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Axios
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
Live Nation set to offer $30 summer concert deal
Live Nation 's new summer concert promotion is coming, and the live music behemoth will offer $30 tickets to roughly 1,000 concerts. Why it matters: The " $30 Ticket to Summer" launches May 21 and includes shows from Nelly, Luke Bryan, Halsey, blink-182, Leon Bridges, Billy Idol, Kesha, Willie Nelson and more. Flashback: Last summer, Live Nation celebrated 10 years of "Concert Week" with $25 tickets, but those deals only lasted one week. This new promotion will add more tickets throughout the summer, giving fans more flexibility. Between the lines: Tickets purchased through the offer include all fees in the $30 cost, according to Live Nation. Any taxes, which will differ between venues, will be added at checkout.
Metro
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Blink-182's Mark Hoppus thought he 'deserved' cancer diagnosis
Blink-182's Mark Hoppus, along with his bandmates Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker, are known for their sense of humour, but his 2021 cancer diagnosis left him convinced he wouldn't make it. The co-founder and bassist for the group has released his first memoir, Fahrenheit-182, which details his formative years, including his parents' divorce, a lifelong battle with anxiety, and rise to fame in one of punk rock's biggest bands. But Hoppus, 53, was left feeling like he was 'burning from the inside out' from being diagnosed with stage 4 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma after discovering a lump in his neck in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking to Metro, the musician explained that after years of success with blink-182 and supergroup +44, he felt as if he 'deserved' his diagnosis. 'I thought that people would laugh, or would think that I deserved it, because that's how I felt,' he explained. 'I'd been lucky for so long, the band had been so lucky. We started off in a garage and went on to play amphitheatres, had number one records, everything you could hope for in a band had come true. 'This is the bill I pay, I thought. Everything balances out, all the good is getting balanced out by something bad.' Even sharing the news with the world didn't go to plan, after the singer made his treatment public when he accidentally shared a photo of himself on a chemo drip to his public Instagram Stories instead of to his close friends. Dosed up on medication after an infusion at the time, he explained: 'We were driving home and my publicist called and said it had been picked up and radio stations are talking about it. 'I called my friend who runs a radio station in Los Angeles and I wrote a statement while parked on the side of the road and listened as it was read out on air. 'I was like, 'Oh, this is my eulogy. It's happening in real time.'' Hoppus, who is now cancer free, discussed how his diagnosis healed his friendship with bandmate DeLonge. The relationship between the pair went through numerous separations, reconciliations, and significant changes in the height of the band's success. The duo were the two original founders of blink-182 in 1992, but DeLonge left the band in 2005 when the group went on an indefinite hiatus. He went on to form Angels & Airwaves before leaving the band in 2015. His second departure from the band further emphasised the growing divide between him and Hoppus. This time, the band replaced DeLonge with Matt Skiba, a member of the band Alkaline Trio. DeLonge went on to dedicate a large part of his career to becoming heavily involved in UFO research, founding an entertainment company named To the Stars Academy of Arts & Sciences which has aerospace and science divisions dedicated to ufology. After not speaking for several years, their relationship mended when Hoppus shared his cancer diagnosis. He told Metro: 'Writing in this book about the hardest times, like arguments with Tom or Tom quitting the band, I was trying to write fairly because I don't want to demonise him. 'He's not a bad person. Tom is an amazing person. He just gets distracted sometimes and that's what makes him great. He has these big dreams and big plans and he's willing to pivot at a moment's notice. One day he can just say, 'I wanna chase aliens'. That's what makes him great.' More Trending With an upcoming tour and festivals on the horizon, the future of the band is now looking brighter than ever after complicated break-ups which resulted in Hoppus and Barker 'hating DeLonge's guts' at one point. 'There's people that have been there since the 90s, there are people that maybe know All The Small Things and want to come to a show. I'd like to continue creating and just making art and being silly and having fun,' Hoppus told Metro. 'All I want do is play music and make Tom and Travis laugh.' Fahrenheit-182 by Mark Hoppus published by Sphere available in Hardback, eBook and audio £25 out now . If you or someone you care about has been diagnosed with cancer, Macmillan can offer support and information. You can contact their helpline on 0808 808 00 00 (7 days a week from 8am to 8pm), use their webchat service, or visit their site for more information. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: Experienced climber raising funds for cancer-stricken kids dies scaling mountain MORE: TV presenter James Whale, 73, reveals there's 'no cancer treatment he can have anymore' MORE: I was 11 when my parents were told to plan my funeral
