SAN FRANCISCO — It may as well have been the introduction to a UFC bout as the house lights at Chase Center dimmed and a dramatic cinematic soundtrack played. Down a dark hallway shown on the video screen, three silhouettes walked toward the camera. Guitarist Tom DeLonge, bassist Mark Hoppus and drummer Travis Barker walked up to the circular stage in the shape of their band’s logo. As dramatic as the introduction felt, it was also very casual, with the band strolling up in T-shirts and baseball caps. Such is blink-182 in a nutshell.

The band is continuing its massive world tour with its original lineup reunited. The nearly 30-song set spanned its career into a thorough yet compact 90-minute set. The trio has never sounded tighter, adeptly barreling through each track with vigor and poise. The banter between Hoppus and DeLonge was nearly a show in itself. The pair had what felt like a running improv bit, the majority centering on penis jokes, because it would feel wrong for some people to grow up completely.

The first “disagreement” came over how tightly they should grab each other’s nether regions.

“Guess it’s time to break up the band again,” Hoppus joked. “The Beatles barely talked about their dicks at all.”

The stage was loaded with a sneaky level of production. Lighting rigs, pyrotechnics and other elements would fire away or descend from behind the massive video screens.

“UFOs are real!” DeLonge yelled as smoke filled the stage and panels dropped from above like a spaceship landing.

The off-the-cuff banter brought an intimacy to the show, as though blink-182 was playing in a living room. No topic was off limits. From sex to religion and everything in between, there was a quip lined up and ready to go.

“Is that a samba?” DeLonge asked as Barker rapped out a beat with Hoppus shimmying in front of him. “Those hips don’t lie.”

Barker was a dynamo behind the drum kit, at one point elevating high above the stage, as though he was being carried by a magic carpet.

“My drummer is better than your drummer,” Hoppus announced.

Most of the songs came from the band’s 2023 record, One More Time… followed by their 2003 self-titled effort.

The band even took on ”Bored to Death,” a song that didn’t originally feature DeLonge, but rather interim vocalist Matt Skiba. The guitarist added his signature twist. One of the show’s best moments came during the angsty and melodramatic “Stay Together For the Kids.” Hoppus naturally found a way to get a laugh.

“How many people here came from a broken home?” he asked. “It’s your fault, your parents had big dreams and then you arrived and disappointed both of them.”

He kept up the bit as fans raised their phone lights upward.

“Each individual point of light in this room is a broken home you caused,” he deadpanned.

The performance that followed was electric, with fire and smoke adding to the crescendo of each chorus and the power of the song getting accentuated by the production.

“I Miss You” was a natural singalong, with the crowd taking over on DeLonge’s second verse. The highly annunciated lyrics have become lore.

“The lyrics to the chorus of this next song are down, down….down…..down,” said Hoppus, leading into the aptly titled “Down.”

There were some added ingredients along the way, including atmospheric new song “Can’t Go Back,” as well as selections from side project bands +44 and Box Car Racer. These were followed with hits “What’s My Age Again?,” “First Date,” “All the Small Things” and “Dammit.”

Blink-182 concluded with the most poignant moment of the night during autobiographical ballad “ONE MORE TIME,” which has become a massive hit. The trio showed it has plenty left to say, even if it might make some feel hilariously uncomfortable.

Southern California hardcore trio Pierce the Veil preceded the headliners and delivered with the hard-edged maturity of a band that played its share of Warped Tour stages. Led by vocalist-guitarist Vic Fuentes, the band took the stage with the lights low, shrouded in red shadow for the opening attack of “Death Of An Executioner,” from their 2023 album, The Jaws of Life.  The early portion of its tight 45-minute set was all about driving emo intensity. It included “Caraphernelia” and “Circles.”

PTV showed its alternative leanings with a cover of Radiohead’s “Karma Police.” Fuentes didn’t say much, opting instead to get the crowd clapping in unison or screaming back the lyrics. There may not have been that much room to mosh on the floor, but the crowd found other ways to show energy.

Touring drummer Loniel Robinson was a force. Jamming out a solo as the lead in to “Bulls in the Bronx,” Robinson’s style was powerful and lyrical.

“My wife is here tonight; my family is here tonight. I bet a lot of you are here with your emergency contacts,” Fuentes said, leading into, naturally, “Emergency Contact.”

The band concluded with the heavier “Pass the Nirvana” and “King For a Day,” the latter bringing the crowd to its feet and singing along.

U.K. rock quartet Hot Milk opened the show with an energetic 30-minute set that delivered everything one could ask from an arena show. A little pop, punk, emo and hard rock, the band seamlessly melded styles into adrenaline-rich anthemic songs.

“From Manchester to San Francisco, we’re a very long way from home,” vocalist-guitarist Han Mee said midway through.

Mee and Jim Shaw traded lines on most of the tracks, coming together in harmony on the soaring choruses. Tracks like opener “HORROR SHOW” and “BLOODSTREAM” brought instant momentum to the weeknight crowd.

“Let’s cry for a little bit,” Mee said before starting “BREATHING UNDERWATER.”

Whether it was Mee strapping on her white Flying V guitar or Shaw laying down a punk riff, Hot Milk used every moment to make a lasting impression.

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