May US Tour dates Cancelled. Euro dates unaffected.

From Blink-182s Facebook: "The members of blink-182 have announced today the cancelation of all their May 2012 tour dates due to a medical emergency. Blink-182’s drummer, Travis Barker, requires an urgent tonsillectomy with a recovery period expected to extend beyond the scheduled tour dates. The band apologizes for any inconvenience as a result of these cancelations and thanks their fans for their ongoing support. The May 10th and 11th concerts at the Winstar Casino in Thackerville, OK have been rescheduled for September 13 and 14, 2012. All previously issued tickets will be honored on the new dates respectively. Refunds are

Re-Starting the Blink Machine

It has been a quiet few months in the blink camp with the record being released, tours finishing and other projects being worked on, but yesterday saw the beginning of the blink-182 machine starting up again ahead of summer tours which include a 20th Anniversary tour accross the US, Bamboozle, two trips to UK, two nights at the O2 in London and dates all over Europe. So with all that ahead rehearsals have begun again with Doug (@dougreesh) and Rob (@robertnoise) providing top quality photographs of the rehearsal space. We have discussion threads for every date of the tour in the forums, so if you are going to a date join in

Happy Birthday Mark!

Today is Marks 40th birthday, so go and wish him a Happy Birthday on his twitter.

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Where Are They Now? – Shane Gallagher

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Shane Gallagher of +44 is in the studio with The Noise Chapter:

The recording process is goin well! We finished laying down the music tracks here in LA, now we are off to the Bionic Ear in Costa Mesa, CA to lay down the vocals, keys, and a little salt n peppa. The new songs are soundin really cool! Can’t wait for everyone to hear them. We should have it for you in the next 4-6 weeks or so and then we are coming to a town near you!

HMNIM: Three New Posts

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Mark has three new blog posts up:

Welcome to Heartbreak

The new Kanye West album has been on constant rotation on my iPod since the week it was released. I really think it’s an amazing record. Here’s the new video for Welcome to Heartbreak. Crazy, artistic and effected, the video is directed by Nabil Elderkin, who did a photo shoot with a certain spiky-haired mediocre bass player a couple of years ago.

KANYE WEST “Welcome To Heartbreak” Directed by Nabil from nabil elderkin on Vimeo.

Cool Converse

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I saw these on highsnobiety and dug them, so….yeah. Turquoise. Get into it.

Coca-Cola and Justice

Yep, that pretty much says it all. Here’s the commercial.

Bye Bye AVA and +44

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All Angels & Airwaves and +44 related news has been removed from blink182.com.

Welcome to 182 Online

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For the past 4 years +44 Online has been “Your #1 Plus 44 Fansite”.

We hope to make 182 Online your main source for all things blink-182 related.  Welcome to our community.

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