blink-182 Offer Moment Of Silence For DJ AM In Hartford
blink-182 paid tribute to DJ AM at Comcast Theatre in Hartford Connecticut on Saturday (August 29). “This night’s really hard for the three of us on stage,” Mark Hoppus told the audience with his voice cracking. “And for a lot of our crew as well because we lost a really dear friend yesterday. His name was Adam Goldstein, you probably know him as DJ AM. He was an innovator and he was a genius, and he loved music more than any other person on this planet, and above all, he was an amazing friend.”
blink-182 Perform On ‘The Daily Habit’
blink-182 visited ‘The Daily Habit’ on Fuel TV the other day, performing ‘Feeling This’ and ‘The Rock Show’. Watch both performances below.
Blink-182 Perform On ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’
Blink-182 performed ‘What’s My Age Again’ and ‘Dammit’ on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ in Hollywood. Watch below.
On TV: Green Day, No Doubt, Blink-182
Rock acts on television this week include:
Green Day, who perform on ‘Last Call with Carson Daly’ (NBC) on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
No Doubt, who perform on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ (ABC) on Tuesday.
Sonic Youth, who perform on ‘The Late Show with David Letterman’ (CBS) on Wednesday.
Rancid, who perform on ‘The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien’ (NBC) on Wednesday.
Manchester Orchestra, who perform on ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’ (NBC) on Wednesday.
Blink-182, who perform on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ (ABC) on Thursday.
Foxboro Hot Tubs, who perform on ‘Last Call’ (NBC) on Friday.
blink-182 Reunite
blink-182 checked in with fans on their blog at MySpace on Sunday (February 8), where Travis Barker, Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge announced what they told viewers of Sunday’s Grammy Awards, they’ve reunited. They write:
Hi. We’re blink-182.
This past week there’ve been a lot of questions about the current status of the band, and we wanted you to hear it straight from us. To put it simply, We’re back. We mean, really back. Picking up where we left off and then some. In the studio writing and recording a new album. Preparing to tour the world yet again. Friendships reformed. 17 years deep in our legacy.Summer 2009.
Thanks and get ready…
All Time Low & Hello Control Cover Blink-182 ‘Dammit’ Video
All Time Low and Hello Control covered the blink-182 1997 single ‘Dammit’ on Monday (January 14) at Higher Ground in Burlington, Vermont. Watch the performance below the fold.
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Tom DeLonge Still Hasn’t Spoken To blink-182 Bandmates Since Split
Tom DeLonge of Angels & Airwaves spoke with the MTV Buzzworthy Blog in a Q&A, where the singer was asked about whether he has spoken to his former blink-182 bandmates Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker since their split in 2005. “No, I haven’t talked to them,” DeLonge confessed. “Isn’t that weird? It’s one of those things. You have to give it time. We had 10 years under our belt.” As for what makes AVA’s sophomore album ‘I-Empire’ special, DeLonge said, “If people are gonna give this record a chance, I ask that they find a hill that’s nearby, park their car, open the car doors, lay on the hood, blast the music at night and pretend that the city below is theirs.” Read more.
Hoppus: +44 Will Perform Blink-182 Songs On Tour
+44 singer Mark Hoppus posted the following message on his myspace page on Wednesday (May 16): “For the past year and a half we have been saying how +44 will never play blink-182 songs. In interviews, when people ask about it, we say it won’t happen, we think it’s lame, etc. Last week we changed our minds. And tonight during our set we played ‘What’s My Age Again’. You see, Travis and I LOVE our history with blink-182, and it seems a shame to let those songs sit dormant forever because of what happened two years ago. And that song is SO much fun to play. So why not? It was awesome to play that song live again. We’re having the time of our lives out here. See you at the shows.”
Blink-182’s Barker & Hoppus Form +44
E! reports that with Blink-182 idling on “indefinite hiatus” and the group’s singer-guitarist Tom DeLonge forming a new band, Angels & Airwaves, Barker and Blink mate Mark Hoppus are teaming up for a new project of their own, +44. The band, which takes its name from the international dialing prefix for the United Kingdom, will release its debut album ‘When Your Heart Stops Beating’ on November 14th.
Tom DeLonge & Wife Celebrate Birth Of 2nd Child
Former blink-182 singer-guitarist Tom DeLonge and his wife, furniture designer Jennifer, have welcomed their second child, Jonas Rocket DeLonge, the musician’s rep tells People magazine. The baby, who was born at 5:03 p.m. on Wednesday in Los Angeles, weighed 7 lbs. 13 oz., and measured 20 1/2 inches.
