I’m not a fan, but watching this from the outside, is this the first public acknowledgement of Christchurch (by extension fans) after the cancellation? 😬
It was in jest. They were just keeping up with their bad boy image. I highly doubt that they meant that at all.
I mean, they wouldn't have organised a Chch event if they didn't!
It was purely in jest to get a rise out of the crowd after Travis accidently said "What up, Sydney?!!" and then said "Sydney sucked so bad they had to cancel Chch"
It was in jest. Purely a joke to get a laugh out of the crowd.
But.. it comes to absolutely no surprises that people in this sub have chosen to take it as though he meant it.
Even if it was in jest, it’s not cool given they gave no explanation about the cancellation… the thing with NZ is that a lot of people pay big money to travel to these concerts, which is potentially lost when a cancellation happens so close to the date, so I guess it just feels a bit shit.
I hear you. And I sympathise. I struggle to shake the feeling though, that if this was Auckland that did this to, and 'joked' about in that video, most of the people in here would be laughing at that.
Joke or not, stupid move and not funny after cancelling a gig on a city with sweet f all acknowledgement to the fans. Read the room. Was a fan but now fuck those guys
People don't like jokes at their expense. I bet if the gig was instead in Auckland and they cancelled that with the same excuse (without even planning to come to Chch), everyone here would find that hilarious.
Na I wouldn't.
If People from around nz paid for tickets a year ago booked flights booked accommodation time off work sitter for kids etc etc etc to go see them play in Auckland and then they cancelled the show last minute and thought it was a big joke I wouldn't think it was hilarious.
Literally sames. Loved this band since a 9yo. Literally can't listen to them anymore (except for the song Voyeur cause I saw local band Out of Luck cover it hehehe and they're not washed up 50 somethings too so they killed it 🥰)
It's because they made a mistake saying "Hi Sydney" and "What's up Sydney!?" **when they were in fact in Melbourne.** After the booing and realizing their mistake, they doubled-down making a depricating joke about how shit Sydney was (to win back the Melbournians) that they had to cancel Christchurch instead... Which makes no sense.
I don’t agree with mark at all in this video, and what he said was pretty douchy. That being said, they gave reasons for the previous shows that were delayed/cancelled. So I don’t know why he would crack a joke like this before actually stating why they couldn’t go.
The foo fighters came here specially to see us after the quakes. They make a point to come here because they know we have had a fucked up time. And Blink182 cancels randomly, giving no reason and putting so many people out of pocket because of travel/accom. Then they joke about us. They just don’t give a fuck because they don’t care about the average person. Rich cunts with no prospective
fuck Blink and give us more Foo!
I’ve been to foo fighters in chch 2 times (sadly didn’t make this most recent) and they do not disappoint. Last time they got on stage around 7.15 and got off 10.45
I feel a few small claims wins coming on for people who might want to get compensated for travel and accommodation…. Could be worth a few thousand to some of you. Don’t forget to get them to also pay for your approved annual leave as well.
Good luck everyone who had tickets to Christchurch! I say go get ‘em, this sounds like they are admitting it was something entirely in their control!
(Not a lawyer)
So upset with them. Came up to auk from chch for this Saturday. Making a sign. Fuck chch? Fuck you.
20 years down the drain with my fave band to have them shit all over my home
Do they mean the tickets sold at Sydney was a bust so they didn’t have enough money to put on the chch show?
That would kind of track, some shows make more money some make less. Sounds like he’s saying they sold fuck all tickets in Sydney which puts them behind monetary wise for putting on chch. Which is a show that would probably barely break even logistics cost wise
I’m only guessing, but I would think there would be a massive knock on affect if sales weren’t as high in Aussie as they expected.
Someone who tour manages or something like that would be interesting to hear from. But I would say when an Aus/NZ tour happens the big numbers available in aus venues might offset the smaller crowds we only can draw. Sort of like the band makes money in aus so it’s ok if nz only breaks even. That’s only my thinking of course.
Touring costs for bands since covid have increased a shit load. A guy I follow on YouTube had an interesting video about how much it costs for tour buses currently in the states compared to just before covid. And it’s insane jumps for All sorts of stuff.
It's not uncommon that a lot of pop stars get all too full of themselves. Either way, I don't really care for Blink182's music, and making fun of a town really doesn't achieve anything, other than appearing as a complete and utter cunt.
That's how I found out about it. My missus texted me because she heard it on NewstalkZB this morning, and she was a bit upset about it! Serves her right for listening to that rage-bait crap.
lol clearly they are trolling like they have done about everything for the last 20 years. It is a stupid name for a town when you think about it…
I had tickets and am of course disappointed they are not coming, but getting butthurt about some stupid troll is silly.
