Blink-182's Travis Barker jokes about leaving band

Blink-182’s Travis Barker has recently joked about leaving the band, as well as discontinuing his current projects so he may work with US hip-hop artist, Yelawolf.

Needless to say, many a fan jumped the gun and didn’t read the full post, especially the part where Barker says that it’s “just a joke”.

The drummer made the “announcement” on his personal Instagram account, and you can find the original post below.

"Caption via my brother@yelawolf "As of today .. Im officially quitting all other bands I work with and I'll be joining my brother Yelawolf for the remainder of my career .. Thanx Blink for the good times ... But theres a bigger hat for me to wear now .... Nashville here I come !!!!! "
Don't trip everybody it's just a joke.
Love my brother Yela till the death and def will be rocking with him again soon

In other Blink-182 related news, the band have been working on new material with their current guitarist/singer, Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio.