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NZ Herald
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- NZ Herald
Āta National Wānanga, dinner by the river and live music happening in Tairāwhiti Gisborne this weekend
Dumpweed - Blink 182 Tribute live at Smash Palace. A night of Blink 182. SoCal punk/rock from M+M's and Cheshire Cat through to Anthem Part 3 and 2024's One More Time. Tickets through Smash Palace Bar, 24 Banks St, Awapuni. Sunday, May 18 Leathercraft Workshop. Learn leathercraft basics and create your own bespoke items from leather like a wallet or bag. 9am-4pm Tairāwhiti Environment Centre. 386 Palmerston Rd. Bookings contact Fern Reid: fernreidnz@ Waikanae Stream Working Bee. Help give some much-needed love to Waikanae Stream. With a focus on removing weeds from the planting borders along the awa, bring along your gloves and a spade. 1pm-3pm, Alfred Cox Skate Park. Coming up Tuesday, May 20 Multi-instrumentalist Amanda Millyclown presents new original music. 6.30pm, The Dome Bar. 38 Childers Rd. Saturday, May 24 Jordan Luck Band plays at Smash Palace. 24 Banks St, Awapuni. Tickets through moshix. Regular events Mondays: • The 500 Card Club: Poverty Bay Bowling Club, 111 Ormond Rd, 1pm-4pm, $3. Tony (06)8633468. • Fun Dancing Gisborne – Modern Sequence and Social Ballroom: St Andrew's Church Hall, 176 Cobden St, 7.30pm-9.30pm, $7. Kev or Isabel (06)8670074 or 0211812414. Advertisement Advertise with NZME. • Gisborne Orchestra rehearsals. Gisborne Intermediate School, 7.30pm-9pm. New players welcome. Jill 021756364 or email gisborneorchestra@ • Badminton: Badminton Centre, 134 Roebuck Rd, senior groups - social morning club, 9am-11am, $5. Leslie 0274156872. Gisborne Badminton Club, 7pm-9pm. Kevin (06)8671416. Tuesdays: • Sun City Spinners: Poverty Bay Bowling Club, 111 Ormond Rd, 9am-11.30am, fees apply. Dale (06)8675083 or email eastland@ • He Kākano: Popular singalong baby session for Under-2s. H.B. Williams Memorial Library, 34 Bright St, 10.30am, free. • Gisborne Line Dancing: Senior Citizens Hall, 30 Grey St, 4.30pm-7.30pm. Kerry 0211024890. • Hāpu Māmā Aqua Class: Focuses on keeping mums-to-be comfortably active while puku and pēpi are supported by the water. Kiwa Pools, 6.30pm-7.15pm. • Badminton: Gisborne Pinoy Smashers, Badminton Centre, 134 Roebuck Rd, 6pm-8pm. Alfred 0273072318. • Patutahi Badminton Club, Patutahi community hall, 7.30pm-9.30pm. Ron 0274460146. Wednesdays: • Badminton: Badminton centre, 134 Roebuck Rd, junior age groups – Kiwi Shots (Years 3-6), 3.30pm-4.30pm, $10; Mid Shots (Years 7-8), 4.45pm-5.45pm, $10; Hot Shots (Years 9-13), 6pm-7.30pm, $12. Badminton Centre, 154 Roebuck Rd. Geoff 0276568222. Advertise with NZME. Adult coaching - basic coaching and games, 7.30pm to 9.30pm, $10. Hamish 0274456234. • Fifties Forward low impact aerobics, YMCA, 447 Childers Rd, 9.30am. First class free, otherwise $2. • Mainly Music: A fun music group for preschoolers. St Andrew's Church community centre, 176 Cobden St, 9.45am, $4/family. Trish (06)8672789 or (06)8685513. • Gisborne Concert Band: 6.30pm-8pm, the Bandroom, 200 Childers Rd. If you play brass, woodwind or percussion, come and join. New musicians welcome. Thursdays: • Te Pihinga/Little Sprouts: Fun singalong and story time for 2-to-5-year-olds. H.B. Williams Memorial Library, 9.30am, free. • Gisborne Line Dancing: Senior Citizens Hall, 30 Grey St, 6pm-8pm. Kerry 0211024890. • Gisborne Caledonian Society Practice: Social, modern and sequence dancing. Holy Trinity Church Hall, 70 Derby St, 7.30pm-9.30pm, $5. Pat 0210497148. • Badminton: Thursday morning casual group, Badminton Centre, 134 Roebuck Rd, 9am-11am. $5. Inquiries to Fridays: • Friday Stairs Workout: Lower carpark, Titirangi/Kaiti Hill 5.55am, workout 6am-6.40am. Saturdays: • Gisborne Parkrun: Waikanae Surf Life Saving Club, 280E Grey St, 7.45am-10am. Register at • Tairāwhiti Coffin Club: BCR Joinery, 522 Gladstone Rd, 9am-10am. Details at tairawhiticc@ • Gisborne Farmers' Market. A variety of fresh and prepared goods from local farmers and growers. Corner Stout and Fitzherbert streets, 9.30am-12.30pm. • Tennis for all: Ormond Tennis Club, Hill Rd, Ormond, 2pm-4pm. For more information ph (06)8625741 or (06)8625856. Sundays: • Gisborne Walkers Club: 8am, meet at Mitre 10, 24 Derby St. Text 0278902224 for more info. • Feminine Embodiment Class: Nourishing dance medicine, 10am-11am, Reset Studio, upstairs at Poverty Bay Club. • Silent Flute Taijiquan: Movement lab for life. Free one-hour Tai Chi Chuan (Mandarin) Taijiquan (Cantonese) class open to everyone. 