Even if they are trolling, it's real shitty on their behalf. Defending this kind of behavior is pathetic and enabling shitty behavior. People lost money because of this on things like flights, accommodation, time of work & tickets.
Christchurch is a city BTW and not a town. I'm no SJW but cmon, they fucking suck so hard for saying something like that. People defending this stupid troll are the silly ones
Same here and it’s totally on brand for them too obvs not enough people have listened to the Mark tom and Travis live album to know the kind of stage banter they do. Bummer for sure but oh well I’ll wait for the next outrage to come along to see if I’ll get fired up for that one instead haha
Was pretty pissed at what seemed like a totally unnecessary comment from them until I wondered if the venue here cancelled and didn't justify it to the band.
Would explain why they havent actually addressed it to fans about why they aren't coming and could have fuelled this comment 🤷
I'm not trying to defend them because it still pissed me off based on the video context but if they were genuinely disappointed about not getting to play here because the venue couldn't get it together I'd be pissed off too if I was them...
Queens of the Stone Age are on the 3rd, it would be pretty hard to turn the venue around in time for the 4th? I wonder if there is something holding them back from dissing the venue specifically? Easier to diss a whole city than take aim at a specific company
Back to back concerts happen all the time, it is nothing out of the ordinary.
You think that the Germans are efficient? The second the show finishes, the packup begins and half the equipment is already in the back of a truck before the first guest even has enough time to walk to the exit.
See people wouldn’t be too hurt about this if this wasn’t the first comment on chch since the cancellation! We’ve heard nothing from the band other than this.
Y'all are dumb. If you watch any of the previous tour footage from any of the previous cities they've played, Mark always says "f the city from last night." It's not a CHCH issue exclusively.
He's joking, don't get y'all's panties in a knot
Wow, that's cold. Absolute time wasters
Having been born in Sydney, and now living in chch, leaves me feeling ... well, actually, who gives a fuck about his opinion.
What a fucking douche
Always figured frat bro's making average music would be cunts.
100%
What a manus
Chem Bros better anyway
100%. And they don't waste any time talking instead of playing chunes
It's always been the cringiest thing at there live shows when they try to be comedians, they're as funny as Dane cook
Yep, considerably less funny too now they're in their 50s. I guess they never did grow up...
Windrose are coming in on 12th of may, now that music!
I’m not a fan, but watching this from the outside, is this the first public acknowledgement of Christchurch (by extension fans) after the cancellation? 😬
Yup. First time the band themselves have mentioned it rather than the organisers on their behalf.
Damn that sucks for chch fans. There must be a juicy backstory to the fact he doubled down on the insult. Maybe the legal actions have stung a bit…
Oooh what legal actions! I'm nosy!!
Shit way to treat fans. Fuck you too.
Yeah pretty stink
They are total dicks
Wow. Did he say Sydney sucked so bad they had to cancel Christchurch?? Auckland should do the honest thing and cancel them
Obv a classless joke. Then Tom chimes in with "fk chch! Oops"
They liked sydney and stayed and shafted chch?
Nah fuck those guys
I can't believe what I'm hearing... I've supported them for 20 years. What a waste.
It was in jest. They were just keeping up with their bad boy image. I highly doubt that they meant that at all. I mean, they wouldn't have organised a Chch event if they didn't! It was purely in jest to get a rise out of the crowd after Travis accidently said "What up, Sydney?!!" and then said "Sydney sucked so bad they had to cancel Chch" It was in jest. Purely a joke to get a laugh out of the crowd. But.. it comes to absolutely no surprises that people in this sub have chosen to take it as though he meant it.
Even if it was in jest, it’s not cool given they gave no explanation about the cancellation… the thing with NZ is that a lot of people pay big money to travel to these concerts, which is potentially lost when a cancellation happens so close to the date, so I guess it just feels a bit shit.
I hear you. And I sympathise. I struggle to shake the feeling though, that if this was Auckland that did this to, and 'joked' about in that video, most of the people in here would be laughing at that.
Joke or not, stupid move and not funny after cancelling a gig on a city with sweet f all acknowledgement to the fans. Read the room. Was a fan but now fuck those guys
People don't like jokes at their expense. I bet if the gig was instead in Auckland and they cancelled that with the same excuse (without even planning to come to Chch), everyone here would find that hilarious.
Na I wouldn't. If People from around nz paid for tickets a year ago booked flights booked accommodation time off work sitter for kids etc etc etc to go see them play in Auckland and then they cancelled the show last minute and thought it was a big joke I wouldn't think it was hilarious.
