Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus recollects second The Remedy’s Robert Smith tried to “make out” with him

Blink-182‘s Mark Hoppus has revealed that The Remedy‘s Robert Smith as soon as tried to “make out” with him.

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In his memoir Fahrenheit-182, printed on Tuesday (April 8), Hoppus recounted the incident, which apparently happened after Smith shared the stage with the pop punk trio at a Wembley Area live performance in 2004 to carry out their collaborative observe ‘All Of This’.

Hoppus later mentioned the incident with Us Weekly, revealing that he hadn’t notified Smith that it might be included within the ebook however that the 2 have been “completely cool”.

“I ought to have referred to as him or given some form of warning or one thing, however I don’t know — how do you've got that dialog? ‘Hey, keep in mind while you tried to make out with me?’ As a result of we’ve by no means addressed it,” Hoppus advised Us Weekly.

“I’ve seen him a number of instances since, and it’s been completely cool and no one’s talked about it.” Hoppus then spoke about that night time, which happened at an after-party the place “everybody was consuming” and “having enjoyable”. Smith was “feeling saucy and having a superb time” on the shindig, the Blink-182 frontman recalled.

“My spouse and I are like, ‘Alright, we’re out. Goodbye,’ after which Robert tries to kiss me,” he continued, noting that nobody, apart from members of Blink-182’s highway crew, noticed it occur.

“He was my hero. I grew up listening to this man’s music and it modified my life ceaselessly. Then he tries to kiss me at a celebration and I’m like, ‘I ought to have executed that. Why not?’ It’s a a lot better story than he tried to kiss me and it was awkward. It will’ve been rad to be like, ‘Yeah, made out with my hero.'”

He clarified that he “wasn’t bummed within the slightest” concerning the incident: “I used to be extra, like, flabbergasted that no one else noticed it.” NME has reached out to representatives of Smith for remark.

In Hoppus’ ebook Fahrenheit-182, he particulars his journey with most cancers, from first being identified with lymphoma in 2021 to his chemotherapy therapy, admitting to The Guardian that “I actually thought I used to be going to die”.

The exhaustion of chemo, steroids and bodily ache “crushed me for months on finish” however he additionally added that the analysis “introduced again friendships that I hadn’t had in years” – together with his tumultuous friendship with band co-founder Tom DeLonge. The ebook additionally explores his fractured relationship together with his mother and father.

Hoppus was declared cancer-free later in 2021; DeLonge later reunited with the band to embark on a world tour and launch their comeback album ‘One Extra Time‘ in 2023, which NME gave three stars: “They aren’t all that distant from who they’ve at all times been – three buddies desirous to make some noise and have a riot of a time doing it.”

“Though they’re not precisely revolutionising pop punk, this was seemingly by no means the objective,” it added. “Chances are high, the followers simply need the outdated Blink again anyway, and in 2023, they’re simply as enjoyable as ever.”

Earlier this week, the band additionally introduced particulars of a large US tour with Alkaline Trio this autumn – discover tickets here.

On the tour, they’ll be heading to main venues throughout the nation, taking in cities from Virginia Seaside to Kansas Metropolis. The run of dates begins on August 28 at Laborious Rock Reside in Hollywood, Florida, and runs by September earlier than ending at Palm Desert’s Acrisure Area in California.

Tickets go on sale on Friday (April 11) at 10am native time here. In the meantime, Citi card members have entry to the presale which started at 12pm ET at present and can run till Thursday at 1pm native time. Go to Citi Entertainment for extra particulars.

Blink-182’s 2025 US ‘Missionary Unattainable’ tour dates are:

AUGUST
28 – Laborious Rock Reside – Hollywood, FL
29 – MIDFLORIDA Credit score Union Amphitheatre – Tampa, FL

SEPTEMBER
1 – Credit score One Stadium – Charleston, SC
3 – Coastal Credit score Union Music Park at Walnut Creek – Raleigh, NC
4 – Veterans United Dwelling Loans Amphitheater – Virginia Seaside, VA
6 – Bethel Woods Heart For The Arts – Bethel, NY
7 – Broadview Stage At SPAC – Saratoga Springs, NY
9 – BankNH Pavilion – Gilford, NH
11 – Darien Lake Amphitheater – Buffalo, NY
13 – 4 Chord Music Pageant – Pittsburgh, PA (competition set)
14 – Sea Hear Now – Ashbury Park, NJ (competition set)
16 – Riverbend Music Heart – Cincinnati, OH
17 – Ruoff Music Heart – Noblesville, IN
21 – Shaky Knees – Atlanta, GA (competition set)
22 – The Orion Amphitheater – Huntsville, AL
24 – Walmart AMP – Rogers, AR
26 – Hollywood On line casino Amphitheater – St. Louis, MO
27 – T-Cell Heart – Kansas Metropolis, MO

OCTOBER
2 – Aftershock Pageant – Sacramento, CA (competition set)
4 – Acrisure Area – Palm Desert, CA

The band are additionally set to play a slew of festivals this 12 months, together with See.Hear.Now, Shaky Knees and When We Had been Younger.

Final month, Smith was introduced because the curator for the 2026 version of the Teenage Most cancers Belief (TCT) gig collection.