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The iconic Blink-182 trio of Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge, and Travis Barker have been back in full swing for a little while now, as they have an album and some live performances under their belt since reuniting in 2022. Speaking of live performances: Today (April 8), the band announced a new run of tour dates, dubbed the Missionary Impossible Tour.

The shows run from late August to early October and feature support from Alkaline Trio (the band of DeLonge’s previous Blink-182 replacement Matt Skiba, so no hard feelings?).

The general on-sale for tickets starts April 11 at 10 a.m. local time. There’s also a pre-sale for Citi cardmembers starting April 8 at noon ET and running until April 10 at 1 p.m. local time. More information can be found on the band’s website.

Check out the tour dates below.

Blink-182’s 2025 Tour Dates: Missionary Impossible Tour

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 — Ashbury Park, NJ @ Sea Hear Now^
09/16 — Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center*
09/17 — Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Music Center*
09/21 — Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees^
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*

* with Alkaline Trio
^ festival performance

Last week, Doja Cat showed a lot of love to breakout star Doechii in the wake of the Florida native’s utter takeover of pop culture. “Doechii is MY inspiration,” she wrote on Twitter. “Doechii is here to STAY.” In response, Doechii wrote back, “Aww stop it. I love you so much. Thank you so much for having me.”

That was nowhere near the end of their love-fest, though. Things got pretty NSFW after Doechii continued, “I love you I love you I love you. You maintain EXCELLENCE in RAP! You are an ICON. You are THEE performer and artist we all know we can count on to make cool ART. Keep sh*ttin on everybody boo, nobody f*ckin whichu.”

Doja apparently couldn’t let Doechii one-up her in the compliments department, so she added her own vow: “I love you too, pimp,” she wrote. “Thank you and never stop making people move or I’ll cut my clit off.”

YIKE.

Doja is known for her silly — and occasionally raunchy — sense of humor, so it seems unlikely that any self-mutilation is actually going to take place, but she certainly made her point. It’s not just talk; Doja brought Doechii along on her 2023 Scarlet Tour, giving the Swamp Princess one of her first opportunities to make an impression on fans.

Doechii made the most of the invitation, carving out a reputation for fully-formed, creative performances with a strong visual narrative that perfectly complemented her commitment to making unique, forceful pop-rap tunes. That rep flourished in 2024, and here we are today, with Doechii joining Doja as one of the most critically acclaimed, fan-favorite personalities in hip-hop.

Hotline TNT‘s Cartwheel was one of the best albums of 2023. On Tuesday (April 8), the New York-based group (who have good taste in fictional music festivals) announced their next album. Raspberry Moon is described as “the most sweeping and compelling Hotline TNT album to date and, crucially, the first built by a full band.”

In the past, Hotline TNT has been a one-man band in the studio, with Will Anderson recording all the music by himself. But on Raspberry Moon, he’s joined by touring members guitarist Lucky Hunter, bassist Haylen Trammel, and drummer Mike Ralston for a bigger, fuller shoegaze-y sound.

You can hear the difference in “Julia’s War,” the album’s first single.

“In a world of half-hearted hooks, and buried-in-the-mix vocals, we had to muster the courage to do what the rest of the shoegaze community could not…We looked out to the stadium and reassured the audience: Our voices, together, will be heard,” Anderson said in a statement. “You’ve never heard a TNT chorus this straightforward – when we stress-tested it during the writing process, the ‘try not to sing along challenge’ came back with a 100% fail rate.”

You can listen to “Julia’s War,” while the Raspberry Moon album cover artwork and tracklist and Hotline TNT’s tour dates can be found below.

Hotline TNT’s Raspberry Moon Album Cover Artwork

Hotline TNT’s Raspberry Moon Tracklist

1. “Was I Wrong?”
2. “Transition Lens”
3. “The Scene”
4. “Julia’s War”
5. “Letter To Heaven”
6. “Break Right”
7. “If Time Flies”
8. “Candle”
9. “Dance The Night Away”
10. “Lawnmower”
11. “Where U Been?”

Hotline TNT’s 2025 Tour Dates: The Raspberry Moon Tour

05/01 — Louisville, KY @ Mag Bar
05/02 — Urbana, IL @ Rose Bowl Tavern
05/03 — St Louis, MO @ Sinkhole
05/04 — Columbia, MO @ Rose Music Hall
05/06 — Colorado Springs, CO @ Vultures
05/08 — Boise, ID @ The Shredder
05/09-10 — Portland, OR @ Roseland *
05/12-13 — Seattle, WA @ Showbox *
05/14 — Vancouver, BC @ Vogue *
05/16 — Sacramento, CA @ Channel 24 *
05/17 — Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl *
05/18 — Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren *
05/20 — San Antonio, TX @ Aztec *
05/21 — Austin, TX @ Moody Theater *
05/22 — Dallas, TX @ Bomb Factory *
05/24 — Oklahoma City, OK @ Jones Assembly *
05/25 — Bentonville, AR @ The Momentary *
05/27 — Columbus, OH @ Kemba Live *
05/29 — Grand Rapids, MI @ GLC Live at 20 Monroe *
05/30 — Chicago, IL @ Salt Shed *
05/31 — Minneapolis, MN @ Surly Brewing *
06/01 — Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club % (early & late shows)
06/03 — Buffalo, NY @ Rec Room

* with Hippo Campus
% with Slow Pulp

Raspberry Moon is out 6/20 via Third Man Records. Find more information here.

