The Untitled Album Tour was a concert tour by American rock band Blink-182 in support of the group's untitled fifth studio album (2003). The arena and amphitheater began December 2, 2003 in Toronto and concluded December 16, 2004 in Dublin, Ireland. Support acts over the course of the tour included The Nervous Return, Motion City Soundtrack, Brand New, Gyroscope, Cypress Hill, Taking Back Sunday, Fall Out Boy, the Used, and Sparta. It was the band's final tour before their initial disbandment from 2005 to 2009.

The tour was organized in support of the band’s fifth studio album and included the band's first performances for troops stationed in the Persian Gulf and Bahrain, marking their only visits to the Middle East. The tour also featured extended runs in Australia, as well as the band’s first-ever concerts in Mexico and Japan. The tour grossed $14.4 million from 42 concerts that drew more than 421,000 fans, according to Billboard Boxscore.

Background The band approached its 2004 tour with a renewed emphasis on creating a more immersive live experience. The tour's full stage production included extensive lighting effects and five large video screens. DeLonge said the tour would feature "electronic parts", "weird segues", and atmospheric interludes inspired by Pink Floyd, with minimal stage banter in favor of a continuous, dynamic performance that shifted between ethereal passages and high-energy songs. He nevertheless joked that "every once in a while there is a penis joke that might come out of us." He said the band sought to reinvent its live show for the 2004 tour by blending older hits with new material, aiming to deliver a show that was "completely new" while remaining recognizable to longtime fans.

The tour began following the conclusion of the DollaBill Tour, opening with a series of Christmas radio shows in December 2003. A European leg followed in February 2004, with Australian dates in March. The band then performed their first concerts in Mexico in April before embarking on a North American leg, alongside Cypress Hill, that concluded in Honolulu. In mid-2004, the band co-headlined a separate North American tour with No Doubt. Additional legs included a four-city Japanese tour in August and a larger Australian run in September. During breaks in the schedule, the band appeared at the Teen Choice Awards and participated in MTV Icon honoring The Cure, where they performed a cover of "A Letter to Elise". The final leg consisted of an eleven-date European tour focused mainly on the United Kingdom. The band also traveled with a portable recording studio during the tour, allowing them to continue working on new material while on the road.

Notable moments from the tour included Robert Smith of the Cure joining the band onstage during their shows at Wembley Arena in December 2004. During the tour, Blink-182 participated in a Habitat for Humanity project in Harrisburg as part of the Raise the Roof initiative;. guitarist Tom DeLonge and bassist Mark Hoppus helped paint a home before the band's concert in nearby Hershey. At the final show in Dublin, opening act The Kinison staged an onstage prank during a performance of "The Rock Show". A recurring gag during the tour involved Hoppus performing an amateur drum solo as the show came to a close.

Portions of a concert were filmed and included in an episode of MTV's Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County. The band also planned to film material for a live concert film, directed by Estevan Oriol, intended for release in 2005. Bassist Mark Hoppus compared the project to Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii. The project was shelved following the band's breakup, although an unfinished workprint leaked online in 2022.

Support acts Support acts over the course of the tour included The Nervous Return, Motion City Soundtrack, Brand New, Gyroscope, Cypress Hill, Taking Back Sunday, Fall Out Boy, the Used, and Sparta. Death Cab for Cutie were scheduled to open the December 2004 dates, but canceled due to illness. Injury and rescheduled shows After a concert in Melbourne, drummer Travis Barker fractured his right foot in a fall. Despite performing the next show in Adelaide using a modified drum setup, the injury forced Blink-182 to postpone Australian dates in Perth, Sydney, and Brisbane, as well as postpone a scheduled tour of Japan. The dates were later expanded, and rescheduled and performed in August and September 2004. Despite ongoing recovery, Barker remained on tour throughout mid-2004 and performed while wearing a cast. After his recovery from foot surgery, a signed cast worn by him was auctioned on eBay. Decorated with stickers, graffiti, and doodles, the cast was sold through Barker’s clothing brand Famous Stars and Straps, with proceeds benefiting a charity selected by Barker.

Reception Michael D. Clark of the Houston Chronicle praised the interplay between Mark Hoppus' and Tom DeLonge's vocals during the tour, writing that Hoppus' "deep, pinched whines" complemented DeLonge's "clear, capable" voice, allowing the band's newer songs to move fluidly between distinctive vocal styles, tempos, and musical textures. Writing for The Guardian, Dave Simpson praised the band's live musicianship, particularly Tom DeLonge’s "fearsome pop melodies" and Travis Barker’s "hyperactive but sublime drumming," but felt the group struggled to balance its more serious material with its trademark juvenile humor.

