1. Tom Delonge Announcement

UPDATE: Read our with Blink-182's Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker over the band's inner turmoils and their thoughts on 'ungrateful, disingenuous' Tom DeLonge. Tom DeLonge, longtime guitarist and co-vocalist of the punk trio, has left the group, his bandmates announced in a statement Monday. Suspicions began when the band revealed that Alkaline Trio guitarist/singer Matt Skiba was recruited to join Blink-182 at the group's upcoming headlining set at drummer Travis Barker's eighth annual Musink Festival on March 22nd in Orange County, California,. 'The war in our band all the time is: do we sing about f.cking dogs, or do we sing about growing up in a dark world?' Soon after, Blink-182's Barker and bassist/singer Mark Hoppus issued a statement that DeLonge decided to 'indefinitely' leave the band.

'We were all set to play this festival and record a new album and Tom kept putting it off without reason,' Hoppus and Barker said. 'A week before we were scheduled to go in to the studio, we got an email from his manager explaining that he didn’t want to participate in any Blink-182 projects indefinitely, but would rather work on his other non-musical endeavors.'

Hoppus and Barker continued, 'No hard feelings, but the show must go on for our fans.' It's unclear how long Skiba will collaborate with the remaining Blink members, but Alkaline Trio fans can breathe easy: Barker and Hoppus promise Skiba will continue to record and tour with his own band. At press time, DeLonge had not commented on social media about his split from Blink-182, but he has been active in recent weeks. Shortly after his decision to leave Blink-182, however, DeLonge posted with a sundown in the background. Hoppus shortly after the announcement, 'Blink-182 for life.

Tom Delonge Announcement

After taking a four-year hiatus from 2005 to 2009, the reunited Blink-182 toured frequently and recorded one album, 2011's. In September 2013 about whether the band had begun work on their next album. 'The way we always work is Mark and I pick up our acoustic guitars in our living rooms with our families,' DeLonge said. 'And once we start getting little things together, you'll see text messages and emails, then managers get involved and then everyone needs to talk and then we're on tour talking, so we're three or four steps in, so the actual getting onto the same room and tracking that has not happened yet, but that's pretty soon. That's probably the next step, to be honest.'

Jul 18, 2015 Tom DeLonge interview 2015 by Entertainment Weekly www.facebook.com/blinkbrasil182.

UPDATE: Blink-182, despite the earlier reports. To all the fans, I never quit the band. I actually was on a phone call about a blink 182 event for New York City at the time all these weird press releases started coming in. Apparently those releases were 'sanctioned' from the band. Are we dysfunctional- yes. ‪#‎Awkward‬ ‪#‎BabyBackRibs‬ In an interview with Rolling Stone, however, said DeLonge is 'out' of the band, according to his manager. Said Barker: It's hard to cover for someone who's disrespectful and ungrateful.

You don't even have the balls to call your bandmates and tell them you're not going to record or do anything Blink-related. You have your manager do it. Everyone should know what the story is with him and it's been years with it. When we did get back together after my plane crash, we only got back together, I don't know, maybe because I almost died.

But he didn't even listen to mixes or masterings from that record. He didn't even care about it.

Why Blink even got back together in the first place is questionable. Hoppus said he and Barker stand behind their press release '100 percent because it's all true.' EARLIER:, Blink-182's. DeLonge has apparently made this decision in order to pursue his 'other non-musical endeavors,' a representative for Blink-182 said in a statement.

He'll be replaced by Matt Skiba of the Alkaline Trio at the group's upcoming performance at Travis Barker's eighth annual Musink Music and Tattoo Festival. Read the full release below. Matt Skiba of the Alkaline Trio will join Blink-182 in replacement of Tom DeLonge at the 8th annual Musink Music and Tattoo Festival. “We were all set to play this festival and record a new album and Tom kept putting it off without reason. A week before we were scheduled to go in to the studio we got an email from his manager explaining that he didn’t want to participate in any Blink-182 projects indefinitely, but would rather work on his other non-musical endeavors.” Travis Barker and Mark Hoppus plan to honor all Blink-182 commitments including the Musink Festival and are excited to have singer/guitarist Matt Skiba join them for this project.

“No hard feelings, but the show must go on for our fans.” Additionally, Skiba will continue to make new music and tour with the Alkaline Trio. And intended to head into the studio at the end of 2014. “We have the beginning of song ideas at this point, and we are really just excited to get into the studio and have an album out sooner rather than later,' Hoppus said. There's no word on how DeLonge's departure will affect the plans for the new album.