When Mark Hoppus steps up to the microphone in Melbourne or Sydney next March, it won’t be for a standard rock show, it’ll be a raw, no frills deconstruction of his life in and out of the spotlight.
The founding bassist, songwriter and vocalist of Blink-182 brings his story to Australia with An Evening of Storytelling with Mark Hoppus, and tickets go on presale from Thursday, November 13 at midday local time.
Hoppus’ memoir Fahrenheit‑182 opened the door to the man behind the pop-punk anthems, growing up as a latch key kid in the desert, skateboarding his way into punk rock, founding one of the epoch’s defining bands, and battling both anxiety and cancer in full public view
Now, instead of jumping into hits, Hoppus is getting vulnerable, get ready for stories of what happened when the band fractured, and he sat face to face with mortality. The kind of account that doesn’t come through on stage every night.
Dates to lock in:
Melbourne Recital Hall, Thursday, March 19th 2026
Sydney Opera House, Saturday, March 21st 2026
Tickets go on general sale at 1 pm local time this Friday, November 14. For the serious fans, the Live Nation presale opens 12 pm this Thursday, November 13 and runs until 12 pm Friday, or until allocation sells out.
Why does this matter for Australia’s alternative scene? Because Hoppus has moved beyond just nostalgia. He doesn’t lean on the trash can humour of old Blink bars any more; he’s telling how he nearly lost it all, almost quit, and kept going anyway. That story hits harder now.
For the Blunt audience who know what it means to fight through, this is an event less about crowd surfing and more about core resonance. If you’ve ever been on the edge of giving in but didn’t, this is also for you.
Get your code in at livenation.com.au/register, mark the hour, and prepare for two nights where the beats may be quieter but the truth is loud.
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