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Blink 182 Feud -- Is Tom DeLonge In or Out of the Band?!

Blink 182

It’s not a good day for pop-punk fans! There’s some drama going down between the three members of Blink 182, and as of now, it’s quite unclear whether or not the band is still a trio.

Things began on Monday, when band members Travis Barker and Mark Hoppus released a statement announcing their third, and founding, member, Tom DeLonge, had left the group. “We were all set to play this festival and record a new album and Tom kept putting it off without a reason,” the guys 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.”

After the announcement was made, Tom took to Instagram to make his own statement, and denied what his bandmates’ allegations. “To all the fans, I never quit the band,” he wrote. “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. But Christ….”

But fans’ sigh of relief wouldn’t last long — Travis and Mark came back with a retaliation, sticking to their guns about Tom’s exit. “We booked January 5th to go into the studio,” Mark explained to Rolling Stone. “On December 30th, we get an e-mail from Tom’s manager saying that he has no interest in recording and that he wants to do his other, non-musical stuff and that he’s out indefinitely. There’s a flurry of e-mails going back and forth for clarification about the recording and the show and his manager sends [an e-mail] back saying, “Tom. Is. Out.” Direct quote.”

Mark added that the sequence of events is exactly what happened when Blink 182 broke up in 2004. “Everyone does hella amounts of work to get a record deal and now Tom isn’t part of Blink-182,” Travis ranted. “It’s hard to cover for someone who’s disrespectful and ungrateful. You don’t even have the b—s 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.”

But, despite Mark and Travis’ harsh words for their pal, it still may not be the end of Blink. “There are legalities involved with this,” Mark admitted. “As Tom pointed out, he technically didn’t quit the band. Then it gets all lawyer-y which I will leave to the attorneys and managers.”

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