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Blink-182 reunified with founding member Tom DeLonge seven years after his departure from the band. DeLonge launched the American rock group with bassist and vocalist Mark Hoppus and drummer Scott Raynor. As a guitarist and vocalist, DeLonge went on to release Blink-182’s 1995 debut LP Cheshire Cat, followed by 1997’s Dude Ranch. Raynor departed the band in 1998 and was replaced by Travis Barker. The new trio’s first album together, Enema of the State, landed shortly after in 1999. 2001 saw the release of Blink-182’s breakout LP Take Off Your Pants and Jacket. DeLonge and Barker teamed up the following year, forming a duo called Box Car Racer and releasing a single eponymous project. Blink-182 then put out a self-titled album in 2003 before announcing its indefinite hiatus. The band joined...

Rapper JID and R&B artist Smino will be joining forces early next year. Entitled the Luv Is 4Ever Tour, the run will see the duo hit 32 major cities throughout the United States, with multiple stops in California and Texas. Luv Is 4Ever will commence on January 22 at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre. The artists will make a brief stop in British Columbia for a show in Vancouver heading to Portland. At the end of January, JID and Smino will deliver performances in Oakland, Los Angeles and San Diego. The following month, in Texas, they’ll deliver a slew of shows across the state, performing in Dallas, Austin, Houston and San Antonio. Atlanta-born JID released his third studio album The Forever Story in August through Dreamville and Interscope Records. The project features collaborations with ...

The 1975 have returned to BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge for a new montage of prolific pop covers. Performing from the Maida Vale Studios, the British pop-rock band delivered dynamic shows of some of its hit singles, as well as songs from its forthcoming studio album. A standout from the live performance was The 1975’s cover of fellow British band Take That’s 1992 track “A Million Love Songs.” Frontman Matty Healy offered a poetic and tender rendition of the decades-old classic, backed by only a simple piano. Healy and the band also served up a love song of their own, “I’m in Love With You,” off of their highly-anticipated LP Being Funny in a Foreign Language. Following 2020’s Notes on a Conditional Form, the new project is out on Friday. The band also treated listeners to another cut from the ...

Lil Yachty‘s viral track “Poland” is officially on streaming platforms. Following several leaks last week, Lil Yachty shared the new song to SoundCloud, alongside a caption reading, “STOP LEAKING MY S*** …. PROD.F1LTHY.” The track quickly went viral, with several industry players including Denzel Curry, Wiz Khalifa and more reacting to the cut’s now-famous hook: “I took the Wock to Poland.” And today, Yachty has officially put the popular song, produced by F1lthy, Lucian and Lukrative, on digital streaming platforms. “Poland” marks Yachty’s first official solo track of this year, following several features on songs including Fivio Foreign‘s “Slime” and Diplo‘s “Humble.” The rapper has not dropped a studio album since 2020’s Lil Boat 3, though he did deliver the mixtape Michigan B...