Blink-182‘s Mark Hoppus has spoken to NME about how he now "wishes" he had made out with The Cure‘s Robert Smith.

INTERVIEW: Annabel Nugent talks to the bassist and vocalist of the Nineties punk megastars about unintended disclosures, band bust-ups and the subtle art of not growing up ...

INTERVIEW: Annabel Nugent talks to the bassist and vocalist of the Nineties punk megastars about unintended disclosures, band bust-ups and the subtle art of not growing up ...

That’s not fair – you’re a great bassist! At school, kids playing bass either wanted to be Mark Hoppus or Flea. “Oh wow, that’s a huge compliment. I think I’m a good bassist.

That last one is admittedly quite niche, applicable to perhaps only one person: Mark Hoppus ... One night, Hoppus would be at his kid’s school play, the next he’d be singing about masturbating ...

Eric Stein, Blink-182's publicist, said Wednesday that the group's playlist is the same for every show, and he did not know if Blink-182 planned to make any special announcement prior to playing ...