Tour dates + List of 2003 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and support acts Date City Country Venue Support act(s) December 2, 2003 Toronto Canada Phoenix Concert Theatre December 3, 2003 Boston United States Orpheum Theatre December 5, 2003 New York City Hammerstein Ballroom December 11, 2003 Sacramento ARCO Arena December 14, 2003 Universal City Universal Amphitheatre

+ List of 2004 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and support acts Date City Country Venue Support act(s) February 6, 2004 London England Wembley Arena The Nervous ReturnMotion City Soundtrack February 7, 2004 Manchester Manchester Arena February 8, 2004 Renfrewshire Scotland Braehead Arena February 10, 2004 Nottingham England Nottingham Arena February 11, 2004 London Hammersmith Apollo February 13, 2004 Munich Germany Olympiahalle February 14, 2004 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion February 15, 2004 Bologna Italy Sports Hall February 17, 2004 Düsseldorf Germany P. Halle Motion City Soundtrack February 18, 2004 Paris France Le Zénith March 10, 2004 West Melbourne Australia Festival Hall Brand New and Gyroscope March 11, 2004 March 14, 2004 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre April 22, 2004 Monterrey Mexico Auditorio Coca-Cola Panda April 23, 2004 Mexico City Palacio de los Deportes April 24, 2004 April 29, 2004 Boise United States Idaho Center Cypress Hill and Taking Back Sunday April 30, 2004 West Valley City E Center May 1, 2004 Greenwood Village Coors Amphitheatre Cypress Hill, Taking Back Sunday, and Reeve Oliver May 3, 2004 Dallas Smirnoff Music Center May 4, 2004 Selma Verizon Wireless Amphitheater May 5, 2004 The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion May 7, 2004 Atlanta HiFi Buys Amphitheatre Cypress Hill, Taking Back Sunday, and Motion City Soundtrack May 8, 2004 Orlando TD Waterhouse Centre Cypress Hill and Taking Back Sunday May 9, 2004 West Palm Beach Sound Advice Amphitheatre May 11, 2004 Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Cypress Hill, Taking Back Sunday, and Fall Out Boy May 12, 2004 Raleigh Alltel Pavilion May 14, 2004 Columbus Germain Amphitheater May 15, 2004 Maryland Heights UMB Bank Pavilion May 16, 2004 Bonner Springs Verizon Wireless Amphitheater May 18, 2004 Minneapolis Target Center Cypress Hill and Taking Back Sunday May 20, 2004 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center The Used and Taking Back Sunday May 21, 2004 Clarkston DTE Energy Center May 22, 2004 Burgettstown Post-Gazette Pavilion The Used, Taking Back Sunday, and the Nervous Return May 24, 2004 Virginia Beach Verizon Wireless Amphitheater May 25, 2004 Scranton Montage Mountain Ski Resort May 26, 2004 Hershey Hershey Pavilion The Used and Taking Back Sunday May 28, 2004 TorontoCanada Molson Amphitheatre The Used, Taking Back Sunday, and the Nervous Return May 29, 2004 May 30, 2004 Darien United States Darien Lake Performing Arts Center The Used and Taking Back Sunday June 5, 2004 Hartford ctnow.com Meadows Music Theatre The Used June 6, 2004 Camden Tweeter Center The Used June 28, 2004 Milwaukee Henry Maier Festival Park Motion City Soundtrack July 30, 2004 Paso Robles Paso Robles Event Center August 13, 2004 Honolulu Neal S. Blaisdell Center August 14, 2004 Maui Maui Arts & Cultural Center August 17, 2004 Fukuoka Japan Zepp Motion City Soundtrack August 19, 2004 Osaka August 20, 2004 August 21, 2004 Nagoya Diamond Hall August 23, 2004 Tokyo Zepp Tokyo August 24, 2004 August 25, 2004 August 28, 2004 Canberra Australia Australian Indoor Stadium Sparta and Gyroscope August 29, 2004 Wollongong WIN Entertainment Centre August 31, 2004 Melbourne Festival Hall September 2, 2004 Newcastle Newcastle Entertainment Centre September 3, 2004 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre September 4, 2004 September 6, 2004 Sydney Hordern Pavilion September 7, 2004 September 8, 2004 September 9, 2004 November 30, 2004 Birmingham England National Exhibition Centre December 1, 2004 Glasgow Scotland Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre December 2, 2004 Newcastle England Metro Radio Arena December 3, 2004 Manchester Manchester Arena Supported by The Kinison and Sugarcult December 5, 2004 London Wembley Arena December 6, 2004 December 7, 2004 Cardiff Wales Cardiff International Arena December 8, 2004 Nottingham England Nottingham Arena December 10, 2004 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy December 11, 2004 Münster Germany Messe und Congress Centrum Halle Münsterland December 13, 2004 Nottingham England Nottingham Arena December 14, 2004 London Carling Academy Brixton December 16, 2004 Dublin Ireland Point Theatre

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