Tom DeLonge

Rock Legend Gets Emotional as Crowd Belts Out His Hit Song at MLB Game

Blink-182 vocalist Tom DeLonge received a hero's welcome during the San Diego Padres' thrilling win over the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 3 of the NLDS at PetCo Park.

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DeLonge, a San Diego native and lifelong Padres fan, attended the closely contested MLB playoff matchup.

When PetCo Park put him up on the jumbotron, Padres fans showered the iconic singer with a rendition of "All the Small Things."

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DeLonge, seated in the front row, grew visibly emotional as the crowd belted out the popular anthem.

"What a cool moment here in San Diego," the FS1 broadcaster said. "Blink-182, especially for those of us of a certain age, we all know they have an extensive, very impressive catalog of late 90s, early 2000s pop-punk hits.

"To be in the ballpark when 43,000-plus [people] are singing one of your biggest hits to you, I can't imagine the feeling. That has to be a musician's World Series right there."

Video footage shows the 50-year-old singer holding back tears as the Padres faithful sang their hearts out.

DeLonge also hyped up the crowd by waving a yellow rally towel during the performance.

"All the Small Things" is one of the most popular songs in pop-punk history.

Released in 1999, "All the Small Things" is certified 5-times Platinum by the RIAA.

Released a decade before Spotify launched, the song has achieved massive success on digital streaming platforms, too.

The hit song has amassed over 1,600,000,000 streams on Spotify, with millions more on Apple Music.

Blink-182 was formed in 1992 in Poway, California. Founding members DeLonge and bassist Mark Hoppus are still with the band. Travis Barker replaced the original drummer in 1998, which helped spur the band's popularity.

Since its inception, Blink-182 has released nine studio albums.

Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001) was the band's first album to reach No. 1 on Billboard.

The band released its ninth studio album, One More Time, in 2023, which saw the return of founding drummer Mark Hoppus and Delonge, who stepped away from the band for seven years to focus on UFO research.