Pop-punk: Last News

Bowling For Soup have announced a massive show at London’s Wembley Arena set for the end of the year.The band – comprised of Jaret Reddick, Gary Wiseman and Rob Felicetti – will take over the iconic area during the holiday season on December 13. The likes of Wheatus and Punk Rock Factory will serve as opening support.

Blink-182 have announced a special gig at the Hollywood Palladium show to benefit the LA Fire Relief Efforts.The one-night-only gig will take place at the famous Los Angeles concert hall on Thursday (February 13). 100 per cent of the ticket proceeds from the event – which is produced by Live Nation who previously pledged $1million (£813,355) to help the music community affected by the LA wildfires – will be donated to the Pasadena Humane Society, California Fire Department, LAFD Foundation, and ARC Firefighter Fund.Punk band Alkaline Trio will serve as opening support for the show.

Simple Plan and Bowling For Soup among them – buy tickets here.The iconic punk and rock festival is back this year for its 30th anniversary, six years after the previous edition, and will be coming to three cities over three weekends. Alongside Simple Plan and Bowling For Soup, who have played 13 and nine years at the festival respectively, in being announced today (January 27), are Pennywise, Miss May I, Dance Hall Crashers and Chandler Leighton.Pennywise and Miss May I have both played the Warped Tour a number of times before, while Dance Hall Crashers, who previously played in 1996, are reuniting after 20 years.

Yungblud has reflected on his plans to build a $100million business empire.The singer – real name Dominic Harrison – launched his genre-defying festival BLUDFEST last year, with the likes of Lil Yachty, Soft Play, Nessa Barrett and punk legends The Damned kicking off its inaugural edition.It’s now set to return in 2025 at The National Bowl in Milton Keynes on Saturday June 21, with Chase Atlantic, Denzel Curry and Blackbear alongside recent NME Cover stars Rachel Chinouriri and Peach PRC already on the lineup.Now, Yungblud has shared the true scale of his business ambitions, which extend beyond BLUDFEST, in a new interview with Bloomberg UK, alongside his partners Nathan Hubbard and Nat Zilkha who run Firebird Music and YB Inc. – Yungblud’s own company.Per Bloomberg, Firebird invests “tens of millions of dollars” to allow Yungblud to build BLUDFEST, his clothing line B.R.A.T (Beautifully Romanticized Accidentally Traumatized) and other ventures.

Bowling For Soup guitarist Chris Burney has permanently retired from the band.The musician temporarily stepped back from his commitments with the Texas group last summer, and did not join them onstage at Download Festival 2024. Burney had reportedly suffered a leg injury, meaning he needed to return home from the tour.Since then, Bowling For Soup have been performing live as a trio.

Travis Barker has paid tribute to the incarcerated firefighters that are helping with the Los Angeles wildfires, describing them as “heroes”.The Blink-182 drummer met a group of individuals who have been working to help extinguish the devastating fires in the city and posted a personal message to them on his Instagram Story afterwards.“These guys are heroes,” he wrote. “They are risking their lives to serve people. Save people.

My Chemical Romance’s Frank Iero has called out Elon Musk for the controversial gesture he made at Donald Trump‘s Presidential inauguration.The incident took place on Monday (January 20), when the President-elect was sworn into the White House for the second time. During the inauguration, the tech billionaire and SpaceX and Tesla CEO expressed his happiness of the Republican victory and addressed the crowd with a speech.“I just want to say thank you for making it happen,” he said, before slapping his chest with his right hand and extending his arm diagonally upwards with the palm facing down.

Sum 41‘s Deryck Whibley and his former manager have taken legal action against one another over sexual abuse claims.In his memoir, Walking Disaster, Whibley accused Greig Nori, the ex-manager for the ‘Fat Lip’ hitmakers and frontman for fellow pop-punk group Treble Charger, of grooming him, as well as sexually and verbally abusing him for years.Nori has denied all of the allegations made against him, telling The Globe And Mail that he had not seen the book or heard the allegations and added: “These are false allegations”. Nori also said that he had retained a defamation lawyer.He also spoke to the Toronto Star and claimed that it was Whibley who initiated the relationship, as well as saying that accusations of “grooming” were false as they were both allegedly adults when the relationship began.“The accusation that I initiated the relationship is false.

Billie Joe Armstrong has shared his support for those caught up in the LA wildfires, while calling out some of the online “shitposting” about the disaster.The Green Day frontman delivered an impassioned speech during an intimate gig with his covers band, The Coverups, at the O2 Islington Academy in north London last night (January 15).“I just wanted to tell you guys to keep everybody in your hearts, and don’t be afraid to reach out or anything like that,” Armstrong told the crowd ahead of the show’s final song – a cover of ‘(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding’.“I don’t know… This is gonna keep going for a long time,” he continued. “I don’t know how specifically you can do anything [to help] right now ’cause there’s a lot of stuff that’s on the internet, that people just are shitposting right now.”The singer and guitarist, who is from Oakland, California, then introduced the “last song” of the evening.

