Blink-182 confirm one-off show

Blink-182 have confirmed a festival warm-up show in London's O2 Academy Brixton on August 6.

The standalone performance takes place before they headline Leeds on August 22 then Reading on August 24.

Mark Hoppus says: “We’re very excited to preface the Reading and Leeds festivals with this Brixton Academy warm-up date.”

The trio are still at work on the follow-up to 2009’s Neighborhoods, which came after they reunited in the aftermath of drummer Travis Barker’s plane crash. Hoppus says they aim to release what will be their seventh album soon after the festival season.

Tickets for the London show go on sale at 9am on Friday (June 27).

Not only is one-time online news editor Martin an established rock journalist and drummer, but he’s also penned several books on music history, including SAHB Story: The Tale of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, a band he once managed, and the best-selling Apollo Memories about the history of the legendary and infamous Glasgow Apollo. Martin has written for Classic Rock and Prog and at one time had written more articles for Louder than anyone else (we think he's second now). He’s appeared on TV and when not delving intro all things music, can be found travelling along the UK’s vast canal network.