Pop-punk: Last News

Travis Barker has given a promising update on the new Blink-182 album, telling fans it’ll be finished before they head out on tour.Last year, the classic lineup of Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker confirmed they would be reuniting ahead of a world tour and a new album.So far, the band have released just one single from the album – ‘Edging’ – but DeLonge has promised that the record contains some of the “most progressive” music of their career so far.At the start of 2023, DeLonge added that the currently-untitled record is “the best album we’ve ever made.”“I’m personally tripping and so proud of what we have created TOGETHER. As one unified force of fun, eternal youth, and most of all – close friends,” he continued.Last night (April 29) Travis Barker took to Twitter to tell fans the “album will be finished before we leave on tour.”Album will be finished before we leave on tour— Travis Barker (@travisbarker) April 29, 2023Blink-182 were originally due to kick off their world tour in March with a tour of South America but those dates were postponed to 2024 due to Barker injuring himself while drumming. Instead, the pop-punk trio made their live return with a last-minute set at weekend one of Coachella Festival.

Blink-182‘s Travis Barker has launched his very own luxury enema kit.The drummer has teamed up with with canned water company Liquid Death to sell the product.The limited-edition collectible kit, a nod to the band’s 1999 album ‘Enema Of The State’, retails at $182 (£146) and contains a can of Liquid Death mountain water signed by Barker and an enema bulb.Barker, has also shared a video in which he jokes: “What’s my secret? How did I marry the woman of my dreams? How have I had such a successful career in music? I use Liquid Death mountain water. In my asshole.” You can view the video below.An enema is an injection of fluid into the lower bowel by way of the rectum.

Blink-182 headlined the final day of Coachella 2023 yesterday (April 23) – check out the full setlist and footage from the moment below.The moment marked the punk rock veterans’ second set at this year’s Coachella – following their performance on Friday April 14, which was their first time playing live since reuniting with Tom DeLonge.Performing last night, the trio treated fans to renditions of some of their most popular hits, and brought back some old favourites which haven’t been played live in over five years. Initially, Frank Ocean was scheduled to perform the headline slot, however, he dropped out from the lineup following a leg injury.Opening with the iconic 1999 track, ‘Family Reunion’, Blink delivered back-to-back classics including ‘Anthem Pt.2’, ‘The Rock Show’ and ‘What’s My Age Again?’, as well as their more recent single, ‘Edging’, which was released in 2022.Although the 18-track setlist remained largely unchanged from that played at the performance held on weekend one, the headline set yesterday did see Travis Barker, Tom DeLonge and Mark Hoppus revive 2001’s ‘Stay Together For The Kids’, which hasn’t been performed live since 2018, and 2003’s ‘Always’, which hasn’t been included on a setlist since 2017.1. ‘Family Reunion’2. ‘Anthem Part Two’3. ‘The Rock Show’4. ‘Man Overboard’5. ‘Feeling This’6. ‘Reckless Abandon’7. ‘What’s My Age Again?’8. ‘Dumpweed’9. ‘EDGING’10. ‘Aliens Exist’11. ‘Stay Together for the Kids’12. ‘Happy Holidays, You Bastard’13. ‘Always’14. ‘Down’15. ‘I Miss You’16. ‘First Date’ (with Ramones ‘Pinhead’ intro)17. ‘All the Small Things’18. ‘Dammit’ (With Skee Lo ‘I Wish’ tease)Blink 182 – I Miss You @ Coachella I’ve never been more excited to be a Blink fan.

Paramore kicked off their long-awaited tour of the UK and Ireland yesterday (April 13). Check out footage of the show and the full setlist below.Taking place at Dublin’s 3Arena, the pop-punk veterans delivered a 21-track setlist to fans – comprising of both new songs and familiar favourites.The trio – which is comprised of Hayley Williams, Taylor York and Zac Farro – started the set with ‘You First’ followed by ‘The News’, both taken from their latest album, ‘This Is Why’.

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’.

Mod Sun has said that his fans “saved [his] Goddamn life” following his break-up with Avril Lavigne.The pair got engaged in March 2022 after just over a year of dating, but it was reported this February that they had called the engagement off (via TMZ).Last month, US singer-songwriter/rapper Mod Sun – real name Derek Ryan Smith – publicly addressed the split on his Instagram page. “In 1 week my entire life completely changed…I just know there’s a plan for it all,” he wrote.Travie McCoy of Gym Class Heroes later led a chant of “Fuck Tyga” at Mod Sun’s show in New York.

