Blink: Last News

Blink-182 will hit the stage tomorrow night as a last-minute addition to the 2023 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, marking Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus and Travis Barkerj’s first appearance together since 2014.

Blink-182 have announced at the last minute that they will be performing at this year’s Coachella Festival.The announcement was confirmed by frontman Tom DeLonge earlier today (April 13), and the trio will be performing their set this Friday (April 14).Initially, Blink’s appearance was subtly announced by promoters late on Wednesday (April 12), when their name was featured on the festival schedule — albeit modestly tucked in among hundreds of previously announced artists.The set will be the reconstituted band’s first performance together since 2014 and will take place in the Sahara tent between 6:45-7:35 pm (PDT).Taking to Twitter, DeLonge – who rejoined the pop-punk band after seven years in 2022 – shared an image of a teleprompter onstage, which read lyrics from their hit 2000 track, ‘Family Reunion’.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Blink and you might miss it, at least if you were planning to take the weekend off from watching concerts. The first reunion gig by the classic lineup of Blink-182 will not be waiting till the officially set beginning of the band’s tour in May, as previously expected. Instead, the reconstituted group’s first gig together since 2014 will be happening this Friday at the Coachella Festival. The late-breaking development was revealed not with any great flourishes or hoopla, but with the group’s name simply showing up on the festival schedule when it was released late Wednesday night, tucked in modestly among set times for hundreds of long-since-announced artists.

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Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Daveed Diggs has been cast in a new live-action film from noted Pixar director Andrew Stanton. The “Hamilton” and “Blindspotting” star joins “SNL” alum Kate McKinnon and Rashida Jones in “In the Blink of an Eye,” from Searchlight Pictures. The film follows three storylines spanning thousands of years, pondering hope, connection and the circle of life. Stanton was the lone director on animated hits like “Finding Nemo,” its sequel “Finding Dory” and “WALL-E.” He’s also helmed episodes of “Stranger Things” and “Better Call Saul.” Colby Day wrote the script and will executive produce. Jared Ian Goldman (“Ingrid Goes West”) is producing. Searchlight production SVP Taylor Friedman and creative exec Apolline Berty are overseeing for the studio, reporting to production and development heads Katie Goodson-Thomas and DanTram Nguyen.

EXCLUSIVE: Following the end of her Saturday Night Live tenure, Kate McKinnon continues to build out that feature slate and sources tell Deadline the Emmy-winner is now set to star in Searchlight’s In The Blink of An Eye. Oscar-winner Andrew Stanton is directing with Colby Day penning the script. Jared Ian Goldman is producing with Day exec producing.

One tough break. After Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker had to undergo surgery on his broken finger, the band has decided to cancel their upcoming Latin American tour dates.

Sad news for Blink-182 fans.

Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker had to undergo surgery on his broken finger, the band has decided to cancel their upcoming Latin American tour dates.The first leg of the band's hotly anticipated reunion tour was set to kick off Mar. 11 at the Imperial GNP festival in Tijuana, Mexico, and would continue through Central and South America through April.However, due to Barker severely injuring his finger in February during rehearsals for the tour, the band was forced to postpone those shows for the foreseeable future.Blink-182's Tom DeLonge shared a video to Instagram on Wednesday apologizing for the unfortunate circumstances, and explained how «devastated» the band was to not be performing for their fans.«I'm so sorry to everyone in South America that we couldn't be down there.

Blink-182 have postponed their Mexico and South American tour dates to 2024 following Travis Barker‘s finger injury.The drummer went into surgery for the injury today (March 1) which he sustained during rehearsals for the band’s upcoming world tour. Last month, he dislocated and tore the ligaments in his finger while he was playing the drums, before hurting it again in another rehearsal two weeks later.Now, guitarist and vocalist Tom DeLonge has updated fans in an Instagram video.A post shared by Official Tom DeLonge (@tomdelonge)“I’m so sorry to everyone in South America, that we couldn’t be down there,” DeLonge began. “This is something that we’ve been aiming to do for so long, and we worked so hard, and we just kind of had one of those freak accidents that nobody saw coming.“Travis needs to go in and have surgery on his finger and we have to get that well, we have to get that strong before we can do anything else.“This is just so sad.

Travis Barker is having surgery on his injured finger today (March 1) before heading out on tour with Blink-182 next week.Barker injured himself last month while rehearsing for the upcoming tour, dislocating it and tearing the ligaments while playing the drums. He then said he had hurt it again a couple of weeks later.Yesterday (February 28), he shared a video to Instagram in which someone put his finger back in place, alongside a photo of him with his injured finger in a brace with the caption ‘Surgery tomorrow’.A post shared by travisbarker (@travisbarker)The surgery should mean that the band’s upcoming tour, their first with Tom DeLonge since he rejoined the band in October after seven years away, will be able to proceed.

