Blink-182 Kicks Off Their Comeback Reunion With New Song ‘Edging’: Listen

Though blink-182’s comeback announcement was packed with innuendo astir delayed gratification, the set didn’t discarded immoderate clip with sharing caller music. Mere days aft the radical announced that Tom DeLonge was rejoining Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker successful the lineup, blink-182 shared “Edging,” a opus afloat of the band’s signature marque of defiant immaturity mixed with SoCal punk rock. As usual, Tom and Mark divided the vocals connected the track, which you tin perceive to above.

This twelvemonth marks 30 years since blink-182 formed successful San Diego. The archetypal lineup featured Scott Raynor on drums (you tin spot him successful the videos for “Dammit” and “Josie”) earlier helium was fired successful 1998. Travis Barker, who was playing drums for blink’s then-tour-mates The Aquabats, stepped successful archetypal arsenic a impermanent replacement, earlier joining the set full-time up of the band’s mainstream breakthrough, 1999’s Enema of the State. Tom would permission the set successful 2005, per NPR, resulting successful the enactment of Angels And Airwaves, portion Travis and Mark would signifier +44. The trio reunited successful 2008, and stayed unneurotic until 2015, erstwhile Tom departed again. Both splits were cited implicit originative differences.

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In the years since the 2nd exit, Tom became progressive successful investigating extraterrestrial life. Matt Skiba, a co-founder of the punk set Alkaline Trio, stepped successful and was a full-fledged subordinate of the set until Tom’s return. Following the quality of the Mark, Tom, and Travis amusement reuniting, Skiba exited the band.

“I sent this to Matt personally, but it’s important for the satellite to cognize that I grant him,” Tom captioned an Oct. 13 IG post. The connection helium sent Skiba read: “Hi Matt. Tom DeLonge here. I wanted to instrumentality a infinitesimal and accidental convey you for each that you person done to support the set thriving successful my absence. I deliberation you are enormously talented (I inactive emotion and perceive to your set to this day). You person ever been truthful benignant to me, not lone successful the press, but besides to others. I truly noticed.”

“Emotions betwixt the 3 of america successful blink person ever been complicated, but Mark’s cancer truly enactment things successful perspective,” added DeLonge. “But to beryllium honest, the set would not adjacent beryllium present contiguous if it were not for your quality to leap successful and prevention the day. So from my bosom to yours, convey you for being a subordinate of our band.”

Along with the reunion, the set announced a 2023/24 World Tour. The circuit kicks disconnected successful March 2023 successful Mexico, earlier making its mode to the States successful May. South America, Europe, and Australia dates are included. Click present for much details.