Taylor Swift attracted an enormous crowd to the opening night time of her Sydney Eras Tour live performance Friday, however proper subsequent door, one other legendary act was taking part in on the identical time to barely much less fanfare.
Punk band Blink-182 carried out its personal sellout live performance to 21,000 at Qudos Financial institution Enviornment, which is in the identical precinct as Accor Stadium, the place Swift hosted 81,000.
US singer and guitarist Mark Hoppus couldn’t assist however to troll the plenty of Swifties piling into her stadium previous to his personal present, telling them they “ought to’ve gone to see Blink”.
“I’m about to go onstage and I’m actually disillusioned in everyone right here as a result of that is the Taylor Swift present,” Hoppus mentioned in a video posted to Instagram.
“It is best to’ve gone to see Blink! It is best to’ve gone to see Blink-182. We’re proper subsequent door. You would’ve seen Blink tonight, simply saying.”
The tongue-in-cheek video was all in good enjoyable, with Hoppus later sharing a selfie with Swift and his spouse Skye Hoppus, which was taken backstage.
Blink-182, who shot to fame within the ‘90s, is about to play its fourth and last present in Sydney Saturday night time, once more, concurrently Swift.
The band gave a nod to Swift throughout its set, performing a mash-up together with her hit track We Are By no means Getting Again Collectively.
The trio, consisting of Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker, have reunited for his or her One Extra Time world tour for the primary time in 10 years.
It’s celebrity-central in Australia proper now, with Katy Perry and Rita Ora each shock A-list attendees Swift’s live performance Friday.
Swift’s NFL participant boyfriend Travis Kelce jetted right here on Thursday, and was given a rock star welcome on the present.
Blink-182 drummer Barker has been joined in Sydney by his spouse, US actuality star Kourtney Kardashian.
Kourtney shared photographs Saturday of the lavish harbourside mansion the household has been staying in throughout their Aussie stint.
“Thanks @airbnb for such a stupendous dwelling to create recollections that I’ll all the time keep in mind and cherish,” Kardashian wrote on Instagram.
“Mornings making banana pancakes and nights taking part in uno endlessly and ever!”
Elsewhere, Pink is in the midst of a blockbuster tour, and is taking part in in Melbourne this weekend.
Sabrina Carpenter, Swift’s help act, and singer LeAnn Rimes are additionally having fun with time down below.
