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When blink-182 rose to superstar status in the ’90s, the band’s members were in their 20s. The life of a rockstar can be tempting, especially to young people, but Mark, Tom and Travis were never really interested in partying — they were too focused on their music. Mark Hoppus, who’s now 53, recalled the band’s choice to be "boring" during a recent interview with The Independent.
“We weren’t really big partiers,” he said. “Sometimes we’d drink or whatever, but it wasn’t part of our lifestyle. People weren’t getting hammered all the time, and there weren’t chicks backstage. People would literally come back, take a look around and be like, ‘This is f***ing boring.’”
“The band was always too important to us to put it at risk by doing the stuff that we saw had ruined bands,” he admitted. “There are so many cautionary tales out there, and don’t get me wrong we’ve gotten close on a bunch of it: we’re the band who spent a million dollars recording an album; we’ve broken up twice and gotten back together twice. We’ve done a lot of the rock’n’roll clichés, but luckily, it hasn’t been drugs and alcohol.”
Blink-182 are hitting the road this summer with Alkaline Trio. See a full list of tour dates below.
Blink-182 2025 Tour Dates
08/28 – Hollywood, FL @ Hard Rock Live *
08/29 – Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre *
09/01 – Charleston, SC @ Credit One Stadium *
09/03 – Raleigh, NC @ Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek *
09/04 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach *
09/06 – Bethel, NY @ Bethel Woods Center for the Arts *
09/07 – Saratoga Springs, NY @ Broadview Stage at SPAC *
09/09 – Gilford, NH @ BankNH Pavilion *
09/11 – Buffalo, NY @ Darien Lake Amphitheater *
09/13 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Four Chord Music Festival
09/14 – Asbury Park, NJ @ Sea.Hear.Now Festival
09/16 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center *
09/17 – Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Music Center *
09/21 – Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Music Festival
09/22 – Huntsville, AL @ The Orion Amphitheater *
09/24 – Rogers, AR @ Walmart AMP *
09/26 – St. Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheater *
09/27 – Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center *
10/02 – Sacramento, CA @ Aftershock Festival
10/04 – Palm Desert, CA @ Acrisure Arena *
* = w/ Alkaline Trio