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Perth Now
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Mark Hoppus believes cancer diagnosis 'healed friendships' with bandmates
Mark Hoppus believes going public with his aggressive blood cancer battle has "healed friendships" with his Blink-182 bandmates. The 53-year-old co-vocalist and bassist for the punk band - which is comprised of Mark, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker - was diagnosed with a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in June 2021 and underwent a bout of treatment before being given the all-clear. And, he said if it was not for making the announcement, his friendship with fellow vocalist and guitarist Tom, whom he had "no communication for years" would have still been fractured. Mark is quoted by the Daily Star newspaper's Wired column as saying: "It healed broken friendships and broken relationships. It healed my broken friendship with Tom. "So much good came out of people finding out that I was not doing so well, that it really helped me a lot and it fortified me. There were stretches of years where Tom and I wouldn't talk at all. We wouldn't talk on the phone, we wouldn't text, there'd be no communication for years at a time. "But then tragedies happened - Travis' plane crash or my sickness - and then Tom calls up and is like, 'How are you?' All the bad blood and the grief and the animosity, hard feelings just melt away, and it's friends and brothers." Following Mark's announcement, the band reunited after splitting in 2005, and they released an LP called 'One More Time'. Now, the rock star - who, along with his bandmates are touring the US this summer and are planning a European tour in 2026 - has teased a new record and gigs. The 'All the Small Things' hitmaker said: "We appreciate all the hard work that it took to get here and how lucky we are to get to have this band and these moments together. "We announced a brand new tour. We're thinking about the next record and things like that." And he admitted "there's no better feeling" than when he is performing on stage with Tom and Travis. Mark continued: "When I'm on stage with Travis behind us and Tom on my side, there's no better feeling in the world. "That is when I feel like the universe is right."
Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Blink-182 & Akaline Trio to rock Walmart Amphitheater
ROGERS, Ark. — Two rock bands are hitting the stage in August at the Walmart AMP this summer. Blink-182 and special guests Alkaline Trio's Missionary Impossible 2025 tour will be at the venue on Sept. 24. Citi presale tickets began today. General tickets will be open on Friday, April 11 at 10 a.m. Blink-182 hit mainstream success in 1999 with the release of their third album, Enema of the State, which featured 'What's My Age Again?', 'All the Small Things' and 'Adam's Song.' The band's latest albums, 'One More Time…' and 'One More Time… Part-2', were released on Oct. 20, 2023, and Sept. 6, 2024, respectively. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Mark Hoppus 'really thought he was going to die' after cancer diagnosis: 'It was so freeing..'M
Mark Hoppus found his cancer diagnosis to be "so freeing". The 53-year-old musician - who is best known as a founding member of the rock band Blink-182 - was diagnosed with a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in June 2021 and underwent a bout of treatment before being given the all-clear but admitted that he "really thought" he was going to die but had somewhat accepted it in a way. He told The Guardian: "I really thought I was going to die. 'And, in a way, it absolutely was so freeing. I'd spent my whole life hypervigilant, thinking: what's the worst thing that could happen? And, oh, it's here now, I'm dealing with it and it still sucks." The 'All the Small Things' hitmaker - who is currently part of the band alongside Tom DeLong and Travis Barker - admitted that he was "crushed" during the "physical pain and exhaustion" of his treatment, but reflected that the whole ordeal had allowed him to rekindle friendships that had fallen by the wayside. He said: "The physical pain and exhaustion of the chemo, mixed with the steroids and all the other drugs, just crushed me for months on end. But it brought back friendships that I hadn't had in years. It healed my friendship with Tom: from day one, he was like: 'What do you need? I'm there.' In that friendship and the love and support of people around me, I thought: you know what? I've had a pretty awesome life." After learning of his cancer diagnosis, Mark had tried to keep his illness private but then accidentally shared a photo of himself during chemotherapy with his 1.6 million Instagram followers when it was meant to go to his family WhatsApp group, but admitted that was the "best mistake" he has ever made because it allowed others to offer him support. He said: The best mistake I've ever made, by far [was accidentally publish that photo] . 'I suffered alone in silence for so long because I thought that, once it came out I had cancer, people's opinions of me would change. Just generally in life, I felt that when people get sick or injured in some way they get left behind, like: 'OK, you're over here now in a different category.' But I was wrong.' "All these people who were fighters and winners, who overcame their cancer. "That helped. I was finally able to say: 'Yeah. I'm f****** scared, but, you know, I try to put on a brave face.'"
