Pearl Jam and blink-182 are not currently scheduled to perform at the 2026 edition of San Diego Comic-Con, but both bands will be well-represented next week at this year\u2019s convention.<\/p>\n
The Poway-bred pop-punk band blink-182 has announced a new partnership with PAC-MAN at Comic-Con that is timed to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the band\u2019s landmark 2001 album, \u201cTake Off Your Pants and Jacket.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready, a former Del Mar resident, will be on hand at Comic-Con for the debut of his new graphic novel and \u201clost\u201d rock opera, \u201cFarewell To Seasons.\u201d<\/p>\n
Concert review: blink-182 performs act of magic at Petco Park San Diego homecoming show<\/a><\/p>\n The blink-182\/PAC-MAN booth (#1415) will host a retro arcade with co-branded arcade cabinets, as-yet-unspecified blink-182 prizes, and a claw machine filled with PAC-MAN plushes. The three-man band will make what is being billed as an animated \u201cappearance,\u201d presumably in PAC-MAN form.<\/p>\n There will also be limited edition blink-182 merchandise, including numbered vinyl records of the band\u2019s songs \u201cThe Rock Show\u201d and \u201cFirst Date.\u201d And there will be a blink-182 version of the \u201cPAC-MAN x 7-Eleven\u201d T-shirt, which the band\u2019s bassist and singer, Mark Hoppus, wore at blink-182\u2019s reunion show at the 2023 Coachella festival in Indio.<\/p>\n Unlike Hoppus and blink\u2019s other two members, guitarist-singer Tom DeLonge and drummer Travis Barker, Pearl Jam co-founder Mike McCready is scheduled to be on hand at Comic-Con.<\/p>\n Mike McCready here May 15 for good cause<\/a><\/p>\n His book, \u201cMike McCready\u2019s Farewell To Seasons,\u201d which is being published by Z2, was co-written with Mark Sable and illustrated by Sebasti\u00e1n Piriz. It follows the arcs of three interconnected characters in the Seattle music scene from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, and has supernatural elements. Since the book\u2019s publication isn\u2019t until October, Comic-Con will offer an exclusive sneak preview.<\/p>\n