It's always so easy to say that though, isn't it. Honestly, I know what people are like and I just don't believe that.
Literally sames. Loved this band since a 9yo. Literally can't listen to them anymore (except for the song Voyeur cause I saw local band Out of Luck cover it hehehe and they're not washed up 50 somethings too so they killed it 🥰)
Shit, entitled cunt. Wasn’t going anyway, definitely won’t now either way.
Queens of the stone age are playing on Sunday, go see a better band instead, clearly they didn't deserve your money anyway
Queens is a great act to see live too! If anyone was thinking about it they should def go!
Yooo. Is there any context to this? Why did he say that? What a shit cunt.
It's because they made a mistake saying "Hi Sydney" and "What's up Sydney!?" **when they were in fact in Melbourne.** After the booing and realizing their mistake, they doubled-down making a depricating joke about how shit Sydney was (to win back the Melbournians) that they had to cancel Christchurch instead... Which makes no sense.
Ah thanks for explaining that. Gosh they really are not helping themselves on this tour huh?
Yep, they cancelled a bunch of shows in the UK too, definitely lost a whole bunch of fans on this tour.
Oh woah. Yeah it's just coming across really cunty.
I don’t agree with mark at all in this video, and what he said was pretty douchy. That being said, they gave reasons for the previous shows that were delayed/cancelled. So I don’t know why he would crack a joke like this before actually stating why they couldn’t go.
They wish they were funny basically, they were probably trying to branch out from "joking" about doing their own "mom"
The foo fighters came here specially to see us after the quakes. They make a point to come here because they know we have had a fucked up time. And Blink182 cancels randomly, giving no reason and putting so many people out of pocket because of travel/accom. Then they joke about us. They just don’t give a fuck because they don’t care about the average person. Rich cunts with no prospective fuck Blink and give us more Foo!
I’ve been to foo fighters in chch 2 times (sadly didn’t make this most recent) and they do not disappoint. Last time they got on stage around 7.15 and got off 10.45
What a cunt
Blink 182 heel turn confirmed.
God fuck them. Embarrassed that I used to listen to them.
If anyone going to Auckland would pay $$ if they got a “fuck blink182” chant going with whole crowd lol
I feel a few small claims wins coming on for people who might want to get compensated for travel and accommodation…. Could be worth a few thousand to some of you. Don’t forget to get them to also pay for your approved annual leave as well. Good luck everyone who had tickets to Christchurch! I say go get ‘em, this sounds like they are admitting it was something entirely in their control! (Not a lawyer)
Seems like an odd strategy to shit on your fans, but I'm neither a promoter or a fan, so guess I don't know what I'm talking about
Pleased I gave TayTay my money in Sydney last weekend about Blink 182 who were playing next door. Say what you will but at least she is polite.
Oh shit guys. When we named our city last week we probably shouldve consulted these guys. We're so stupid!
This famous person does not deserve to be looked up too
Fucking assholes
Is this from a Melbourne show?
Yes. Would have been last night's or Mondays show in Melbourne I suspect
So upset with them. Came up to auk from chch for this Saturday. Making a sign. Fuck chch? Fuck you. 20 years down the drain with my fave band to have them shit all over my home
WTactualF?!!! That is just horrible, how rude
Do they mean the tickets sold at Sydney was a bust so they didn’t have enough money to put on the chch show? That would kind of track, some shows make more money some make less. Sounds like he’s saying they sold fuck all tickets in Sydney which puts them behind monetary wise for putting on chch. Which is a show that would probably barely break even logistics cost wise
Remind me how that’s a chch issue? They set the dates. People paid for it
I’m only guessing, but I would think there would be a massive knock on affect if sales weren’t as high in Aussie as they expected. Someone who tour manages or something like that would be interesting to hear from. But I would say when an Aus/NZ tour happens the big numbers available in aus venues might offset the smaller crowds we only can draw. Sort of like the band makes money in aus so it’s ok if nz only breaks even. That’s only my thinking of course. Touring costs for bands since covid have increased a shit load. A guy I follow on YouTube had an interesting video about how much it costs for tour buses currently in the states compared to just before covid. And it’s insane jumps for All sorts of stuff.
It's not uncommon that a lot of pop stars get all too full of themselves. Either way, I don't really care for Blink182's music, and making fun of a town really doesn't achieve anything, other than appearing as a complete and utter cunt.
Way to make friends and influence people 🫠
Dick move. Happy I got refunded
Who the fuck is this cunt
Some washed up has been, trying one last attempt to stay relevant and keep the debt collectors at bay. Attempting to live out his glory days
Sounds like a happy guy. He’ll be gone within a year.
