Pop-punk: Last News

Yungblud has teased that his next album will release in early 2025 – find out what he had to say about the upcoming record below.In a new chat with The Osbournes’ Kelly and Sharon, the musician spoke about what he has planned for next year. He used the opportunity to hype up the record, which he revealed to NME earlier this year would be a Britpop-inspired concept album.He expanded on the idea with The Osbournes, telling them: “The record we’re making at the minute is probably the closest to a rock opera we’ve ever done. So it’s made to be played start-to-finish, which is a really cool thing to do.”“The opening song’s nine-minutes,” he added, before Sharon Osbourne asked when it’s due out.

Blink-182 brought up a fan to sing ‘First Date’ at a recent show and her disastrous attempt on vocals has ended up going viral.From video footage captured of the performance, it appears the fan got mixed up between songs and seems to be attempting ‘All The Small Things’ instead of ‘First Date’. She ended up going silent after a few seconds of singing.Nonetheless, the band carried on, with Mark Hoppus leading the crowd in a group singalong.

Jimmy Eat World have announced a ‘Futures’ one-off show in celebration of the album’s 20th anniversary along with special live vinyl LPs.The band took to their official X/Twitter account to share a black-and-white video that sees frontman, Jim Adkins, step into a telephone booth and pick up a ringing phone before the frame changes to clips of the band performing their song ‘Futures’ in what appears to be a live studio.The words “Jimmy Eat World, Celebrating 20 years of ‘Futures’ October 17 at The Van Buren, Phoenix” then appear on the screen as the band continue playing the track. “It’s unbelievable to us that our album Futures is almost 20 years old! Making Futures was one of the most difficult yet rewarding accomplishments in our time as a band,” began the caption of the band’s post.It’s unbelievable to us that our album Futures is almost 20 years old! Making Futures was one of the most difficult yet rewarding accomplishments in our time as a band.

Huddy caught up with NME backstage at Lollapalooza to chat about the pop-punk revival, working with Travis Barker and his transition from social media personality to musician.The ‘All The Things I Hate About You’ singer – real name Chase Hudson – spoke to us following his performance on the BMI stage on the final day of the annual Chicagoan music bash.His debut performance at Lollapalooza saw Huddy draw in one of the biggest crowds of the weekend. “I couldn’t have asked for anything more,” he told NME.

Green Day have announced an expanded 20th anniversary reissue of their hit album ‘American Idiot’, featuring a new documentary and various unreleased tracks. Find all the details below.The pop-punk trio are set to release “limited edition super deluxe box sets” of their Grammy Award-winning 2004 record on October 25.

Green Day caught fans off guard at a recent show in New York, when they came onto the stage dressed as Deadpool and Wolverine. Check out footage of the moment below.The moment took place during the trio’s recent show at Citi Field in Queens, N.Y.

Blink-182 covered Chappell Roan‘s ‘Pink Pony Club’ during their Lollapalooza headline performance.Vocalist and bassist Mark Hoppus interpolated ‘Pink Pony Club’ into their performance of ‘Dammit’, singing the chorus before smoothly swinging back into their own song on the line “Well I guess that’s growing up”.It wasn’t the only cover to appear in the set – they also took on ‘When Your Heart Stops Beating’ by Hoppus and drummer Travis Barker‘s hiatus project +44, as well as ‘There Is’ by Barker and Tom DeLonge‘s side project Box Car Racer.Roan herself had performed earlier on at the festival, drawing a massive crowd for her set. She came out dressed in lucha libre attire – a popular form of wrestling originating in Mexico, which sees its wrestlers wearing masks to conceal their real-life identities.Check out Blink-182’s ‘Pink Pony club’ snippet – and their full Lollapalooza headline set – below:A post shared by NME (@nmemagazine)Blink-182’s Lollapalooza set was (via Setlist.fm):‘Feeling This’‘The Rock Show’‘Man Overboard’‘Aliens Exist’‘Dance With Me’‘Bored to Death’‘Edging’‘Up All Night’‘More Than You Know’‘Stay Together For The Kids’‘Not Now’‘Can’t Go Back’‘I Miss You’‘Down’‘When Your Heart Stops Beating’‘There Is’‘Fuck Face’‘Anthem Part 3’‘Always’‘What’s My Age Again?’‘First Date’ (with snippet of Ramones’ ‘Blitzkrieg Bop’)‘All The Small Things’‘Dammit’ (with snippet of Chappell Roan’s ‘Pink Pony Club’)‘One More Time’In an interview for NME The Cover earlier this year, Roan discussed the origins of ‘Pink Pony Club’, which she originally dropped in 2020.

