Travis Barker is set to join Machine Gun Kelly on his tour and ‘against the doctor’s orders’
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Travis Barker is going ‘against the doctor’s orders’ to perform with Machine Gun Kelly on the latter’s ongoing tour.
Here is everything you need to know.
Travis Barker joins Machine Gun Kelly on tour
Travis Barker is seemingly fine despite his broken thumb. He will further prove that while playing drums in Machine Gun Kelly’s upcoming concerts.
Machine Gun Kelly took to his Instagram Story to reveal that the Blink-182 drummer will join him for the last few city stops for his Mainstream Sellout Tour.
The Bloody Valentine rapper wrote, ‘Against his doctor’s orders and with a broken thumb, I convinced @travisbarker to join us for the last couple days.’
He shared the message alongside a screenshot from his FaceTime call exchange with Barker.
The Good Mourning star then uploaded another picture but this time with Barker flipping off the camera.
He outlined the post with a caption that read, ‘Put a middle finger up if you will be playing Love Race with us tonight. Looks like a middle finger.’
If you didn’t know, Love Race is a track from Kelly’s album Mainstream Sellout that was dropped this year.
Regardless, Barker also went ahead to repost Kelly’s story on his Instagram handle. He also shared a couple of posts on the social networking site to promote the limited edition merchandise.
It features both Barker and Kelly and is scheduled to go on sale during their performance in St. Louis, Missouri on 10th August.
Travis Barker’s recent health woes
Travis Barker was admitted to a hospital after he was diagnosed with life-threatening pancreatitis in June 2022.
Barker however took a little time to give an update about his health to his fans and followers after he was discharged from the hospital.
The 46-year-old drummer revealed on his Instagram Story that he underwent an endoscopy thinking everything was okay.
Barker added that at night however he kept feeling excruciating pain and was immediately rushed to a hospital.
He went on to say that during the endoscopy treatment he had doctors remove a tiny polyp reportedly from a sensitive region. Unfortunately, the surgery ended up damaging a critical pancreatic drainage tube caused him a severe case of pancreatitis.
Nevertheless, Barker did not fail to thank the medical staff and the institution for taking care of him.
The All the Small Things artist had constant support from his new wife Kourtney Kardashian throughout his treatment.
