Blink-182 fans have a new tradition that Mark Hoppus may regret starting. After a fan brought a custom license plate to a recent show, Hoppus gifted the fan his bass guitar, in exchange for the “BLNK 182” license plate. After that story went viral, Hoppus claims it has continued at other shows saying “it’s totally going to become a thing, isn’t it?”
The first license plate exchange happened during a Blink 182 show in Virginia Beach. A fan, who later shared the story on Reddit, brought his custom license plate to the show, in hopes of getting it to Hoppus. “So I had the NC plates and also VA. In 2016 Mark signed my VA plates so I figured I’d give him the NC one. He said ‘cool! I collect them! I’ll tell you what I’ll trade a bass for it,’” said the Reddit user.
Mark traded me one of his basses for my NC BLNK182 License plates at the VA Beach VIP.