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong held up a Donald Trump mask at the band’s recent show in Washington, DC. Watch the videos below.The trio performed at the city’s Nationals Park stadium on Monday (July 29), marking the first stop on their North American ‘Saviors’ tour.

My Chemical Romance have sparked rumours of a reunion after a series of strange Facebook posts.The emo titans first triggered speculation when they changed their profile picture on their Facebook, causing fans to believe they had an announcement prepared.The band then continued to post a number of bizarre Facebook posts, which have confused fans as to whether it’s spam – or part of a cryptic statement. None of their other social media accounts have shared the posts.

Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong has covered Jesse Malin‘s ‘Black Haired Girl’ for the latter’s upcoming tribute/benefit album.Armstrong’s cover of Malin’s 2007 track is the latest to be released from ‘Silver Patron Saints: The Songs of Jesse Malin’, a tribute and benefit LP for Malin, who suffered a rare spinal stroke last year that left him paralyzed from the waist down.“Jesse is a dear friend to me,” Armstrong said in a statement. “I love his songwriting. He is all heart…His passion is endless.

Green Day have shared the official music video for their latest single ‘Corvette Summer’, starring Mark Hamill. Watch below.The band teased the “turbo-charged” visuals for the ‘Saviors’ song last week, confirming that they would appear alongside Star Wars legend Hamill and actor/comedian Hannibal Buress.“Rev up those engines, the ‘Corvette Summer’ music video is here and it’s one wild ride!!” Green Day said in a statement, before going on to explain the concept of the new clip.“The song was named after one of our favourite cult classic movies [1978 adventure comedy Corvette Summer], so it only made sense to pay homage to it with the music video,” they wrote.“We even took things one step further and got Mark Hamill – who starred in the original [as Kenneth W.

Paramore’s Hayley Williams has opened up about pop fans in 2024, and shared that she finds the competitive nature of fanbases “really fucking annoying”.The pop-punk icon took to her Instagram Story after a recent Paramore show in Hamburg, where they opened for Taylor Swift. Williams explained how she has noticed artists’ fanbases becoming increasingly eager to compare their favourite musicians.The issue, she added, is predominantly in the pop world, where fans can get too centred on chart placements or units sold – leading to them using those stats to suggest their favourite artists are better than someone else.“Something I’ve been thinking about a lot, and why I don’t really love it… Especially in the music world, whether it’s the pop girls or any scene, really, people only give a fuck about numbers now, and stats,” she began, talking off-screen while the camera recorded (via Stereogum).“That is so lame.

Sum 41 have spoken to NME about the recent resurgence of pop-punk, and discussed how it was a “wild and surreal” thing for them to experience as a band.The topic arose when the band spoke to NME ahead of their massive set at Mad Cool Festival 2024 in Madrid. It took place following the release of ‘Heaven :x: Hell’ – which marks Sum 41’s final-ever album – and ahead of their farewell tour dates across Europe and the UK later this year.During the interview, the band were asked about the huge rise in popularity of pop-punk music seen over the past couple of years, and told us about how it felt to embark on these huge tour dates as the genre reaches new heights.“Being lucky enough to have any sort of relevance that allows you to see the rise and fall and the rise again of whatever genre you’ve been placed into… it’s a pretty crazy compliment and a really wild and surreal thing to go through,” guitarist Dave Baksh said.“Especially because I think we don’t take ourselves too seriously, so as far as watching all this and seeing younger bands saying like: ‘I grew up on your music’, it’s a wild experience.

Simple Plan have shared a cover of Elton John‘s ‘Can You Feel The Love Tonight’ – listen to their pop-punk take on the classic below.Today (July 12), the Canadian pop-punk outfit released their take on Elton John’s hit song from The Lion King, in collaboration with Disney. The track, per a Billboard report, is part of a larger Disney project titled ‘A Whole New Sound’, which will see new covers of iconic songs written for Disney films.The ‘Can You Feel The Love Tonight’ cover comes as The Lion King celebrates its 30th anniversary this year.Listen to Simple Plan’s cover of Elton John’s ‘Can You Feel The Love Tonight’ below.Simple Plan said of their cover to Billboard: “When Disney reached out to us to be a part of this project, it was a bit overwhelming because there are so many amazing Disney songs.