Fall Out Boy have shared their views on the recent split of Panic! At The Disco.The band were speaking as part of a new interview with NME‘s In Conversation series on Saturday when they opened up about their relationship with the band, and explained how they “respect” the members’ decision to call it quits.When asked if it felt like the end of an era, bassist Pete Wentz stated, “I think so. Obviously, Panic! changed so much between members, sonically and what it was; they’ve felt like mini-chapters [that] have opened and closed.”Panic! – who formed in 2004 – announced that they would be disbanding in January, with singer Brendon Urie confirming that he wants to focus on his family.

Busted have announced a new UK tour celebrating their 20th anniversary.The pop-punk trio will be playing a series of arena shows across the UK later this year, where they will perform their greatest hits and celebrate over 20 years since their formation.Heading to cities including Brighton, Nottingham, Newcastle and London, all 14 of the lined-up shows will take place throughout September. Starting at Cardiff’s CIA arena, the stint will kick off on September 3, and run until September 24 – ending at Manchester’s AO Arena.Hanson will also feature as a special guest at all gigs from September 9 onwards.

Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong has collaborated with Gibson to recreate one of his beloved guitars.Named the Billie Joe Armstrong Les Paul Junior, the new guitar is a replica of the punk icon’s own 1950s Les Paul model, which he is commonly seen sporting on stage.“The single cut 50’s Les Paul Junior has been the root of my guitar tone for over 20 years,” he said. “Ever since I bought ‘Floyd’, my 1956 Sunburst Junior, in the early 2000’s I have been addicted.

Hayley Williams has recalled contacting Taylor Swift for the first time, after Swift was criticised at the 2009 VMAs by Kanye West for beating Beyoncé to an award.The Paramore singer spoke to the crowd on the opening night of Swift’s US tour at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Paramore supported Swift last night (March 17) and will also perform tonight (March 18) at the same venue.She recounted the pair’s early interactions, explaining that it was Swift’s mother, Andrea, who wished the teenaged stars could form a supportive relationship due to the both being so young in the music industry.“I remember feeling like, ‘We’re so little, we’re so young,'” Williams recalled on stage of the period in the late ’00s.

Machine Gun Kelly and Mod Sun jointly took home the Worst Director award at the Razzies for their film Good Mourning.The 2023 Golden Raspberry Awards winners were revealed on Saturday (March 11). The “Razzies”, as the YouTube-hosted awards is nicknamed, annually celebrate the “worst” in film.Kelly and Sun’s stoner film follows movie star London Clash (portrayed by Kelly) after he wakes up to what he believes is a break-up text from the love of his life – and things go downhill from that moment onwards.Good Mourning was nominated in almost all of the Razzies 2023 categories: Worst Picture, Worst Actor (MGK), Worst Supporting Actor (Pete Davidson), Worst Screen Couple (MGK and Mod Sun) and Worst Screenplay.At the time of writing, the 2022 film has a 0 per cent rating on reviews aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.Critic Matt Conway of Battle Royale With Cheese wrote: “The overwhelming lack of cohesion should not be too shocking considering Kelly and Sun wrote the film in a mere few days.“Kelly and Sun’s directorial approach is similarly listless.

Ashnikko has announced their debut album ‘WEEDKILLER’ and shared details of a huge world tour for 2023 – find all the details below.The album will be released on June 2 via Parlophone, and will be available to pre-order from today (March 2) at 6pm GMT from here.“My bioluminescent heart is glowing. My post-apocalyptic fae world is here for you to journey into,” Ashnikko shared in a statement.

When We Were Young festival have added a second date for the 2023 edition.An additional date of October 22 has been confirmed, following on from the already announced October 21 date. Green Day and Blink-182 headline the festival that’s held in Las Vegas, Nevada, US.Also on the 2023 line-up is Good Charlotte, The Offspring, Thirty Seconds To Mars, Rise Against, Thrice, 5 Seconds of Summer, Yellowcard, and many more.

Yungblud began his 2023 world tour in Wales last night (February 16) – see official images, fan-shot footage and the full setlist below.The Doncaster artist – real name Dominic Harrison – took to the stage at Cardiff International Arena in support of his self-titled third studio album, which came out last September.Kicking off his 20-song set with ’21st Century Liability’ (the title track from his 2018 debut record), Yungblud treated the crowd to cuts from across his entire discography (per Setlist.FM).The theatric gig began with a big screen displaying a moody black-and-white rain visual as storm sound effects played out over the PA. Eventually, Harrison appeared in silhouette before large wings emerged from his back.When the curtain dropped, the star repeatedly instructed the crowd “jump!” while a huge pyro display was unleashed.

