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Live Nation’s new Adjacent Music Festival is heading to Atlantic City Beach on Memorial Day Weekend (May 27 and 28) with over 40 bands throughout three phases. The competition will probably be held ocean-side on the seashore, subsequent to the boardwalk.
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The headliners are Blink-182 and Paramore, and the lineup additionally options Turnstile, Jimmy Eat World, Japanese Breakfast, Coheed & Cambria, Bleachers, The Front Bottoms, IDLES, Andrew McMahon within the Wilderness, Beach Bunny, PUP, Knocked Loose, Midtown, Jeff Rosenstock, Thursday, Motion City Soundtrack, The Starting Line, Phantom Planet, The Movielife, Mannequin Pussy, Wheatus, L.S. Dunes, The Linda Lindas, Meet Me @ the Altar, I Am The Avalanche, Pinkshift, OFF!, Drug Church, Folly, Incendiary, Soul Glo, Candy, Zulu, Gel, and extra. Two-day passes go on sale Friday (10/28) at 10 AM.
Mark Hoppus spoke concerning the newly-announced blink-182 reunion–amongst different topics–on a latest episode of his After School Radio present on Apple Music.
The long-awaited reunion was confirmed on October 12 and can see Hoppus and drummer Travis Barker get again along with authentic guitarist/vocalist Tom DeLonge, seven years after he final carried out with the band.
“We did it!” Hoppus celebrated on his radio present. “Blink-182 is back together, people. It’s happening. Yes, it’s happening. Blink-182, world tour, new music, new album. Tom’s back. Man, I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. That was a burden to carry that secret for so long.”
The bassist shared an anecdote illustrating simply how troublesome it had been to maintain the information to himself, recalling a fan coming over to him at a Dodgers sport just a few days earlier. “We take our picture, and he’s like, ‘I love your band. Grew up on your band,’” Hoppus stated. He’s like, ‘Dude, is there any way, any way at all?’ And I’m like, ‘Any way for what?’
“And he’s like, ‘Is there any chance of a Blink-182 reunion tour with Tom back in the band at all?’ And he had such hope and desperation in his eyes, and I just wanted to put my hand on his shoulder and say, ‘My friend, just you wait. Just wait three, four more days.’”
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