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.

Tom DeLonge

Video: Interview With Tom DeLonge At HOB San Diego

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Buy Tickets From Tom DeLonge At House Of Blues San Diego Tomorrow

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From a House Of Blues press release:

Blink-182’s Tom DeLonge will take time out from the band’s intensive tour preparations to visit the House of Blues San Diego this Saturday as tickets for their highly anticipated amphitheatre show go on sale.  A limited number of pit tickets, plus $20 lawn tickets to the September 16th Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre show will be available while supplies last beginning at noon.

The $20 lawn tickets have NO charge for parking, ticketing fees, no tax, no nothing!  There is a four ticket limit per customer.  Cash only.

House of Blues San Diego will offer $1.82 tacos and domestic draft beers complete with blink-182 music videos playing throughout the restaurant.

Win A Tom DeLonge Signature ES-333 Guitar

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Tom DeLonge Guitar Contest

Modlife is giving away an Epiphone Tom DeLonge Signature ES-333 Guitar signed, customized and tuned by Tom DeLonge!  Enter to win here!

Audio: X1FM Interview With Tom DeLonge and Mark Hoppus

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blink-182 on X1FM

X1FM Alternative an internet radio station based out of San Diego, CA interviewed Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge earlier today.  Take a listen here:

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Tom DeLonge Describes New Blink-182 Song

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Yesterday in a radio interview with Chicago’s Q101 Tom DeLonge described the new song that blink-182 hopes to release before their summer tour:

“The song that we’re gonna release before the tour, it’s almost like blending Quicksand, Rush, and Pink Floyd into the same song and that sounds crazy but it’s done with a total accessible melodic structure that you would expect from blink-182.

Toms Radio Interview with Q101

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You can listen to the audio recording of it at http://www.q101.com

A major highlight of this interview is when Tom said there will be a new song released before the tour begins.