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“I really thought I was going to die... and it absolutely was so freeing”: Blink 182’s Mark Hoppus talks surviving cancer and his band’s resurrection

Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 poses backstage at the Sahara Tent during the 2023 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival .

Blink 182 bassist Mark Hoppus has talked movingly about dealing with cancer in an extensive new interview with the Guardian.

Ostensibly, the reason is Hoppus’s new memoir Fahrenheit 182, which tells all about Blink’s rise and fall and recent resurrection. A key moment occurs when in 2021 the bassist finds a lump on his shoulder and is diagnosed with an aggressive lymphoma.

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