Blink-182 Play First Gig Without Tom DeLonge: Watch Matt Skiba Fill In
The January news of Tom DeLonge's Blink-182 exit came with a big side-note: Alkaline Trio's Matt Skiba would be stepping up to fill those Atticus brand shoes for several live dates. Wednesday night at the Roxy in L.A. was the first post-DeLonge gig, and fan-filmed videos are popping up everywhere.
"He's new here," said Mark Hoppus in an introduction, "but he loves every single one of you so very, very much." Not that we had any doubt, but Skiba went beyond the pinch-hitter role and claimed stage left as his own.
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