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\n\tIn his new memoir Fahrenheit-182<\/a><\/em>, Blink-182\u2019s Mark Hoppus<\/a> recalls a surprising moment with one of his biggest musical influences, The Cure\u2019s Robert Smith, that left him stunned and, in hindsight, amused.<\/p>\n \n\tHoppus writes that the incident happened after a 2004 show at Wembley Arena, where Blink-182 had brought Smith onstage to perform their collaborative track \u201cAll of This.\u201d Later that night, at an afterparty, Hoppus says Smith leaned in and tried to kiss him.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cMy wife and I are like, \u2018Alright, we\u2019re out. See you later,\u2019 and then Robert tries to kiss me,\u201d Hoppus said in an interview with Us Weekly<\/a><\/em>, adding that only members of Blink-182\u2019s road crew witnessed it. \u201cHe was my hero. I grew up listening to this guy\u2019s music and it changed my life forever. Then he tries to kiss me at a party and I\u2019m like, \u2018I should have done that. Why not?\u2019 It\u2019s a much better story than he tried to kiss me and it was awkward. It would\u2019ve been rad to be like, \u2018Yeah, made out with my hero.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tHoppus says he didn\u2019t tell Smith in advance that the story would be in the book. \u201cI should have called him or given some kind of warning or something,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I don\u2019t know \u2014 how do you have that conversation? \u2018Hey, remember when you tried to make out with me?\u2019 Because we\u2019ve never addressed it.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tDespite that, Hoppus says they\u2019ve run into each other several times since and \u201cit\u2019s been totally cool and nobody\u2019s talked about it.\u201d He clarified, \u201cI wasn\u2019t bummed in the slightest. I was more, like, flabbergasted that nobody else saw it.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tFahrenheit-182<\/em>, released April 8, chronicles Hoppus\u2019 cancer battle, complicated family history, and friendship with longtime bandmate Tom DeLonge, who reunited with the band in 2022. Blink-182\u2019s latest album, One More Time<\/em>, debuted at No. 1<\/a> on the Billboard 200 in October 2023 and marked their first full-length LP with the classic lineup since 2011.<\/p>\n \n\tThe reunited band will be sharing stages with fellow punks Alkaline Trio, whose singer, Matt Skiba, filled in for DeLonge during his second hiatus from the group from 2015-2022 and recorded two albums (2016\u2019s\u00a0California<\/em>\u00a0and 2019\u2019s\u00a0Nine<\/em>) with Hoppus and Barker. Tickets for the tour will go on sale on Friday (April 11) at 10 a.m. local time\u00a0here<\/a>. There will also be a Citi pre-sale beginning today at 12 p.m. ET through Thursday (April 10) at 1 p.m. local time\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n