Bowling For Soup have announced a 20th anniversary UK tour of their album ‘A Hangover You Don’t Deserve’, set to kick off next year.The band – comprised of Jaret Reddick, Chris Burney, Gary Wiseman and Rob Felicetti – will embark in early 2025 with a show on February 5 at the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool. From there, they will make stops in Edinburgh, Manchester, Wolverhampton, Plymouth, Swansea, Nottingham, and Brighton.

Sum 41‘s Deryck Whibley has shared his hopes of reuniting with the band’s former frontman, Jon Marshall.The Canadian pop-punk band, who recently performed their last ever UK show at Download Festival, was briefly fronted by Marshall, who left the group after only a year in 1997.Whibley, who took over on vocals, recently told the Daily Star that ‘Johnny Libertine’, a track from their latest release, ‘Heaven :x: Hell’, was written with Marshall in mind.“[The song] is a reference to Jon. He was the most punk-rock guy I have ever known,” he said.“We were 16 when we knew him and he was in this delirium, no plan B, we destroyed everything.

Sum 41 have announced a handful of 2024 UK and European shows for their final arena tour. Check out more details below.The Canadian rock band – comprised of Deryck Whibley, Dave Baksh, Jason “Cone” McCaslin, Tom Thacker and Frank Zummo – have added a string of UK and EU shows to their farewell ‘Tour Of The Setting Sum’, which will kick off in the Netherlands on October 21.They’ll also make stops in Paris, Budapest and Vienna.

Blink-182 have kicked off their 2024 North American tour last night (June 20) and debuted a new song along with their classic deep cuts.The band – comprised of the original line-up Tom Delonge, Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker – took over the Kia Center in Orlando Flordia last night to kick off their 2024 ‘One More Time’ tour.Comprised of 26 tracks, the night’s setlist included deep cuts such as ‘Obvious’ and ‘M+M’s’ which were played with Delonge for the first time since 2013. They also performed ‘When Your Heart Stops Beating’ and ‘There Is’ which are tracks from their side-projects +44 and Box Car Racer respectively.

Yungblud has released his new single ‘Breakdown’ in support of mental health charities – listen to the track below.The musician opens up about his own mental health struggles in the song, and he has committed to donate £1 (up to £25,000) to the charities Mind and Sound Mind Live for every use of the song’s CapCut template.A video for the song will premiere here at 7pm today (June 21), starring Dame Harriet Walter (Succession, Ted Lasso), but you can listen to the song in full now here:Yungblud shared a teaser of the track earlier this month, and discussed the inspiration of the song, which he said he wrote “because it’s been the hardest year for my mental health”.“In my life I’ve always never felt good enough, it’s just the thing that’s eaten me up,” he added. “For as long as I can remember i have felt constantly afraid of how quickly my head can turn dark.”“It’s always been so hard to fight the darkness that i inevitably have. A lot of people will say it’s a phase and it will go away.

GoFundMe. The page has reached $6,600 (£5,163) of its $100,000 (£78,226) target at the time of writing.A post shared by Fenix TX (@fenixtx)A post shared by Fenix TX (@fenixtx)“We want to ensure that his family is taken care of during this time,” the group wrote.

Yungblud has shared a teaser of his Britpop-inspired new single ‘Breakdown’, which he says reflects the “hardest year for his mental health” – listen to the clip below.The single will be released in full on June 21, and ahead of that date he has shared a preview clip of the song on his Instagram account.Over strains of ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’-like strings and a skittering rhythm, the first snippet of ‘Breakdown’ finds Yungblud singing: “Don’t forget to put your feet in the grass / Tell your mum that you love her, say you cleaned up your act / Give money to the homeless man, help him buy a bar / When you’re buying your morning coffee, ask them how they are”.The video clip shows the musician sitting on the back of what appears to be a pickup truck, with the world whizzing past behind his head. “Fuck the depression, it’s all in your head,” he sings, before arriving at the chorus of “Breakdown, think I’m gonna breakdown / Think I’m gonna fade out / Think I’m gonna breakdown”.A post shared by YUNGBLUD (@yungblud)Yungblud’s Instagram post also included a lengthy comment in which he discusses the inspiration for the song.“I wrote this poem because it’s been the hardest year for my mental health,” he wrote.