Travis Barker has injured his finger again ahead of Blink-182‘s reunion tour and shared a grim photo of the damage.The pop-punk heroes are set to kick off their reunion tour with Tom DeLonge in Latin America in early March, with the tour running through until 2024.Earlier this month, Barker damaged his finger in tour rehearsals, putting the first dates of the tour in doubt. He told fans: “I was playing the drums at rehearsals yesterday and I smashed my finger so hard I dislocated it and tore the ligaments.”Now, he’s shared a photo of an injured finger on his Instagram Stories with the caption: “Again.”Blink-182’s world tour begins on March 11 in Tijuana, Mexico, and news of Barker’s injury follows DeLonge saying that Blink-182‘s forthcoming album is “the best we’ve ever made”The co-vocalist and guitarist, rejoined the pop-punk band after seven years in October 2022.Any remaining tickets to Blink-182’s forthcoming world tour dates in the UK are available here and North American dates here.

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It's no small thing when a drummer breaks a finger and that's precisely what happened to Travis Barker on Tuesday.He shared snaps of his mangled ring finger in an Instagram story. The digit is very swollen and clearly broken.The Blink-182 drummer - who recently got a tattoo of his wife Kourtney Kardashian's eyes - also shared a short video clip of himself (or, really, just his hand) at the doctor getting an injection and discussing his injury. The What's My Age Again drummer's finger was very swollen and slightly bent just below the middle of his finger. The injury comes one month before his band is set to kick off their 93-stop, year-long world tour.  Ouch: Travis Barker shared photos of his broken finger ahead of the kick off of Blink-182's massive world tour next month Diagnosis: The Blink-182 drummer badly injured his ring finger World tour: Blink-182 is set to kick off a 93-stop, year-long tour next month The tour kicks off March 11 in Tijuana, Mexico and wraps up March 4, 2024 in Christchurch, New Zealand.The finger injury happened just weeks after the 47-year-old revealed his latest tattoo - one of his wife Kourtney Kardashian's eyes.His newest tattoo is located at the top of his right thigh.The new body art is the latest tribute to his wife.

Blink-182 star Mark Hoppus and his wife Skye Everly looked like a handsome couple at JustDesi Jewelry's annual pre-Grammy party in Beverly Hills on Friday.The 50-year-old bassist/vocalist, who was declared as cancer free almost a year-and-a-half ago, represented the punk band by rocking a tee with their bunny logo.His better half, 50, wore a low-cut black floral slip styled with black high heels adorned with sparkly rhinestones.Hoppus had one arm wrapped around Everly as the pose for photos inside of the event venue.The couple have been married for 22 years and share 20-year-old son Jack Hoppus.  Blink-182 star Mark Hoppus and his wife Skye Everly looked like a handsome couple at JustDesi Jewelry's annual pre-Grammy party in Beverly Hills on Friday Last year, Hoppus credited his devoted spouse for helping him get through his cancer battle in an interview with PEOPLE.He recalled the moment he learned of his lymphoma diagnosis in April 2021 and how she snapped him out of going to a dark place. 'I was in our living room crying and telling my wife, '"I don't know if I can do this,"' Hoppus recalled. 'She was like, "Well, what are you going to do, kill yourself?" And that's exactly what I was thinking.

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Blink-182 singer Tom DeLonge has signed a deal with Screen Media to release his directorial debut Monsters Of California.The Grammy award winner also wrote and performed original music for the upcoming sci-fi adventure film.'If you take skateboarders, UFOs, and Bigfoot, which pretty much sums up my entire life, you get a wild ride that will remind everyone of our early love of Amblin Films that inspired so many,' said DeLonge. He has a film now: Blink-182 singer Tom DeLonge signed a deal with Screen Media to release his directorial debut Monsters Of California; seen in 2015 The plot follows a teenager and his friends on a quest to find the meaning behind a series of mysterious, paranormal events in Southern California.Seth Needle at Screen Media said, 'We know that fans of both Tom's music with Blink-182 and his work in the field of extraterrestrials and UFOs will love going on this sci-fi adventure.

Renowned former gangster Ian 'Blink' MacDonald has avoided jail after stealing his partner’s car in “a moment of madness” at a Lanarkshire fastfood restaurant.

She’ll be the girl at the rock show. When Travis Barker heads out on tour with Blink-182, Kourtney Kardashian will there to cheer him on.

Mark Hoppus has revealed that he attempted to buy tickets for Blink-182‘s upcoming reunion tour but lost them after the website crashed.Last Tuesday (October 11) it was announced that Hoppus and Travis Barker had reunited with Tom DeLonge to release new music and embark on a huge run of global gigs. The trio then released the single ‘Edging’ on Friday (October 14), with a full album also in the works.Tickets for Blink-182’s 2023/2024 tour dates went on general sale yesterday (October 17).