1pm-2pm, Botanical Gardens. Text 0210490722 to confirm location. • Dharma Practice and Meditation: Lama Damchoe leads dharma practice and meditation, followed by a shared lunch, 10am, Palpung Kagyu Samten Choling Tibetan Buddhist Centre, 31 James St. All welcome. Saturdays and Sundays: • East Coast Museum of Technology: 67 Main Rd, Makaraka, $10 adults, $5 seniors, $2 school children, under-5s free. See Facebook or go to • Lions Express Train rides: Starts near Gisborne Wainui Lions Junior Cycle Park, Centennial Marine Drive, 11am-3pm, weather permitting, $2. Each week: • Mahjong Club (Mon and Thurs): Gisborne Town and Country Women's Club, 42 Emily St, 12.30pm. Margaret (06)8630144. • Tairāwhiti Menzshed (Tues, Thurs and Sat): Corner Parkinson and Innes streets, Sat 9am-3pm, Tues and Thurs 9am-2pm. Details ph/text 0224650396. • Tairāwhiti Aviation Museum (Tues and Sun): Gisborne Airport, Aerodrome Rd, 9am-3pm, $5 adults, Under-12s free. Fortnightly: • Lego Club for ages 5-17: H.B. Williams Memorial Library, 3.30pm-5pm, free. See for full details. • Gisborne Country Music Club (1st and 3rd Sundays): Senior Citizens Hall, 30 Grey St, 1pm-4pm, $5 visitors, $3 members, $1 children. Flo (06)8677637, 0274946979 or email • Gisborne Woodworking Club (2nd and 4th Saturdays and last Thursday): Green shed opposite Enterprise Aquatic Centre carpark, Nelson Rd, 10am to about 12pm. Bill 0274507719 or email gizzywheelers@ Monthly: • Gizzy Monthly Market (1st Saturday): Locally produced crafts, food and products. Lawson Field Rose Garden, 7 Fitzherbert St, 9am-1pm, weather permitting. • Gas Guzzlers' Breakfast (1st Sunday): Behind the courthouse on Reads Quay, 8.30am-11am. • Crop Swap (1st Sunday): Swap plants, produce, preserves, baking, books and more. Makaraka School carpark, 137 Main Rd, Makaraka, 2pm-3pm. • Irish Music Session (1st Sunday): The Rivers restaurant, 4pm-6pm. Marty 0210557685. • Gisborne Floral Art Club: (1st Monday) Waverley St hall, 9.30am-11.30am; (3rd Wednesday) Kahutia Bowling Club, 7pm. • Poverty Bay Blues Night (1st Tuesday): Dome Cinema, Poverty Bay Club, 6pm doors open, 7pm gig, $10 door sales, Blues Club members free, R18. • Ulysses Motorcycle Club (1st Tuesday): Bushmere Arms public bar, 673 Matawai Rd, Waerenga-a-Hika, 7.30pm. Chris 0274602430. • Gisborne Friendship Group – formerly Gisborne Combined Club (1st Wednesday): For active retirees looking for friendship. Kahutia Bowling Club, 165 Cobden St, 9.30am, $5, including morning tea. Register with Noelene (06)8684473 or Dianne (06)8674294. • U3A Gisborne (1st Thursday): Social interaction and learning for mature-aged folk. House of Breakthrough, cnr Lytton Rd and Ormond Rd, 9.30am, $2 at door. Diane 0274441073. • Myalgic Encephalopathy/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Support Group (1st Friday): CCS, 7 Kahutia St, 10.30am-1pm, Moira 0274576923. • Prostate Support Group (2nd Tuesday): Cancer Society Rooms, 718 Gladstone Rd, 4.30pm. Inquiries 0210634515. • The Country Garden Club (2nd Tuesday): Waerenga-a-Hika Hall, 728 Matawai Rd, 7.30pm, $2. Katrine (06)8672427. • Gisborne Proactive Club (3rd Wednesday): Retired people's interest group. Watson Room, Gisborne Cosmopolitan Club, 190 Derby St, 9.30am, $30/year sub and $5/meeting. Malcolm (06)8672591 or 0272402590. • Gisborne Camera Club (3rd Thursday): Senior Citizens Hall, 30 Grey St, 7.30pm. Details at gisbornecameraclub@ • Gisborne Sceptic Group (3rd Sunday): 11am. Details/venue (06)8673715 or (06)8677122. • Te Hapara Garden and Floral Art Club (4th Tuesday): Redstone Room, Farmers Air Event Centre, Showgrounds Park, 2pm. • First City Toastmasters: Become a confident speaker and leader (1st and 3rd Tuesday). Adult Literacy Rooms, 1st Floor, 100 Grey St, Gisborne, 6.15pm. Helen 0221945671.
Scottish Sun
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Blink 182 star reveals he thought he was going to die after shock cancer diagnosis and prepared for family ‘to move on'
