Travis Barker and his Blink-182 bandmembers held a moment of silence and spoke a few heartfelt and choked up words to honor their friend, the late DJ AM during their Saturday night concert in Hartford, Conn.

“This night is really hard for us onstage,” bassist Mark Hoppus said to the crowd. “We lost a dear friend yesterday. His name was Adam Goldstein. You probably know him as DJ AM. He was an innovator and a genius and he loved music more than anything else. Above all he was a very dear friend.”

Hoppus then asked the crowd for a moment of silence before dedicating their next song, “Down,” to the 36-year-old celebrity deejay who was found dead in his SoHo apartment of an apparent drug overdose Friday.

Barker and DJ AM both survived a horrific plane crash that killed four people last September.

Before Saturday’s show, Barker Tweeted: “Don’t know how i am gonna play 2night but i am for AM. My brother is gone.i love u and miss u, i’ll never forget all the good times we had.

“I’ll never forget everything we’ve been thru and every time i play the drums i’ll think of you. U were an amazing friend/DJ/human being.

“Rest In Peace my brother, this really f—s me up.”