Mark Hoppus Reflects on Blink-182 vs. Green Day Rivalry During 2002 Tour

Mark Hoppus Says Blink-182 and Green Day Rivalry from 2002 'Definitely Made Us a Better Band'

The bands teamed up for the Pop Disaster Tour over 20 years agoTristan Fewings/Getty; Jamie McCarthy/Getty Mark Hoppus of Blink-182; Mike Dirnt, BIllie Joe Armstrong and Tré Cool of Green DayMark Hoppus recalls the rivalry between Blink-182 and Green Day during the Pop Disaster Tour in 2002Green Day served as the opener for Blink-182 since their career was in a different place than Hoppus' band wasHoppus goes into more detail about the competiti…

Mark Hoppus Reflects on Blink-182 vs. Green Day Rivalry During 2002 Tour

Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus opened up about the simmering tension between his band and Green Day during the iconic 2002 Pop Disaster Tour, describing it as a “musical battle” that helped sharpen Blink’s edge at a pivotal time in their rise. The tour, which paired pop-punk’s elder statesmen with its ascendant newcomers, saw Blink-182 closing each night, despite Green Day being the band Hoppus idolized growing up. “I literally waited for the day t…

Mark Hoppus Talks Blink 182 and Green Day 2000s Tour Rivalry

Green Day and Blink-182 may get along just fine these days, but there was a time back in the early 2000s when the two bands had a pretty intense tour rivalry. Speaking to NME about the 2002 Pop Disaster Tour, Blink-182‘s Mark Hoppus opened up and shared that it was a “strange” experience for his band to be playing alongside their heroes as equals. “That was very strange because I grew up listening to Green Day,” Hoppus said. “I literally waited …

Mark Hoppus Reminisces About Blink-182 And Green Day’s Early-2000s Rivalry: ‘It Definitely Made Us A Better Band’

Getty Image Green Day’s origins stretch farther back than Blink-182’s, but ultimately, both groups would be defining pop-punk bands of the early 2000s. There was a stretch during that time, though, where there was a friendly(ish) rivalry between the groups. In an interview with NME, Blink’s Mark Hoppus spoke about the experience of Green Day opening for Blink on the Pop Disaster Tour, saying, “That was very strange because I grew up listening to…

Mark Hoppus, bassist of Blink-182, is presenting his new book of Fahrenheit-182 memoirs, a racontum of his life in the music industry, the impact he had with his band and the personal challenges he had to overcome, for example a cancer. In these pages, the musician also returns in time to talk about the rivalry they had with Green Day, especially in 2002, when they shared the Pop Disaster tour. In dialogue with NME, Hoppus recalled those times a…

The bands were together on the "Pop Disaster Tour" in 2002 and have probably developed a kind of rivalry there. Mark Hoppus, bassist and singer of Blink-182, wrote in his recently published memoirs "Fahrenheit-12" about the former rivalry with Green Day and his personal fight against cancer. In particular, he sheds light on the joint experiences during the "Pop Disaster Tour" in 2002 and the problem of what the two acts exactly at the time...