BLINK-182 frontman Mark Hoppus has revealed he genuinely believed he was going to die after being diagnosed with a fast-spreading cancer and had even started preparing his family for life without him. Speaking on the four-year anniversary of his diagnosis, the pop-punk legend, 53, recalled how the news came out of nowhere while he was relaxing at home. 5 Blink 182 star Mark Hoppus spoke to Chris Moyles on Radio X today Credit: Instagram 5 Mark, right, is the co-founder and co-lead vocalist of Blink-182, pictured in 2011 with Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker Credit: Getty 5 Mark first revealed his cancer battle in 2021 Credit: Instagram @markhoppus The All The Small Things singer told Radio X presenter Chris Moyles today: 'It was four years ago today. 'I was playing video games and I was talking to my son who was away at college and I felt a weird thing on my shoulder. 'And three days later I was going ready for chemo. That quick.' Mark was diagnosed with stage 4 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, a serious blood cancer for which there is no standard treatment. 'The chemo was awful, it was brutal,' he added. 'The good news is my form of cancer, the doctor told me I had a 60% chance of getting through it and never having to deal with it again. 'But the bad part was the chemo was one of the worst that you could undergo and it was bad. 'I don't recommend it. Zero out of five stars. But it saved me so it was all good.' Mark admitted the emotional toll was just as devastating as he wasn't feeling at all hopeful. He said he had prepared for his family, including wife Kelly and son Jack, to 'move on' after his death. Blink 182's Mark Hoppus shares heartbreaking update in cancer battle revealing he has stage 4 lymphoma 'Oh yeah, it was pretty dark,' he told Chris. 'It was awful and I really thought that I wasn't going to make it. I thought I was on the wrong side of that 60%,' he said. 'I was mentally preparing for my family moving on and what my wife was going to do after I was gone and who was going to help raise my son.' Now in remission, Mark says he's grateful just to be alive and working again. He said: 'So to be here with you all today and to sit next to Captain Crap Beard is just a dream come true.' Mark co-founded Blink-182 in the early '90s with Tom DeLonge, who left and rejoined the band multiple times over the years. Travis Barker joined as drummer in 1998 after original member Scott Raynor's departure, helping launch the band to mainstream stardom with albums like Enema of the State and Take Off Your Pants and Jacket. Travis himself has faced death - surviving a horrific 2008 plane crash that killed four people inclucing his best friend. He and DJ AM were the only survivors, and Travis underwent over 20 surgeries and months of rehab. Now, all three original members are back together, with their latest album One More Time, released last year. But for a brief time, Tom was absen from the band. Tom previously left in 2005 to form Angels & Airwaves after Blink-182 split and went on an indefinite hiatus. He left again in 2015 and was then slammed by Mark and Travis. In an interview with Rolling Stone in 2015, Mark and Travis discussed the split with their 'disrespectful and ungrateful' bandmate and revealed that he had backed out of upcoming commitments, which also included recording a new album. 'We booked January 5th to go into the studio. On December 30th, we get an e-mail from Tom's manager saying that he has no interest in recording and that he wants to do his other, non-musical stuff and that he's out indefinitely,' Hoppus recalled at the time. 'There's a flurry of e-mails going back and forth for clarification about the recording and the show and his manager sends [an e-mail] back saying, 'Tom. Is. Out.' Direct quote. This is the exact same e-mail we got back in 2004 when Tom went on indefinite hiatus before.' Travis added: 'I think he's just bummed because Mark and I were finally honest. We always covered up for him before… It's hard to cover for someone who's disrespectful and ungrateful. "You don't even have the balls to call your bandmates and tell them you're not going to record or do anything Blink-related. You have your manager do it. Everyone should know what the story is with him and it's been years with it.' Despite the bad blood between the former bandmates, Mark and Tom were "able to completely repair" their friendship as the years went on. "The way the universe works is strange because I reached out to Mark because I needed him to sign this piece of paper that had to do with my divorce," DeLonge said in a 2021 interview with Apple Music's Zane Lowe. "Only because of that call did I learn he had cancer. And he told me on the phone. I was like, 'Wait, what?" He added: "We weren't really talking much at all, maybe once every couple of months, a little text here and there. But now, we talk multiple times a day. "We've been able to completely repair that friendship and really cut to the depth of who we are as people and what this is all about." Is Tom DeLonge back in Blink-182? Travis and Mark continued to make music without Tom for years, but fans often wondered if he would ever make a return. That question was later answered in October 2022, when it was revealed that he had rejoined the band. 'Tom DeLonge has rejoined blink-182 and they are coming to the United Center,' Troy Hanson, the Vice President of Rock Programming at Cumulus Media, said on the Q101's Brian, Ali & Justin Podcast. 'Live Nation that's my gift to you for doing this whole thing in late October with Panic! At The Disco. I just blew your nut on Blink-182. Sorry not sorry.' 5 Mark Hoppus with his wife Skye Everly Credit: Getty
