Blink-182 is coming back to Tampa this summer

After seeing the band in an air-conditioned arena two summers ago, Bay area Blink-182 (stylized “blink-182”) fans are really gonna have to take off their jackets for the band’s next local gig.

The pop-punk/dick joke elder statesman announced a new tour this week, including two kickoff dates in Florida.

The “Missionary Impossible” run, which wraps in October at Las Vegas’ When We Were Young Festival, comes on the heels of Blink-182’s latest album, One More Time…, which marked the first collection of new, studio-recorded songs by the trio of Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge, and Travis Barker.

A press release says, “The upcoming shows will lean into blink-182’s punk roots, with a setlist packed with classics spanning their entire catalog.”

The only other Florida date on the tour is the kickoff gig on Aug. 28 at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood. Alkaline Trio opens every date on the show.

Tickets to see Blink-182 play MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa on Friday, Aug. 29 go on sale Friday, April 11, but ticket prices have not been announced.

Blink-182’s last local show was a grand reunion of sorts where Hoppus—who was declared cancer-free two years prior—couldn’t help but make jokes that made a generation of teenagers laugh back in the late ‘90s. “There is so much sexual tension up here,” Hoppus told a crowd of about 18,000 at Amalie Arena.

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This article appears in Apr 3-9, 2025.