Machine Gun Kelly‘s touring guitarist Sophie Lloyd has denied rumours that she had an affair with the musician.It comes amid rumours that MGK – real name Colson Baker – has broken up with his fiancée Megan Fox. The actor recently removed all images of Baker from her Instagram before deleting her profile.Some fans on social media have since suggested that the ‘Mainstream Sellout’ star had been romantically involved with Lloyd.In a statement, however, the latter’s management team has now shut down the speculation (via People).“Sophie Lloyd is a professional, accomplished musician who has been needlessly dragged into the media based off of meritless accusations made by social media,” it reads.“Any suggestion that she has ever acted in an unprofessional manner or stepped out of her relationship are untrue.

Paramore made their live return last night (October 2), with previously axed hit ‘Misery Business’ returning to the setlist – see footage, reaction and the full setlist from their California gig below.In 2018 at the end of their last tour vocalist Hayley Williams publicly announced that the controversial track had been pulled from her band’s live shows amid ongoing debate whether its message was “anti-feminist”. This was due to one particular line in the second verse: “Once a whore, you’re nothing more, I’m sorry that’ll never change.”Two years later Williams reaffirmed her stance on the controversial lyrics of Paramore‘s breakout hit, saying: “I know it’s one of the band’s biggest songs but it shouldn’t be used to promote anything having to do with female empowerment or solidarity.”Earlier this year, however, she joined Billie Eilish on stage at Coachella to perform the song, revealing recently to The Guardian that she tried to talk Eilish out of performing the cover.

Pale Waves lead vocalist and guitarist Heather Baron-Gracie opened up about the band’s near-fatal bus crash in this week’s NME Big Read cover story.Three of the four members of Pale Waves — Ciara Doran (drums), Hugo Silvani (guitar) and Charlie Woods (bass) as well as the band’s crew — were on the bus during the accident which took place in February of 2020. The four-piece had been supporting Halsey on her European arena tour, and were set to play at the Verti Music Hall in Berlin.The vehicle slid into a ditch while travelling between Sweden and Germany.

Machine Gun Kelly has responded to a vandal who spray painted homophobic graffiti on one of his tour buses.One of the musician’s tour buses was painted with the words “RAP DEVIL F****T” on one side and an image of a penis on the other in the early hours of Thursday (August 4).Kelly took to Instagram to tell the unknown assailant(s) that they targeted the wrong bus. “You’re so dumb.

PVRIS feature on a new song released by Bad Suns for the deluxe edition of the latter’s 2022 album, ‘Apocalypse Whenever’.‘Maybe You Saved Me’ features on the upcoming expanded edition of Bad Suns’ fourth album, which features PVRIS’ Lynn Gunn alongside Bad Suns singer Christo Bowman.Bowman said in a statement (via Stereoboard): “When I drove home from the studio after we wrote the song, I immediately knew I wanted to hear Lynn’s voice in the mix, and we’re so grateful she came aboard.“She breathed a new life into the song and helped make it something truly special.”Gunn added: “Christo’s voice is so iconic and distinct, it felt so special to get to sing along with it on this track. I’m so grateful to have been a part of this song, it’s the perfect happy and sad summer bop.

Willow has shared a new single, ‘<maybe> it’s my fault’, along with an accompanying music video.Released on Friday (June 24), the track sees Willow continue on her pop-punk path, this time taking things further with a metalcore breakdown, replete with piercing screams, to close the track.The highly stylised, Dana Trippe-directed music video sees Willow singing along and jamming to the track, as she comes to terms with the possibility that her own actions caused the downfall of a relationship.Watch the music video for Willow’s ‘<maybe> it’s my fault’ below.Speaking of the track in a statement, Willow said: “It’s all too often in tender emotional states we try to blame our hurts on other people. Even though none of us are perfect, in some capacity it’s us who allow ourselves to get into situations that don’t serve our highest purpose.”“‘<maybe> it’s my fault’ explores what it’s like to hold ourselves equally accountable for the emotional pain we feel while also allowing ourselves to be human and fully process all of our feelings without shame,” she added.‘<maybe> it’s our fault> marks Willow’s first solo single since she released her latest album ‘lately i feel EVERYTHING’ in July.

Pinkshift have shared a new single called ‘Nothing (In My Head)’. Watch the video for the track below.The Baltimore pop-punk band has also signed to Hopeless Records, and will be embarking on a tour across the US and UK.