Paramore have come together to help finally release an album recorded by Hayley Williams’ grandfather in the 1970s.Rusty Williams, now 78 years old, first laid down the tracks in question almost 50 years ago, but even his granddaughter was unaware of their existence as they went unreleased at the time.When the Paramore frontwoman finally heard the recordings recently, she decided to help him release them commercially for the first time, with the band’s drummer Zac Farro agreeing to release the album on his own label Congrats Records.Titled ‘Grand Man’, the album will be available from February 14 and the lead single ‘Knocking (At Your Door)’ is out now. Listen to the track, a lilting, tender soft rock number, below.This may be the elder Williams’ first time officially releasing his own music, but he did make an appearance on his granddaughter’s 2020 solo album ‘Petals For Armor’, when Hayley sampled his song ‘Friends Or Lovers’.“I didn’t expect anything, and I’m too old to be famous,” Rusty Williams said.

Travis Barker‘s children – Landon and Alabama – have evacuated their home amid the disastrous LA Wildfires.Both of the legendary Blink-182 drummer’s kids took to their official social media accounts to share that they have vacated their home following the Pacific Palisades wildfires that have been spreading throughout Los Angeles and demolishing the city.As reported by Billboard, 21-year-old Landon took to his Instagram stories to share a selfie with the caption: “Just evacuated praying for everyone the fires have [affected].”His sister, Alabama Barker, also gave an update on her Instagram stories and wrote: “Just evacuated from my home due to wildfires in Los Angeles, please be safe !! They are saying the fires are spreading football field amounts in seconds.” In a separate story, she wrote: “Pray for California.”Earlier this week (January 7), a series of raging wildfires swept Los Angeles, California, and are still burning strong. The wildfires have forced over 150,000 residents and counting out of their homes, with thousands of houses, vehicles and more being destroyed.The entertainment world has been reacting to the current state of the wildfires with Star Wars legend Mark Hamill sharing that he had to evacuate from his home in Malibu.

Taking Back Sunday drummer Mark O’Connell has left the band after 24 years, saying that it “wasn’t an easy decision” and not “entirely [his] own”.O’Connell replaced original drummer Steven DeJoseph in the US band, following the release of their self-titled debut EP (2000).The group underwent numerous line-up changes before landing on Adam Lazzara (vocals), John Nolan (guitar, vocals), Eddie Reyes (guitar), Shaun Cooper (bass) and O’Connell. Reyes departed TBS in 2018 due to “personal reasons”.Yesterday (January 7), O’Connell told fans that he had quit Taking Back Sunday in a statement on social media.“After nearly 25 years as the drummer of Taking Back Sunday, I want to confirm that I am no longer with the band,” he began.

Tom DeLonge has teased that Blink-182 could hit the road for more live shows this spring – see the post below.The pop-punk trio embarked on a huge world tour across 2023 and 2024 in support of their latest album ‘One More Time…’ – which saw Travis Barker and Mark Hoppus reunite with DeLonge for the first time in a decade.Last summer, Blink headlined Reading & Leeds 2024 as part of their comeback run ahead of further headline gigs in Belfast, Dublin and Glasgow.

Paramore’s Hayley Williams has teased the possibility of a string of solo shows in 2025, five years after she had originally planned them.The singer’s first solo studio album ‘Petals For Armor’ was released in May 2020 and Williams had intended to play the record live on a UK and European tour that month, before plans had to be shelved amid the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.She has since released her second solo record ‘Flowers For Vases / Descansos’ in 2021, but has yet to play a sustained run on solo shows to support either release.Now, in a message on her Instagram Stories on her 36th birthday, Williams has suggested that she may seek to put that right in 2025, writing: “I’m going to try and finally play some shows next year that would’ve happened nearly 5 years ago now. That is, if the world doesn’t fucking stop before then.”She also thanked fans for their birthday wishes, saying “It’s beautiful to feel seen and celebrated”.Reflecting on the past 12 months, she added: “35 felt like tilling soil and throwing little seeds down.

Hayley Williams has reacted to Doechii citing Paramore as an influence on her work, saying she wants the singer to win “every Grammy”.Earlier this week, the ‘Denial Is A River’ rapper opened up about the impact that the pop-punk band have had on her as an artist, pointing to her days as an art-school teenager.“Paramore was my first introduction to rock music,” Doechii said in an interview with The Sydney Morning Herald. “I know that rock music is popular but where I grew up in the South, in my culture and my radius, it wasn’t so popular.

