Travis Barker RESUMES European tour after he rushed back to LA to be by Kourtney

Travis Barker joined Blink-182 as they resumed the European leg of their tour in Antwerp, Belgium on Friday.

Last week, the drummer, 47, had rushed back to Los Angeles to be with his pregnant wife, Kourtney Kardashian, 44, as she had undergone emergency surgery.

The musician and his rock band postponed three concerts in Glasgow, Belfast, and Dublin due to ‘an urgent family matter’.

It was revealed that the reality TV personality had experienced a pregnancy complication and undergone ‘urgent fetal surgery’ to save their unborn baby causing him to abruptly put a halt to his band’s tour to return home.

After the operation went successfully, he took to Instagram to share several posts of himself back in Europe ahead of taking the stage with the rest of his band to perform their greatest hits.

Before his show in Antwerp, he posted a video of himself walking outside the concert venue to give his drumsticks to a fan.

The ecstatic fan was seen holding up a sign that read: ‘Can I have a drumstick?’ 

After seeing the sign himself, Travis surprised the fan — who ended up crying tears of joy after the thoughtful gesture. 

At the end of the video, Travis gave him a hug before heading back inside to get ready for the show. 

He captioned the moving clip: ‘1st day of tour’. Travis had also shared various snaps as he went sightseeing around Antwerp before their show. 

Travis took along his 8.3 million followers on Instagram for a tour of various incredible churches.

He also shared a picture of a bowl of pasta he enjoyed at Italian restaurant Spritz ahead of the concert. 

Before heading to the concert venue, he also posted a mirror selfie showing off his edgy cool outfit of the day. 

In the photo posted to his Instagram Story, he donned a graphic T-shirt over a black sweatshirt and dark, distressed jeans. 

A few days earlier on Wednesday, he shared a post on X (formerly known as Twitter) and confirmed that Blink-182 would be resuming the European leg of their tour.

He wrote: ‘God is great. I flew home for a life-threatening emergency surgery for our baby that I’m so grateful went well.’

‘I want to say thank you for all the support,’ he continued. ‘Tour resumes Friday.’ 

On the same day, Kourtney praised doctors for ‘saving her baby’s life’ after being rushed to the hospital during the final trimester of pregnancy.

Kourtney — who is said to be ‘feeling better’ — took to Instagram to share a black and white snap of she and her musician husband holding hands on a hospital bed.

She captioned the image to her 224 million followers: ‘I will be forever grateful to my incredible doctors for saving our baby’s life. 

‘I am eternally grateful to my husband who rushed to my side from tour to be with me in the hospital and take care of me afterwards, my rock. And to my mom, thank you for holding my hand through this.’

Kourtney also revealed that despite previously experiencing pregnancy complications, she still wasn’t ready for what had happened. 

The mother-of-three continued: ‘As someone who has had three really easy pregnancies in the past, I wasn’t prepared for the fear of rushing into urgent fetal surgery. 

‘I don’t think anyone who hasn’t been through a similar situation can begin to understand that feeling of fear. I have a whole new understanding and respect for the mamas who have had to fight for their babies while pregnant.

This came after news that Kourtney is doing ‘better’ and has now returned home following a short hospital visit.

An insider told People the reality star is ‘back home now with her kids’ after she was pictured departing a Los Angeles-area hospital with her husband.  

‘She is feeling better. She is happy to have Travis back home too,’ the source added.

The following day, Kourtney, who went public with her pregnancy in June, was seen leaving the hospital with Travis and clambering into an SUV.

‘Praise be to God. Walking out of the hospital with my baby boy in my tummy and safe was the truest blessing.’ 

Neither Travis nor Kourtney has disclosed why they were at the hospital, but based on the appearance of her bump as she left, she did not appear to have given birth.

Kourtney was seen walking unassisted as she and her husband surfaced on Friday, piling into a gleaming black Range Rover and heading off.

The reality star, who has not publicly divulged her due date, was decked out in a silver maternity top and matching trousers.

On Friday, Blink-182 announced via Insta Stories that they would have to delay their upcoming concerts on account of Travis’ family emergency.

‘Due to an urgent family matter, Travis has had to return home to the States,’ the band revealed on social media. ‘The Glasgow, Belfast, and Dublin shows are being postponed. More information in regards to his return to Europe and rescheduled dates will be provided as soon as available.’

The Blink-182 tour in Europe was meant to commence Friday night in Glasgow, which is where Travis was when the announcement was made.

Travis then fired up his own social media and cryptically posted pictures of the prayer room at the Glasgow Airport.

Just last week, he and his pregnant wife had been spotted soaking up the sunshine together during a romantic stroll on the beach.

As Travis raced home to Kourtney, his ex-wife Shanna Moakler confirmed that the children she herself shares with him are ‘safe and sound.’

Shanna and Travis welcomed Landon, 19, and Alabama, 17, together, and Travis was also crucial in helping raise Shanna’s daughter Atiana De La Hoya, 24, whom she had with the former professional boxer Oscar De La Hoya.

Meanwhile Kourtney shares three children – Mason, 13, Penelope, 11, and Reign, eight – with her ex-fiancé Scott Disick, whom she dated on and off for nearly a decade.

Kourtney ecstatically revealed to the world in June that she is expecting a baby by Travis, whom she tied the knot with last year.

She dropped the bombshell during a Blink-182 concert, standing in the audience and holding up a sign that read: ‘TRAVIS I’M PREGNANT’ – a mischievous nod to a similar scene in the music video for the band’s song All The Small Things.

Her breathtaking news came over a year after Kourtney pulled the brakes on her IVF journey, which had subjected her to a raft of health issues including depression.

On a 2022 episode of her reality show The Kardashians, Kourtney spoke candidly about the ‘awful’ experience she was having with IVF.

She claimed in a confessional that the ‘medication that they have been giving me, they put me into menopause, literally into menopause.’

Kourtney theorized: ‘I think because I’m so clean and careful about what I put into my body, it’s just like having the complete opposite reaction and working as a contraceptive instead of helping us.’

She explained: ‘I have everything in the world to be happy about. I just feel a little bit off and not like myself. Super moody and hormonal, like I am a lunatic half the time.’

In December of that year, a few months after her wedding, she told the Wall Street Journal that she had stopped her IVF treatments 10 months earlier.

Kourtney, who tied the knot with Travis that May, shared that she ‘took a break to just focus on our wedding and getting married.’

On a subsequently aired episode of The Kardashians, she said: ‘We would love a baby more than anything but I just really believe in what God has in store for us.’

She also spilled that she had ‘seven frozen eggs from years ago before Travis’ – a step she had taken when she was nearing the age of 40.

‘When I was 38 or 39 everyone was like pushing me to do that and most of mine didn’t survive the thaw because eggs are one cell and none of them made it to an embryo,’ the eldest Kardashian sister said.

‘All the thing that came with IVF took a toll on me physically. My health is still impacted because it’s hormones. And also mentally it took a toll,’ she said.

‘So, I think just being happy is most important and being a good parent to my kids. We are just embracing that whatever is meant to be will be.’