Travis Barker: Back on drums after tour break

Travis Barker
Back on drums after a tour break

After a short break the drummer can Travis Barker (47) continues to tour with his band Blink-182. On Friday he performed in Antwerp, Belgium, and this Saturday he is scheduled to be on stage in Cologne. Previously, a few concerts had been canceled because he had traveled back to the USA to see his wife, Kourtney Kardashian (44), due to an emergency. The heavily pregnant reality star had to undergo emergency surgery.

Kardashian had to go to the hospital because she needed “urgent prenatal surgery,” as she recently did announced on Instagram. She further wrote, among other things: “I will forever be grateful to my incredible doctors for saving our baby’s life.” Barker also said he “flew home for life-threatening emergency surgery on our baby.” at X (formerly Twitter).. He announced: “The tour will continue on Friday.”

Appearances in Antwerp and Cologne

“Due to an urgent family matter, Travis had to return home to the States,” the band had said posted on the platform on September 1st. Therefore, planned shows in Glasgow, Belfast and Dublin had to be cancelled. At first it was unclear what would happen next with the tour.

Now Barker has returned to Europe to continue the Blink-182 tour. He made his debut again on Friday in Antwerp. At The musician published on Instagram also a clip in which he gives a fan a very special treat. The man had a sign asking “Can I have a drumstick?” held up. The video shows Barker handing over the sticks – and how happy the visibly touched fan is. “First day of the tour,” Barker wrote.

A spokesman for the Lanxess Arena said that the band’s concert in Cologne planned for today will probably take place according to “Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger” already accepted a few days ago. So far, “nothing to the contrary has been heard,” it was said last Monday. The band released X on Saturday now also the requestthat fans should secure a special event poster and an event T-shirt on site. Further concerts in Germany are scheduled for September 16th in Berlin and September 17th in Hamburg.

Barker and Kardashian have been married since last year

Kardashian and Barker have been married since 2022 and are expecting their first child together. In June they revealed on Instagramthat they are having a boy. She already has two sons and a daughter from a previous relationship with Scott Disick (40). He had a son and a daughter with his ex-wife Shanna Moakler (48), who also brought a stepdaughter into the marriage.

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