The Irish Sun
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Blink 182 star reveals he thought he was going to die after shock cancer diagnosis and prepared for family ‘to move on'
BLINK-182 frontman Mark Hoppus has revealed he genuinely believed he was going to die after being diagnosed with a fast-spreading cancer and had even started preparing his family for life without him. Speaking on the four-year anniversary of his diagnosis, the pop-punk legend, 53, recalled how the news came out of nowhere while he was relaxing at home. 5 Blink 182 star Mark Hoppus spoke to Chris Moyles on Radio X today Credit: Instagram 5 Mark, right, is the co-founder and co-lead vocalist of Blink-182, pictured in 2011 with Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker Credit: Getty 5 Mark first revealed his cancer battle in 2021 Credit: Instagram @markhoppus The All The Small Things singer told Radio X presenter 'I was playing video games and I was talking to my son who was away at college and I felt a weird thing on my shoulder. 'And three days later I was going ready for chemo. That quick.' Mark was diagnosed with stage 4 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, a serious blood cancer for which there is no standard treatment. READ MORE ON ROCK STARS 'The chemo was awful, it was brutal,' he added. 'The good news is my form of cancer, the doctor told me I had a 60% chance of getting through it and never having to deal with it again. 'But the bad part was the chemo was one of the worst that you could undergo and it was bad. 'I don't recommend it. Zero out of five stars. But it saved me so it was all good.' Most read in Celebrity Mark admitted the emotional toll was just as devastating as he wasn't feeling at all hopeful. He said he had prepared for his family, including wife Kelly and son Jack, to 'move on' after his death. Blink 182's Mark Hoppus shares heartbreaking update in cancer battle revealing he has stage 4 lymphoma 'Oh yeah, it was pretty dark,' he told Chris. 'It was awful and I really thought that I wasn't going to make it. I thought I was on the wrong side of that 60%,' he said. 'I was mentally preparing for my family moving on and what my wife was going to do after I was gone and who was going to help raise my son.' Now in remission, Mark says he's grateful just to be alive and working again. He said: 'So to be here with you all today and to sit next to Captain Crap Beard is just a dream come true.' Mark co-founded Blink-182 in the early '90s with Tom DeLonge, who left and rejoined the band multiple times over the years. Travis Barker joined as drummer in 1998 after original member Scott Raynor's departure, helping launch the band to mainstream stardom with albums like Enema of the State and Take Off Your Pants and Jacket. Travis himself has faced death - surviving a horrific 2008 He and DJ AM were the only survivors, and Travis underwent over 20 surgeries and months of rehab. Now, all three original members are back together, with their latest album One More Time, released last year. But for a brief time, Tom was absen from the band. Tom previously left in 2005 to form Angels & Airwaves after Blink-182 split and went on an indefinite hiatus. He left again in 2015 and was then slammed by Mark and Travis. In an interview with 'We booked January 5th to go into the studio. On December 30th, we get an e-mail from Tom's manager saying that he has no interest in recording and that he wants to do his other, non-musical stuff and that he's out indefinitely,' Hoppus recalled at the time. 