{"id":2752,"date":"2009-06-18T04:33:33","date_gmt":"2009-06-18T09:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.ticketcenter.com\/?p=2752"},"modified":"2009-06-18T04:33:33","modified_gmt":"2009-06-18T09:33:33","slug":"blink-182-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/concerts\/blink-182-is-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Blink 182 is Back!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hailing from California, anyone who listens to pop music knows the name. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/blink_182_tickets.html\" target=\"_self\">Blink-182<\/a> is and has been &#8220;the&#8221; American rock band to listen to when you&#8217;re talking punk pop.<\/p>\n<p>Getting together back in 92 they were at that time simply called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/blink_182_tickets.html\" target=\"_self\">Blink<\/a>. Founding members included Mark Hoppus on vocals and bass, Tom Delonge on vocals and guitar, and Scott Raynor on drums.<br \/>\n1998 saw some changes to the band when, part way into a tour of the United States Raynor was replaced by Travis Barker but the band played on.<\/p>\n<p>It was not until 2005, when DeLonge left the group that the moved into a hiatus that was predicted to be permanent, but which the group called indefinite.<\/p>\n<p>DeLonge went out on his own to form Angels and Airwaves, while Barker and Hoppus continued to play together in plus 44.<\/p>\n<p>February of last year saw the band, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/blink_182_tickets.html\" target=\"_self\">Blink 182<\/a> making an announcement that they were in fact going to continue as a band. The news came as a complete shock to their fans who had in fact debated whether they would ever be back and was a simple statement on their web site.<\/p>\n<p>The only thing the site offered was this statement, &#8220;To put it simply, We&#8217;re back. We mean, really back. Picking up where we left off and then some. In the studio writing and recording a new album,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/4ipR3h2Y99I&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;color2=0xfebd01&amp;hd=1\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>So we&#8217;ll give you the same news. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/blink_182_tickets.html\" target=\"_self\">Blink 182 <\/a>is back. We mean REALLY back. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/blink_182_tickets.html\" target=\"_self\">Blink 182<\/a> is back as big and as great as they ever were. They have an amazing show. Get ready to  rock as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/blink_182_tickets.html\" target=\"_self\">Blink 182<\/a> offers you the kind of music that you&#8217;ve been missing. Get <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/blink_182_tickets.html\" target=\"_self\"> your tickets today<\/a> to see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/blink_182_tickets.html\" target=\"_self\">Blink 182<\/a> in concert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hailing from California, anyone who listens to pop music knows the name. 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