Travis Barker gave followers an replace by way of social media on Friday (March 3) as he recovered from an operation on his damaged ring finger.
“Thanks for all of the love and prayers and understanding this week as I went into surgical procedure,” the drummer wrote on Instagram alongside a slideshow of images from the hospital. “It was a tough resolution to make however in the end I couldn’t proceed to play the drums with out it. It was inevitable that my finger would have dislocated once more with out fixing the torn ligament surgically.
“So grateful for Dr. Shin and that my surgical procedure was successful in order that I can preserve doing what I really like,” he continued earlier than promising, “See you guys on tour quickly. (set off warning: final picture is tough to take a look at).”
Blink-182‘s wildly anticipated world tour — marking the primary time Barker, Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge have performed reside collectively since 2014 — was pressured to be postponed as a result of drummer’s harm, which occurred throughout rehearsals early final month earlier than he harm it once more two weeks later.
“This has been one thing we’ve been aiming to do for therefore lengthy and we work so laborious and we simply type of had a kind of freak accidents that no one noticed coming,” DeLonge defined whereas making the announcement on Wednesday (March 1). “That is simply so unhappy. These have been the largest exhibits we ever performed. These are a few of the most vital locations on this planet for for a band that is like the top of our profession was coming down and enjoying for you guys. So I actually need you all to know, we’re devastated and we plan to return again.”
The worldwide trek was initially schedule to start out in Latin America subsequent week with exhibits booked in Tijuana, Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Bogotà, Lima and elsewhere, however will now be pushed again till Barker has totally recuperated.
Take a look at Barker’s post-surgery message and images right here — and take into account your self warned earlier than scrolling to the second pic.