'There's a flurry of e-mails going back and forth for clarification about the recording and the show and his manager sends [an e-mail] back saying, 'Tom. Is. Out.' Direct quote. This is the exact same e-mail we got back in 2004 when Tom went on indefinite hiatus before.' Travis added: 'I think he's just bummed because Mark and I were finally honest. We always covered up for him before… It's hard to cover for someone who's disrespectful and ungrateful. "You don't even have the balls to call your bandmates and tell them you're not going to record or do anything Blink-related. You have your manager do it. Everyone should know what the story is with him and it's been years with it.' Despite the bad blood between the former bandmates, Mark and Tom were "able to completely repair" their friendship as the years went on. " The way the universe works is strange because I reached out to Mark because I needed him to sign this piece of paper that had to do with my divorce," DeLonge said in a 2021 "Only because of that call did I learn he had cancer. And he told me on the phone. I was like, 'Wait, what?" He added: "We weren't really talking much at all, maybe once every couple of months, a little text here and there. But now, we talk multiple times a day. "We've been able to completely repair that friendship and really cut to the depth of who we are as people and what this is all about." Is Tom DeLonge back in Blink-182? Travis and Mark continued to make music without Tom for years, but fans often wondered if he would ever make a return. That question was later answered in October 2022, when it was revealed that he had rejoined the band. 'Tom DeLonge has rejoined blink-182 and they are coming to the United Center,' Troy Hanson, the Vice President of Rock Programming at Cumulus Media, said on the 'Live Nation that's my gift to you for doing this whole thing in late October with Panic! At The Disco. I just blew your nut on Blink-182. Sorry not sorry.' 5 Mark Hoppus with his wife Skye Everly Credit: Getty 5 Tom previously left the band in 2005 to form Angels & Airwaves Credit: Getty
The Sun
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Blink 182 star reveals he thought he was going to die after shock cancer diagnosis and prepared for family ‘to move on'
BLINK-182 frontman Mark Hoppus has revealed he genuinely believed he was going to die after being diagnosed with a fast-spreading cancer and had even started preparing his family for life without him. Speaking on the four-year anniversary of his diagnosis, the pop-punk legend, 53, recalled how the news came out of nowhere while he was relaxing at home. 5 5 5 The All The Small Things singer told Radio X presenter Chris Moyles today: 'It was four years ago today. 'I was playing video games and I was talking to my son who was away at college and I felt a weird thing on my shoulder. 'And three days later I was going ready for chemo. That quick.' Mark was diagnosed with stage 4 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, a serious blood cancer for which there is no standard treatment. 'The chemo was awful, it was brutal,' he added. 'The good news is my form of cancer, the doctor told me I had a 60% chance of getting through it and never having to deal with it again. 'But the bad part was the chemo was one of the worst that you could undergo and it was bad. 'I don't recommend it. Zero out of five stars. But it saved me so it was all good.' Mark admitted the emotional toll was just as devastating as he wasn't feeling at all hopeful. He said he had prepared for his family, including wife Kelly and son Jack, to 'move on' after his death. Blink 182's Mark Hoppus shares heartbreaking update in cancer battle revealing he has stage 4 lymphoma 'Oh yeah, it was pretty dark,' he told Chris. 'It was awful and I really thought that I wasn't going to make it. I thought I was on the wrong side of that 60%,' he said. 'I was mentally preparing for my family moving on and what my wife was going to do after I was gone and who was going to help raise my son.' Now in remission, Mark says he's grateful just to be alive and working again. He said: 'So to be here with you all today and to sit next to Captain Crap Beard is just a dream come true.' Mark co-founded Blink-182 in the early '90s with Tom DeLonge, who left and rejoined the band multiple times over the years. Travis Barker joined as drummer in 1998 after original member Scott Raynor's departure, helping launch the band to mainstream stardom with albums like Enema of the State and Take Off Your Pants and Jacket. Travis himself has faced death - surviving a horrific 2008 plane crash that killed four people inclucing his best friend. He and DJ AM were the only survivors, and Travis underwent over 20 surgeries and months of rehab. Now, all three original members are back together, with their latest album One More Time, released last year. But for a brief time, Tom was absen from the band. Tom previously left in 2005 to form Angels & Airwaves after Blink-182 split and went on an indefinite hiatus. He left again in 2015 and was then slammed by Mark and Travis. In an interview with Rolling Stone in 2015, Mark and Travis discussed the split with their 'disrespectful and ungrateful' bandmate and revealed that he had backed out of upcoming commitments, which also included recording a new album. 