It’s officially Coachella season, as we’re just days away from the 2025 edition of the festival, which goes down during the weekends of April 11 to 13 and 18 to 20. As such, as is tradition, the California desert is filling up with billboards from musicians promoting their upcoming performances (here are a few examples). One from Charli XCX, though, is particularly intriguing.

As Charli shared on her private Instagram account (here’s another look), there’s a billboard in the classic Brat green with the Brat text in the middle, but the text has been scribbled over. This may suggest that Charli is preparing to debut a post-Brat era at Coachella.

Fans commenting on Charli’s post have their own theories. Some wonder if this could be Charli hinting that she’ll bring out Sky Ferreira to join in for a performance of their collaboration “Cross You Out.” Others are entertaining the idea that Charli may not play any Brat songs during her set. As one fan commented, “you ended the crash era at coachella 2023 and you’ll be ending brat era again at coachella 2025……”

Meanwhile, Charli recently explained why all her of album covers as they appear on streaming platforms still have their alternate Brat-style artworks, saying, “I see that you want this, I know that you want this, and I love that you want it. I love this narrative. But all I’ll say is, every single thing that I’ve done, even the tiniest, smallest thing, has been for a reason. Like to the point where some people wouldn’t even know. What I’m saying is, everything has a purpose, everything I do has a purpose, and so when this happens, it will be for a reason.”

Is that actually Sydney Sweeney on Tate McRae’s latest album? It turns out: yes! The The Masque Of The Red Death actress is an uncredited special guest on “Miss Possessive,” a highlight from So Close To What. McRae explained how the cameo together during a recent interview with Los40.

“I adore Sydney Sweeney. I’m such a huge fan,” McRae said. “Thanks to her character Cassie in Euphoria, she totally embodied that ‘possessive’ energy and perfectly captured the vibe of ‘Miss Possessive.’ So I thought, if Sydney could lend her voice to the song, it would be a fun Easter egg for the fans.”

She continued, “I sent her a short voice note saying, ‘Can you say this in this way?’ — and when she sent it back, it was perfect. It was super fun.”

McRae previously revealed that it was Glen Powell who linked her with Sweeney. “Well, okay, it’s crazy because… my episode that I was on last year, she was doing the couch here, so that’s when we first saw each other in the hall,” she said on The Tonight Show. “And then Glen Powell, who I do Pilates with sometimes… He connected us. Sydney was such a legend.”

The entire internet agrees.

Recently, somebody — a Young Thug fan, apparently — shared a photo of their back tattoo, which features an illustration of three galloping horses, below the words, “Horses don’t stop, they keep going,” an apparent nod to Thug’s song “Digits.” The problem, though, is that those aren’t the words, as the lyric is actually, “Hustlers don’t stop, they keep going.”

Thug himself caught wind of the ink and responded on X (formerly Twitter), writing, “And that’s y I’m talking with more clarity UY SCUTI… dam bro…”

As Genius notes, the hustlers/horses misunderstanding has long been a meme among Thug fans (here’s an example). So, while the tattoo has been presented as a mistake, it’s possible, perhaps even likely, that the fan didn’t really make a mistake, but was just playing off the long-running joke.

Thug, meanwhile, is on the comeback trail since being released from jail in 2024. Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash 2025 lineup was announced recently, and Thug is on it, so the festival is currently set to mark his first live performance since his release (unless something earlier comes up). Interestingly, also on that lineup are Don Toliver and Yeat together, marking their first time taking the stage together as a duo.

Morgan Wallen’s long-awaited return to Saturday Night Live on March 29 was the talk of the town. While the chart-topper’s performances of “I’m The Problem” and “Just In Case” were a sweet sample of his forthcoming album, his abrupt exit during the late night show’s closing credits left a bad taste in viewers’ mouths. So, during SNL’s latest episode decided to address the viral moment.

Instead of issuing a simple statement, the cast and show writers found a comedic way to tackle the topic. First, James Austin Johnson (as President Donald Trump) weaved Wallen’s Instagram comment “Get Me to God’s Country” in a sketch about tariffs.

“I even put tariffs on an island uninhabited by humans,” said Johnson. “It’s called Heard and McDonald Island. McDonald Island. I would love to visit there. Can you imagine that? Big Mac and a hula skirt. Get me to God’s country, right? Remember that?”