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Riot Fest Knocks It Out of the Park with Spectacular 2025 Lineup
The post Riot Fest Knocks It Out of the Park with Spectacular 2025 Lineup appeared first on Consequence. Riot Fest celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2025, and the Chicago institution is celebrating one of its best lineups to date. Green Day, blink-182, Jack White, and Weezer will headline three-day festival, set for September 19th-21st at Chicago's Douglass Park, alongside a formidable undercard featuring Weird Al' Yankovic, Rilo Kiley, Dropkick Murphys, Sex Pistols (featuring Frank Carter), The Pogues, and IDLES. Other confirmed acts The Beach Boys, Alkaline Trio, Jawbreaker, Bad Religion, Sparks, Knocked Loose, All Time Low, The Damned, The Hold Steady, The Front Bottoms, Texas Is the Reason, Rico Nasty, Inhaler, The Linda Lindas, Panchiko, Superchunk, James, Buzzcocks, Knuckle Puck, The Cribs, Hanson, Toche Amore, Lambrini Girls, Mac Sabbath, The Wonder Years, Helmet, Marky Ramone Plays The Ramones, Camper Van Beethoven, and Wishy, with plenty more more still to be announced. Tickets to Riot Fest 2025, including 3-Day GA, VIP, Deluxe, and Deluxe+, are now on sale. If you're planning a trip to go to Riot Fest, you can save 15% off travel and accommodations through Popular Posts deadmau5 Apologizes for Blacking Out During Coachella Set New Pornographers Drummer Joseph Seiders Charged with Child Pornography The 100 Best Guitarists of All Time Haley Joel Osment Arrested for Public Intoxication At Ski Resort 4chan Likely Gone Forever After Hackers Take Control Lady Gaga Battles Tech Issues at Coachella: "At Least You Know I Sing Live" Subscribe to Consequence's email digest and get the latest breaking news in music, film, and television, tour updates, access to exclusive giveaways, and more straight to your inbox.
CBS News
26-03-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
blink-182, AFI, Jawbreaker headlining 2025 Four Chord Music Festival
Pop-punk legends blink-182, Jimmy Eat World, and AFI are among the headliners for the 2025 Four Chord Music Festival. The two-day festival will take place on Saturday, Sept. 13, and Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at EQT Park in Washington, Pa. Other confirmed artists for the show include Hot Mulligan, Bowling for Soup, State Champs, Alkaline Trio, The Wonder Years, and several more. The full lineup for both days can be seen below. "We've worked hard to make this year's festival something special, not only with this incredible lineup, but by making it more accessible for our fans than ever before. We can't wait to celebrate with everyone at EQT Park!" said festival founder Rishi Bahl. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, March 28, at 11 a.m. General admission, VIP, Deluxe VIP, and new layaway options will also be available. More information about the festival can be found here .
Dubai Eye
10-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Dubai Eye
Banksy artwork sells for AED 20 million at auction
Banksy's re-imagining of the 1992 painting "The Singing Butler" by Scottish artist Jack Vettriano, whose death was announced last week, has sold at auction for $5.4 million (AED 20 million). The artwork was sold to a private collector at Sotherby's in London, just days after Vettriano was found dead aged 73 in France. The painting depicts Vettriano's butler serenading a dancing couple on a beach, with Banksy' addition of a sinking oil liner and two figures in hazmat suits moving a barrel of toxic waste in the background. The painting, bought by the co-founder of pop-punk band blink-182 Mark Hoppus and his wife Skye in 2011, was offered at Sotheby's London "Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction", with an estimate of $3.81 million - $6.35 million (AED 14 million - AED 23 million). "It was first exhibited in (Banksy's) landmark exhibition in Notting Hill in 2005, which really propelled him into the public sphere," Mackie Hayden-Cook, specialist, contemporary art at Sotheby's, told Reuters. Speaking before news of Vettriano's death, she linked Banksy's decision to re-imagine his work to the parallels between the two artists at the time. "Like Banksy, you have a really, really popular artist that is loved by the masses and appreciated by many. But for whatever reason, he was snubbed by the art world," Hayden-Cook said. Hoppus said part of the sale proceeds would go to medical charities and the California Fire Foundation, following the Los Angeles wildfires. He and his wife also intend to buy new art. 'Coming up in punk rock, it was always the ethos that if your band got any success, you brought your friends up with you," he told Reuters on Sunday. "So with this art sale, I hope to take some of the money and put it back into the art community with up-and-coming artists that we're inspired by and just continue that. I want to be a punk rock Medici.'
