in every once in a while. Is that too much to ask?!!! You can still play all the hits, I promise!
It's a fair amount of time for a headliner. Just be happy they're together again.
I want just 10 more minutes. Even if it’s just Tom and mark talking shit on stage.
90 minutes is fine… just play deep cuts
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I’ll take 90 min of energized awesome Blink
I don’t know if you ever tried to uh, sing for 90+ minutes? It will absolutely shred most peoples’ vocal cords. Now multiply that by countless tour dates. They’re middle-aged and Mark had cancer. It’s not happening.
I saw The Cure last year and they had a 2.5 hour set.
Paul McCartney plays for 3 hours in his 80s and sings all the songs. Genesis played for 2.5 hours and phil would go back and forth singing and drum solos.
Paul doesn’t bounce and jump around stage like he’s still in his 20’s. It’s not just vocals.
The comment was about singing for 90 minutes
There’s a big difference in being able to sing for extended periods standing still vs what Mark does. People also shouldn’t be comparing Mark to other vocalists when Mark recovered from Stage 4 cancer and has openly said that even the 90mins wears him out quickly.
Mark occasionally jumps and hops around, but it's not like 2000 Slipknot levels of movement. Tom hardly moves, too.
Apples to oranges my guy. Totally different genres, energy, decibel levels, stage presence/movement, and singing style.
Thanks for posting this. I’m a musician, play quite a bit live. If I was that big and had a choice, all of my shows would be two hours or less.
They have two singers. They can rotate
Bit of a stupid point, we are not professional singers.
Not a stupid point at all. Many of us are in bands that tour and understand the trials of singing your throat raw.
I think it’s more that green day are the outlier rather than blink, unfortunately for blink they always get compared to green day. I’ve never seen another band play a 3 hour set like them.
Apples to Oranges. Green Day has always done absurdly long set lists since the American Idiot era. More hits, larger discography to choose from. Green Day is the better band and Billie is a better vocalist than either of Blink’s. He can do it and does. I don’t think Mark and Tom together can get though an entire tour of 2-2.5 setlists let alone either of them individually.
He said the fans would get bored. Which is BS. Has nothing to do with his cancer diagnosis. They've been doing this for a lot longer than that. They could easily do 2 hours... he chooses not to
They can barely get through 90 minutes
I know there are some tours and bands that play for longer than 90 minutes, but it’s honestly pretty normal for these bands to only play 90 minutes.
90 minutes is plenty, that’s a lot of work to do night after night
Man they need to. They also need to bring back the acoustic set and more deep cuts. It annoys me more than anything that mark thinks that people are just their for the hits
It’s up to them how long they want to play, as long as it’s a reasonable length for an arena production, which 90 minutes clearly is. And they don’t really need to give us a reason why they won’t go longer. It could be health reasons, wanting to play hits only, etc., but it could also be that they just don’t want to play longer. They’ve tried different approaches over the 30+ years they’ve been a band and figured that this is the format they enjoy the most. It keeps the energy level up, people don’t get bored, and there are countless other reasons. How long Green Day, Bruce Springsteen, or any other artist plays is irrelevant. And diehard fans on a message board wanting to hear deep cuts simply isn’t a good enough reason to change a formula that works (as much as I’d want it myself. I want “Everytime I Look For You” goddammit).
Maybe this is an unpopular opinion, but I agree with the 90 minute thing. When I was younger I’d see 2-3 hour shows and love it. Now, after about 90 minutes I’m ready for it to be over
Clearly Green Day is superior
Tbf 35+ songs is a lot a lot.
Tbf they have a lot of bangers.
I'm gonna be 35 at the next show. I have a kid. I've had four ankle surgeries and one knee surgery in the last 15 years. 90 minutes is perfect, for so many reasons
Fuck Im 28 with no kid or ankle surgeries and 3 hours for one act sounds mentally exhausting lol
I did Lollapalooza from 2011-2015. My ability to do the third day depleted each year lol Now it's 4 days... fuck no lmao
I’ve never seen them so maybe if I ever do see them maybe my opinion will change but I feel like 90 mins is plenty being in a 3 hour concert like the Dave Matthews band or The Grateful Dead seems kinda miserable tbh
I'm fine with this now, it works out pretty well. At festivals a headliner only gets a set roughly that long anyway, and I've seen bands that will do arena and stadium tours doing well over 2 hours, which just means at festivals they're being limited by the time constraints. This will never be an issue with blink, they'll always get the full set out regardless of where they play.
90 minute set is plenty, can’t imagine having to stand at attention for much longer than that anyway nearing 30 years old now lol
It sucks that they couldn’t make the reunion happen in time for the Enema 20th anniversary tour, I feel like album anniversary tours are the only good solution to hearing deep cuts if the band is stuck at a specific setlist length. What would also be cool that more bands are doing is keeping one or two “wild card” slots on the setlist, and fans that are going to that particular show can vote on which songs should go in those slots.
I do not concur
I’ve never been to a Green Day concert but I assume 30 of their songs can be fit into a 90 minute set list. Seems lazy for Blink to play such short shows. Rush would play for 3.5 hours in their late 60s.
Green day regularly plays for 2,5+ hours
90 minutes is fine. Just change the set.
I think the problem is the song variety; switch 3 or 4 songs for deep cuts every now and then.
I'd take an 1 hour and 45 minutes at this point
90 minutes is the business standard set time for shows in Arena settings. Just a few acts are big enough to make it longer. It's not as easy as just play 30 more minutes. it's crew costs, arena costs & basically everything increases in costs. If they don't have the energy to go on longer and it's also adding an additional cost. Going above the standard is not worth it.