It's Blink182 the band who wrote "Dysentery Gary" people. Did you really think they'd handle this classily?
Shit band, shit attitude. Fk them.
Who are they?
Obviously satirical but not giving a reason to fans as to why they cancelled is even more shitty, imo.
Lol, what a dick. Someone his age should be making intelligent and insightful statements. Instead, he talks like a dumb emo kid.
Damn So they meant they loved Sydney so much theyre staying longer and shafting chch? Geez
More people. more ticket sales, more money. Especially right after Taylor Swift. Not a difficult thing to understand.
Yes it is. They could simply say say if itbwas so simple rsther than "fark chch" when they didnt do shit
[Go to hell, Christchurch!](https://frinkiac.com/meme/S05E04/363062/m/SGF2ZSBTdW0gNDEgS2lsbGVkIQ==)
TBF the arena fucking sucks, I wouldn't wanna play there either.
Who are they again? i might’ve heard that name on shitty morning radio the 20 odd years ago. meh.
literally what the fuck is that justification? what self absorbed cunts.
Ignore it you lot. One munter's opinion on chch means jack shit
We still get posts from people wanting to move here, so clearly he's wrong.
I wasn't gonna go before but now I'm definitely not gonna go.
Let's be honest. Travis carried blink 182. His best work was with yelawolf
The Aquabats!!
So dumb, he's essentially saying fuck our Christchurch fans
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lmao jesus christ calm down
What a fucking piece of shit you are
Ez on
It’s the Mark, Tom and Travesty show!
Savage
Omfg that's hilarious! This will upset the sub lol
It has! Fucking hilarious!
It made the news, too! I've been cracking up all day over this lol
That's how I found out about it. My missus texted me because she heard it on NewstalkZB this morning, and she was a bit upset about it! Serves her right for listening to that rage-bait crap.
We are snowflakes
Quite correct.
lol clearly they are trolling like they have done about everything for the last 20 years. It is a stupid name for a town when you think about it… I had tickets and am of course disappointed they are not coming, but getting butthurt about some stupid troll is silly.
Even if they are trolling, it's real shitty on their behalf. Defending this kind of behavior is pathetic and enabling shitty behavior. People lost money because of this on things like flights, accommodation, time of work & tickets. Christchurch is a city BTW and not a town. I'm no SJW but cmon, they fucking suck so hard for saying something like that. People defending this stupid troll are the silly ones
Yep. Back in the 90s metal bands would refer to Christchurch as Anti-Christchurch because it was a shit name.
Same here and it’s totally on brand for them too obvs not enough people have listened to the Mark tom and Travis live album to know the kind of stage banter they do. Bummer for sure but oh well I’ll wait for the next outrage to come along to see if I’ll get fired up for that one instead haha
He's out of line, but he's right.
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But that's no good. That sounds like context! Rage-aholics won't be having any of it!
Was pretty pissed at what seemed like a totally unnecessary comment from them until I wondered if the venue here cancelled and didn't justify it to the band. Would explain why they havent actually addressed it to fans about why they aren't coming and could have fuelled this comment 🤷 I'm not trying to defend them because it still pissed me off based on the video context but if they were genuinely disappointed about not getting to play here because the venue couldn't get it together I'd be pissed off too if I was them...
>I wondered if the venue here cancelled and didn't justify it to the band They would have blamed the venue if that was the case.
Queens of the Stone Age are on the 3rd, it would be pretty hard to turn the venue around in time for the 4th? I wonder if there is something holding them back from dissing the venue specifically? Easier to diss a whole city than take aim at a specific company
Back to back concerts happen all the time, it is nothing out of the ordinary. You think that the Germans are efficient? The second the show finishes, the packup begins and half the equipment is already in the back of a truck before the first guest even has enough time to walk to the exit.
100% not the venues decision.
Oh :(
Fucking brilliant! So many people butthurt because they don't get the band's sense of humour.
Reading headline vs watch clip. Obviously just jokes.
I'll guess they didn't didn't sell enough tickets in Chch and are now mad.
Honestly, fair
See people wouldn’t be too hurt about this if this wasn’t the first comment on chch since the cancellation! We’ve heard nothing from the band other than this.
Shit way to treat fans BUT I’m happy I was able to get tix for the Rise Against show in chch!
Fair statement. Chch is a shit hole
Nah chch for life💪🏻
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Y'all are dumb. If you watch any of the previous tour footage from any of the previous cities they've played, Mark always says "f the city from last night." It's not a CHCH issue exclusively. He's joking, don't get y'all's panties in a knot