Later in the program, Colin Jost referenced Wallen’s exit during the Weekend Update. “Money is leaving the stock market faster than Morgan Wallen at goodnights,” joked Jost.

Separately, cast members Bowen Yang and Kenan Thompson shrugged off the incident.

Morgan Wallen does not seem to be too fazed by the backlash. Over on the “I Had Some Help” singer’s website, fans can purchase merch with the plastered with the quote.

Being famous does not save you from silly mix-ups when out in public. This has hilariously happened to Rick Ross, Timothée Chalamet, and most recently Benny Blanco.

During the 2025 Oscars, Benny Blanco was mistaken for, of all people, Bad Bunny by the Academy’s social media team (viewable here). While appearing on The Jennifer Hudson Show, the “Sunset Blvd” producer addressed the viral post.

After host Hudson brought up the funny moment, Blanco seemed confused. “They did,” questioned Blanco.

The Hudson confirmed that it indeed happened reading the now updated post’s original caption: “Selena Gomez and Bad Bunny.”

Immediately, Blanco expressed excitement over the case of mistaken identity. “I like that,” Blanco joyously responded.

Hudson began to point out their clear physical difference. But, Blanco leaned into the mix-up saying how flattered he was. “What do you mean,” Blanco interrupted. “He’s so hot! I’ll take it, I’ll take it. What do you mean?”

He continued: “Look at how pretty he is — are you kidding? Yeah, I’m Bad Bunny now.”

As a chart-topping, award-winning producer many would die to trade places to be Benny Blanco. But temporarily swapping spots with the king of online thirst traps Bad Bunny could make for some amazing musical material.

Watch Benny Blanco’s appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show above.

Between SZA’s chart domination, Doechii’s recent record setting Grammy win, and rap fans’ unwavering support of Schoolboy Q, Top Dawg Entertainment’s (TDE) roster could easily draw comparisons to any high caliber athletic team.

So, the label’s latest collaboration with the NBA (National Basketball Association) just makes sense. Today (April 7), TDE revealed it curated the 2K25‘s Season 6 Soundtrack.

The 13-track playlist features songs from SZA, Doechii, Schoolboy Q, Jay Rock, Isaiah Rashad, Ab-Soul, Jason Martin, and Ray Vaughn. Even TDE’s notable alumnus Kendrick Lamar can be heard on the playlist thanks to records “30 For 30” and Jay Rock’s song “Hood Gone Love It.”

Over on X (formerly Twitter) Jay Rock expressed his excitement for the curation. “TDE for the win!! Big shout out to @NBA2K ,” he wrote.

Continue below to view the tracklist for NBA 2K25’s Season 6 Soundtrack curated by TDE.

Tracklist

1. Doechii – “GTFO” featuring Fetish
2. Doechii – “Mop It Up”
3. Ray Vaughn – “Blasphemy”
4. Jay Rock – “Still That Way” featuring BongoByTheWay
5. SZA & Kendrick Lamar – “30 For 30”
6. Schoolboy Q – “Yeern 101”
7. Isaiah Rashad – “RIP Young”
8. Schoolboy Q – “Man Of The Year”
9. Jay Rock – “Hood Gone Love It” featuring Kendrick Lamar
10. SZA – “Low”
11. Doechii – “Nissan Altima”
12. Jay Rock & Kal Banx – “Eastside”
13. Ab-Soul – “All That” featuring Jason Martin and Thirsty P

Yesterday (April 6), Tyler The Creator, Massive Attack, Lil Yachty, and more were scheduled to perform at Axe Ceremonia Festival 2025 in Mexico City. Sadly, due to a fatal crane collapse the festival was suspended.

Today (April 7), Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum addressed the tragic deaths of photographers 26-year-old Miguel Angel Rojas, and 28-year-old Berenice Giles during a public press conference. “We regret and send our solidarity to the families of those who lost their lives in this accident,” said Sheinbaum. “Beyond the fact that it was an accident, we need to look into how the equipment that fell was set up. An investigation needs to be carried out. There should be no impunity in this case.”

Sheinbaum’s call for an investigation was heard loud and clear by Mexico City prosecutor Bertha Alcalde Luján. In a separate statement, Luján confirmed her office has begun to look into “the individuals and companies responsible for operating the structure that collapsed.”

“It is very important that a case like this not go unpunished,” she said. “Both for the harm and pain it causes to the direct victims and for those who attend these events as spectators and professionals, who have the right to do so under optimal safety conditions.”

Following the festival’s suspension, AXE Ceremonia Festival 2025 organizers shared a note regarding the matter to its official Instagram page. Read the note below.

With deep sadness, we confirm the passing of the two people who were injured during today’s incident. We are deeply heartbroken by this loss. We are reaching out to their families to support them during this incredibly difficult time and to provide them with all our care and solidarity. The safety of our community has always been our priority, and we continue, as from the very beginning, to maintain close collaboration and complete transparency with the authorities. We will continue to share official updates about the event through our social media channels.