Pop-punk’s resurgence continues, as do—much more recently—Southern California bands’ efforts to provide relief in any way they can for those impacted by the Eaton and Palisades Fires. That includes beloved San Diego County natives Blink-182, who are playing a benefit show in L.A. on Thursday, with proceeds set to benefit the LAFD Foundation, California Fire Foundation, Anti-Recidivism Coalition and Pasadena Humane Society.
The band’s intimate upcoming concert at the Hollywood Palladium on February 13 was announced late last month, and of course tickets quickly sold out (a day late, a buck short, we suppose). So if you’re wondering whether or not you can still attempt to pick up tickets… well, it’s complicated. Here’s what you need to know.
Can you still get tickets to see Blink-182 at the Hollywood Palladium?
Tickets are sold out, and have been since they went on sale on January 27. Since the Palladium only holds around 3,700 attendees, expect any resale opportunities to be extremely limited and highly in-demand from other fans who are watching, waiting and commiserating.
Speaking of resale, yes, it’s technically possible that resale tickets will become available—but we’d be very wary of perusing third party sites for them. That’s because the band opted to use Ticketmaster’s “Face Value Exchange” for the show, “to give fans, not scalpers, the best chance to buy tickets at face value.” Basically, if someone with a ticket can no longer go, they can list that ticket on Ticketmaster at the original price paid—but then you as the potential buyer would have to be lucky enough to be perusing the page at the second they’ve been posted. Otherwise, note that all tickets are mobile only and restricted from transfer.
Who are the supporting acts?
Alkaline Trio. And it’s worth mentioning a bit of back story there: Blink 182’s cofrontman Tom DeLonge departed the band in 2015, and Alkaline Trio’s Matt Skiba swooped in as his replacement that same year. That lasted until 2022, when DeLonge rejoined Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker for a world tour and a stop at Coachella.
Where can you watch the show?
So far there’s been no announcement of a livestream, but we’ll make sure to update this story if that changes.