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The 22 best Blink-182 moments of 2016

Blink-182 have had quite a year. From releasing their first album since 2011’s Neighborhoods to hitting the road with every pop-punk fan’s ideal lineup, the trio had some pretty epic moments in 2016 thus far. Head below for a recap of some of the best.

Feb. 15: Travis Barker performs at the Grammys

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Barker kept the beat for a star-studded performance of “Bad Man” with Pitbull, Robin Thicke and Aerosmith’s Joe Perry at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards. The group also met up the following day to perform again on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

April 27: “Bored To Death” premieres on KROQ

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The trio dropped the first track from California, which officially marked the first time fans heard Matt Skiba in place of Tom DeLonge on a recording.

April 28: Summer tour announced with A Day To Remember, All Time Low and the All-American Rejects

Aka one of the best tours of the year. The band announced the tour at a karaoke bash where they challenged their friends and supporting acts to cover some of their hits.

May 13: Mark Hoppus trolls Twitter as Gerard Way

After changing his display name to Gerard Way, Hoppus posted several photos with dad-worthy jokes as captions. Way chimed in with his approval, leaving Hoppus’ string of funny posts to live in infamy.

May 17: 10-hour loop of “Built This Pool” surfaces

The band posted another snippet of the album in the form of a 10-hour loop. Because why listen to 15 seconds once when you can listen to it back to back…to back?

June 4: They played at the X Games

They hit the stage in Austin and even updated the lyrics to “The Rock Show” for the event.

June 8: Barker premieres “Rabbit Hole” at Apple Music

The drummer chatted on-air and dropped the track as the next taste of California.

June 20: The “Bored To Death” video is released

At this point, they performed “Brohemian Rhapsody” at KROQ’s Weenie Roast and streamed “Rabbit Hole” and “Built This Pool,” so releasing a video for the first single definitely helped in upping the anticipation for California.

July 1: California drops, and the band celebrate with a live performance

They performed “Bored To Death” and a couple classics on Good Morning America’s Central Park stage.

July 7: Mumford & Sons “cover” Blink

The pop-punk trio walked in on quite an interesting take on one of their newest tracks.

July 9: They became the subject of a meme

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Thanks, ’90s nostalgia.

July 11: The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

The band pumped out California’s lead single for The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

July 23: California hits No. 1 on the Billboard 200

The band’s latest knocked out Drake’s Views, making it their second No. 1 album, with the last being 2001’s Take Off Your Pants And Jacket.

July 29: Halsey namedrops Blink-182 in Chainsmokers track

The DJ duo’s insanely catchy hit “Closer” features the indie-pop songstress singing, “Stay and play that Blink-182 song that we beat to death in Tucson, okay.” Even vocalist Mark Hoppus wanted to know which song it was, and we all eventually got our answer in the form of “I Miss You.”

Aug. 8: Pug-182

Doug The Pug crashed the band’s meet and greet clad in a tiny tee sporting their name.

Aug. 28: Adam Devine sings “All The Small Things”

The Workaholics star recounted the time he lost his virginity to the Blink track by singing it and adding commentary as needed on Comedy Central’s The Goddamn Comedy Jam.

Aug. 31: Steve Aoki remixes “Bored To Death”

The DJ puts his own amped up spin on the band’s single.

Sept. 6: The band try to figure out how well they know each other

They answered everything from who is their favorite California band to what movie they think is the most funny.

Sept. 9: “Bored To Death” announced for Forza Horizon 3’s soundtrack

The hit joins Alkaline Trio, Saves The Day, A Day To Remember, Every Time I Die and more as options for music in the racing game.

Sept. 13: Travis Barker joins A Day To Remember for “2nd Sucks”

The drummer filled in on the track at the Denver stop of Blink’s summer run.

Oct. 20: “She’s Out Of Her Mind” video drops

Never ones to shy away from parodies (see “All The Small Things”), Blink took their jokester ways to a whole new level by recruiting social media stars Lele Pons, Hannah Stocking and Vale Genta to recreate “What’s My Age Again?” for their “She’s Out Of Her Mind” video. Blink fan and actor Adam Devine is also spotted portraying the seductive nurse first seen on the Enema Of The State cover.

November 10: Barker confirms new music is on the way

Perhaps the best moment of all is the one where Barker revealed a deluxe edition of California is currently in the works.

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