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Perhaps all that talk of a
Blink-182 releasing a new album in
2010 was a tad premature — at
least, according to Tom DeLonge.
In an interview with Billboard, the
Blink guitarist was discussing his
plans to release Love, the third
album from his other band, Angels
& Airwaves, for free. (It will be
available for download through
A&A's official site starting on —
fittingly enough — February 14.)
During the interview, he let it slip
that Blink were in discussions with
Interscope Records about releasing
a brand-new studio record in 2011.
In theory, this wasn't exactly
shocking. After all, Blink have been
working on the follow-up to their
self-titled 2003 album since they
reunited at last year's Grammys,
and though they've talked up new
songs and brought a camera crew
in to document the recording
process , they've yet to actually
announce when the album will be
released. At press time, Interscope
Records had not commented on
the album's release date.
Earlier this month, in a teaser
trailer for its upcoming
"Blinkumentary," Los Angeles-
based production company
Handsome Randsome claimed that
Blink were currently in the studio
working on the album, and in
November, drummer Travis
Barker told MTV News that he
and his bandmates were planning
on "getting together once a week
or once every two weeks" to
work on the album.
All of which led fans to speculate
that the new Blink disc would be
hitting stores this year — but
according to DeLonge, that may
not be the case.
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