We Went to (What Might Be) One Direction's Last U.S. Show Ever
When I was twelve years old, Blink-182 were my favorite band. Their juvenile antics, the democratic nature of their vulgarity, their palm-muted power chords...everything seemed to resonate with me on an intimate, psychological level. I craved dangerous music free of danger, a theme that would carry me through adolescence and eventually adulthood.
When the band announced a single show in my native Germany, I begged my dad to take me. "This is a once in a lifetime opportunity," I said, "No, that show's six hours away," he said. I cried for what felt like a year. Months later the band would go on a break, an "indefinite hiatus," three days before my 13th birthday. They wouldn't play another show for half a decade. When it comes to bands "taking a break" and really breaking up...I'm a pro. I feel it in my bones.
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