Photo courtesy of A. Savin. UPDATE: While there was little information other than “Tom has left the band” when the news first broke out, remaining Blink 182 members Travis Barker & Mark Hoppus shed light on the departure of Tom DeLonge during an interview with Rolling Stone Magazine. According to the two of them, DeLonge was “ungrateful” and there was a very explicit statement sent to them from his manager. “There’s a flurry of emails going back and forth for clarification about the recording and the show and his manager sends back saying ‘Tom. Is. Out.’ Direct quote. This is the exact same email we got back in 2004 when Tom went on indefinite hiatus before.” However, according to DeLonge, he has not left the band. “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 same time all these weird press releases started coming in. Apparently those releases were ‘sanctioned’ from the band. Are we dysfunctional – yes. But, Christ…” But that does not mean that everything is settled and done with. At the very least, it seems that Barker has some issue with DeLonge due to a quote from the Rolling Stone interview in which he said, “I think he’s just bummed because Mark and I were finally honest. We always covered up for him before. It was always, ‘We’re going to record an album,’ then ‘Tom refuses to get into the studio ... Read More »

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