AceShowbiz - During a recent performance at the Sydney Opera House on March 21, Mark Hoppus revealed exciting news for fans of Australian rock: the band Violent Soho are set to reunite.

Mark Hoppus, known as the bassist for blink-182, was touring Australia as part of his Fahrenheit-182 spoken-word storytelling project when he shared this update. The announcement was made in front of a live audience before he invited Violent Soho frontman Luke Boerdam and guitarist James Tidswell onstage for an acoustic rendition of blink-182’s hit "Dammit."

Addressing the crowd, "I wasn't joking by the way, they really are getting back together," Hoppus said, according to Blunt Mag. This marked the first time Boerdam and Tidswell had performed publicly together since Violent Soho’s final show on September 10, 2022, at Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane, nearly four years ago. Neither musician spoke to the audience after the performance, and the band has yet to release an official statement confirming their reunion.

The timing of this announcement is notable, coinciding with the 10th anniversary of Violent Soho’s landmark album WACO. Released in March 2016, the album debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart and enjoyed widespread acclaim, with all six singles securing spots on triple j’s Hottest 100. Tracks such as "Viceroy," "Like Soda," and "Blanket" were pivotal in cementing the band’s reputation as one of the decade’s most influential Australian rock groups.

In celebration of the anniversary, a limited edition vinyl pressing of WACO has been announced. The band reflected on the album in a recent statement: "When we made WACO we weren't thinking about anniversaries or legacy, we were just trying to capture where the band was after years of touring and having some momentum from the release of Hungry Ghost. We created some awesome memories in the studio and really tried to push our sound further."

Mark Hoppus’ connection with Violent Soho dates back over a decade. He publicly expressed his admiration for the band in 2014 by tweeting about their single "Covered in Chrome." The relationship between the two acts deepened when they shared the stage at the Good Things Festival in 2019, where Hoppus was performing with his side project Simple Creatures.

Earlier during his Australian tour, Hoppus also appeared in Melbourne, where he invited the band my Shark to join him for a performance of "Dammit" along with a snippet of their 2018 collaboration "Psycho." The Fahrenheit-182 tour is scheduled to conclude next week in Auckland.

Fans are eagerly anticipating further developments regarding the Violent Soho reunion, with the recent onstage appearance at the Sydney Opera House signaling a hopeful new chapter for the band’s future.