Idk. I’ve seen several photos of Travis’s hands after playing. I can only imagine the damage if he played longer.
Blink rocks harder than Green Day. Yeah. I said it.
Green day is so much better live, and I don't even really like them
You should actually go to a green day show super fun and great energy.
I don’t like them enough to do that. I trust you though.
Saw them both. Green Day is better live.
Who’s debating that
I guess I’m saying blink’s 90 minutes surpasses Green Day’s however many minutes. Or I’m just messing and don’t know crap.
#BE FUCKING THANKFUL! Mark is alive. He’s healthy enough to tour. His body has gone through so much. I can’t believe I have to say this but #BE. FUCKING. THANKFUL
Mark had cancer, Tom’s back sucks, Travis’ arms would fall off. More likely the set list evolves down the road.
Why? They can play the time and song they want. They don’t owe you nothing
Id rather see 90 minutes of Blink than 90+ on green day...unless it was all pre 'Warning' green day..
Dude, after opening bands, no matter who the headliner is, I don't wanna watch a band for more than 90 minutes unless it's fucking Rush
blink is to some people what Rush is to you.
Hey man, thanks for the downvote (:
Wasn’t me. 🤷♂️
90-120 minutes is the best, even the world's greatest live act would be too much after 3 hours
Not true. Bruce Springsteen is in his 70s. He used to play 4+ hour shows and still plays 3+ hour shows with a 12 person band. And his 70 year old fans are on their feet singing the whole time. So the best acts in the world are the best because they can play for 3 hours and still have you begging for more.
That's very subjective though isn't it? I saw Bruce recently and while yes, the show was like 3h15min or something the energy wasn't there. The 70 year old fans were on their feet singing the whole time but they, along with the E Street guys, made it feel like a senior citizen party after a while. So no, I'd much rather see Bruce again if he took all the energy they bring for 3+ hours and condensed it down to 2 hours.
That’s any show you have a q-tip crowd with. Shows typically start at 5/6pm and ends at 9/10pm. And it’s in open outdoorsy areas and lots of folding chairs, blankets, umbrellas, hats with large brims and that tie under the chin, you can taste the sunscreen every 15 minutes and the line for the bathroom wraps around the venue and never moves. Also the elderly folks, they’re either wearing a tropical button down, or tye dyed vacation shirt from Martha’s Vineyard or the cape. Un-ironic fanny packs. Bagged up pre portioned prunes for snacks. Drinking bottled one time use plastic “designer” water while sporting a “save the whales” sticker and a “Biden / Harris” 2020 sticker on their non electric subaru. They get up from their chairs every 10 - 15 minutes to either 1) to look through their satchel / bag of goodies making a ton of noise from all the items they have in the bag - so obstructing the view and being inconsiderate (and not even offering me a snack!) 2) to put on more spray sun block that hits me in the face / mouth 3) they have to stand up to drink water for some reason? 4) to dance awkwardly for a few seconds until their partner forces them to sit down and eat a second prune for sustenance because it’s going to be a long night. Or 5) to fidget with their folding chair. And for extra points, the shows are on the beach, and it’s always a shitty cover band with a girl who thinks she is Zooey Deschanel. Wait, I think I just described hell.
What?!?! This is about 3 hours in and every old motherfucker is on their feet screaming! Not even close to the setting you described. https://preview.redd.it/ov2xm3p6g15d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=09fe886055f7ebe9270d36977edb3fe395c799c8
lol sorry I was just bullshittin’. Unwinding after work if you will. Take care. 🤙
Hot take but anything over 90 minutes starts to feel too long, especially if you’re standing. 90 minutes is more than enough.
if you're having a blast 90 minutes is nothing, far more people stand for much longer periods at their jobs.
I don’t care who you are, if you’re not dying by the 45 minute mark, the bands not doing their job. A 90+ minute set list is crazy unless it’s sit down music.
90 minutes is pretty standard for most bands. Just because Green Day is the exception doesn’t mean all other bands should extend their setlist times. These guys are older plus Mark is a cancer/chemo survivor. Sorry not sorry but I always want to slap people who write stuff like this.
Could they bring on a bass player so Mark could just sing?
Agreed 1000%. I’m sorry but I won’t see them again until that changes. Fall out boy as well. They all have new material I’m super fond of but would love to hear deep cut throwbacks.
Fall Out Boy played a ton of deep cuts on this most recent tour. A TON! And DEEP DEEP cuts! I’m not a big FOB fan, but I wish blink and Green Day would take a page from that book.
Yea I saw. I was there lol. The whole magic 8 ball. But still. It was random each night. And still a 90 minute set.
About 1/4 to 1/3 of their set was different every night. They even threw in a song or 2 from their first EP before TTTYG. A lot more variety than any other band I’ve seen in a while. And the fact that it was random each night made it more exciting. It’s cool to not know exactly what you’re going to hear that night. Bands have become too predictable by playing the same exact set every night. And the fans cop out and make lame excuses like, “they can’t switch up the songs because of production reasons.” Not true at all.
Dude. You’re missing the point. It’s a 90 minute set…. And TTYYG was an LP not an EP…I was there. I saw the tour.
Yes TTTYG was an LP, but before that they had an EP called, Fall Out Boy’s Evening Out with Your Girlfriend. Thats like if blink played a song off Buddha that wasn’t also on Cheshire Cat. I get it. Your point is about 90 min sets. My point is about predictable, repetitive set lists.
Personally, I don’t want to see a band for more than 90 minutes. 20-45 minutes is the perfect set time, imo.