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Reviewer describes Blink-182’s show as "cringe-worthy and repulsive"

Blink closed out the four-day festival Lollapalooza over the weekend with a massive 24-song set, starting with the 2003 Blink-182 track "Feeling This" and concluding with the title track from their 2023 album One More Time The feedback from the performance has been universally positive, except for one reviewer in particular who is now making headlines. The Daily Illini posted a review of the performance earlier today, and the very first line of the article called Blink's performance "cringe-worthy and repulsive," and "unworthy" of wrapping up the festival. "Why are two older men, aged 52 and 48, respectively, who have wives and children, making jokes about sleeping with the other’s mother?" one paragraph read. "The crude humor may have landed with some, but to continue throughout the hour-and-fifteen-minute long set was a bit much." The writer of the post further noted that at one point during the show, Mark Hoppus referred to Chicago's infamous Bean landmark as "a statue of your mom's clitoris," and they're apparently appalled that members of the audience found the joke to be funny. "Unfortunately, their songs, lyrics and stage presence were not enough to make up for their excessively crude commentary," the concluding paragraph of the review reads. Naturally, Blink-182 thought all of this was hilarious, Tom DeLonge posted a screenshot of the review on his Instagram and wrote, "Hahaahahahaa @blink182 'Why are two men who have wives and kids making jokes about sleeping with each other‘s mothers?' … Oh my god, I’m dying hahaha fuck, I love this band." "Tell you've never listened to blink without telling me you've never listened to blink," someone commented on the post. "Dying," Hoppus' wife Skye Hoppus commented. "Love this so much." View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tom DeLonge (@tomdelonge)