Sum 41‘s Deryck Whibley has opened up about the band’s “final run” of farewell shows, admitting that “it’s finally hitting me that it’s coming to an end”.Last year the band confirmed they would be breaking up following the release of one final album and a farewell world tour. Now, they are reaching the final 13 dates and Canadian leg of their ‘Tour Of The Setting Sum’, which will commence next month.While speaking to iHeartRadio Canada‘s Jesse Modz and JD Lewis, Whibley was asked if it was “starting to feel a bit more real” that the ‘In Too Deep’ rockers would be performing at some of the Canadian cities for the last time.“Well, the weird thing for me is I don’t ever really look at particular shows or single dates.

Doechii has revealed how Paramore impacted her life, sharing that the band had “made a huge impression” on her and her style.In a new interview with The Sydney Morning Herald, the avant-garde rapper opened up about the influence Hayley Williams and co had on her while growing up an how the frontwoman served as an inspiration to her as an art-school teenager.“Paramore was my first introduction to rock music,” Doechii said. “I know that rock music is popular but where I grew up in the South, in my culture and my radius, it wasn’t so popular.

Charlie Simpson has spoken to NME about his upcoming role in Jeff Wayne’s musical adaption of The War Of The Worlds, and shared how the future looks for Fightstar and Busted.The latest version of the production will head to UK arenas in spring 2025 and tell the story of H.G. Wells’ iconic 1898 sci-fi novel, in which an extraterrestrial race threatens humanity.

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong‘s covers band The Coverups have announced another intimate London show for 2025 – find all the details below.Formed in 2018, the group features Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt along with Green Day touring member Jason White, their audio engineer Chris Dugan, tour manager Bill Schneider (also of Pinhead Gunpowder), and musician Greg Schneider.The Coverups are renowned for their chaotic shows where they put their spin on tracks by iconic names such as David Bowie and The Rolling Stones.Today, the band confirmed it will play an intimate show at London’s O2 Islington Academy on Wednesday, January 15 2025.A post shared by Thecoverups (@the__coverups)Pre-sale went live today (December 16), and you can grab tickets here – subject to availability.Earlier this year Courtney Love joined The Coverups onstage in London, where she delivered a joint performance of Hole‘s ‘Celebrity Skin’.She also participated in a version of David Bowie‘s classic single ‘Suffragette City’, and again played ‘Surrender’ by Cheap Trick. For that London gig, the band also took on Bryan Adams‘ ‘Summer Of ’69’, The Strokes‘ ‘Last Nite’, The Clash‘s ‘Should I Stay Or Should I Go’.NME spoke with Green Day at the 2024 BRIT Awards about performing as The Coverups in intimate venues, inviting Courtney Love on stage and potential collaborations.“I was texting with [Courtney Love] and I said come on out and do a song, and she did,” explained Armstrong.

Brand New have reportedly reunited for an intimate secret show.In 2017, frontman Jesse Lacey was accused of sexual misconduct involving a minor, and touring member Kevin Devine pulled out of their tour following the allegations. Following two more women coming forward with additional allegations, their UK tour was subsequently cancelled and their music removed from all of Spotify’s end of year ‘Wrapped’ lists.Prior to that, the band had long hinted at an impending break-up, selling t-shirts bearing the dates “2000-2018”.Fans of the band on Reddit have now claimed their supposed return is a “Christmas miracle” after finding images from the rumoured secret show they held at Nashville’s Inglewood Lounge last night (December 15).“We all must allow ourselves a certain level of hypocrisy,” wrote one X/Twitter user following the news.

Blink-182‘s Tom DeLonge has offered his thoughts on the mysterious drone sightings in New Jersey.Unidentified objects have been flying over New Jersey throughout the past month, eliciting varied reactions from lawmakers, residents and curious people online about their origin.READ MORE: Tom DeLonge: the hardest working UFOlogist in pop-punk on his new album, films, shows, comics, books and cache of declassified UFO videosToday (December 15) the BBC reports that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said some of the sightings were in fact drones, as well as manned aircraft commonly mistaken for drones.Now, UFO-obsessed Blink-182 musician Tom DeLonge has weighed in his thoughts on the drones – claiming that “these things could be ‘mimicking’ other aircraft”. He compares these sightings to mass UFO reports from the 1960s.On Instagram, DeLonge shared an image of an old government document about UFOs and wrote in the caption: “The drones that are being discussed, can hover for six hours, and then disappear once they are spotted.