'We booked January 5th to go into the studio. On December 30th, we get an e-mail from Tom's manager saying that he has no interest in recording and that he wants to do his other, non-musical stuff and that he's out indefinitely,' Hoppus recalled at the time. 'There's a flurry of e-mails going back and forth for clarification about the recording and the show and his manager sends [an e-mail] back saying, 'Tom. Is. Out.' Direct quote. This is the exact same e-mail we got back in 2004 when Tom went on indefinite hiatus before.' Travis added: 'I think he's just bummed because Mark and I were finally honest. We always covered up for him before… It's hard to cover for someone who's disrespectful and ungrateful. "You don't even have the balls to call your bandmates and tell them you're not going to record or do anything Blink-related. You have your manager do it. Everyone should know what the story is with him and it's been years with it.' Despite the bad blood between the former bandmates, Mark and Tom were "able to completely repair" their friendship as the years went on. " The way the universe works is strange because I reached out to Mark because I needed him to sign this piece of paper that had to do with my divorce," DeLonge said in a 2021 interview with Apple Music's Zane Lowe. "Only because of that call did I learn he had cancer. And he told me on the phone. I was like, 'Wait, what?" He added: "We weren't really talking much at all, maybe once every couple of months, a little text here and there. But now, we talk multiple times a day. "We've been able to completely repair that friendship and really cut to the depth of who we are as people and what this is all about." Is Tom DeLonge back in Blink-182? Travis and Mark continued to make music without Tom for years, but fans often wondered if he would ever make a return. That question was later answered in October 2022, when it was revealed that he had rejoined the band. 'Tom DeLonge has rejoined blink-182 and they are coming to the United Center,' Troy Hanson, the Vice President of Rock Programming at Cumulus Media, said on the Q101's Brian, Ali & Justin Podcast. 'Live Nation that's my gift to you for doing this whole thing in late October with Panic! At The Disco. I just blew your nut on Blink-182. Sorry not sorry.' 5 5
New Straits Times
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- New Straits Times
#SHOWBIZ: KRU: Mum is happiest to see us reunite as a pop trio
KUALA LUMPUR: KRU brothers Datuk Norman, Datuk Yusry and Edry Abdul Halim have just launched their comeback album titled Kaset. They are delighted to reunite as a pop group but their mother Zarina Abdul Wahab appears to be the "happiest person in town". At the launch and listening session of the album yesterday, Norman said: "Our mother is overjoyed to see us get back together to produce Kaset. "The recording took place at our sister's house because our parents live with her." The studio album which comes 22 years after their last one Krunomena in 2003, contains 10 songs which bring back nostalgia of their early days in the 1990s. Norman, 53, Yusry, 52, and Edry, 49, revealed that Kaset was produced in cassette and compact disc (CD) formats for their hardcore fans to make into a collection, as well as being streamed on digital platforms by new generation fans. Norman said: "For fans who want to get this album in cassette form, we only printed 300 units and it is limited. But we came up with approximately 3,000 units of the CD." Norman admitted that selling 1,000 CD units was quite difficult today. The brothers will also be selling their album's CDs during the GENKRU Concert at the Axiata Arena, Bukit Jalil on May 3, 4 and 10. The songs included in the Kaset album, which is also KRU's 15th album in 30 years, are Hambadansa, One More Time, Remaja Selamanya, GOAT, Selamat Hari Lahir, Voodoo, Sampai Sini Saja, High Maintenance, Ciptaan Sempurna and Agung. KRU with their fans at the listening session. The brothers' mother is happy that they have reunited as a pop group (INSTAGRAM/NORMANABDULHALIM)
