Mark Hoppus Crushes Hopes of blink-182 Reunion With Tom

Mark Hoppus has denied that a blink-182 reunion with Tom DeLonge is imminent. 

Speaking on his Discord, the blink-182 bass player/vocalist has stated that "there is no news to share. There is no announcement. Today is thirty years of blink-182!"

Hoppus elaborates on this stance indicating that IF there is any blink-182 and Tom reunion news, the band will be making quite a lot of noise about it, and not cryptically teasing fans with old photos on social media.  

"If and when blink has any announcement about anything, you will hear it from the official blink-182 outlets. Not teased on a radio station like 'tune in for a major announcement…Tom tagged Mark in a photo from two decades ago.'"

Hoppus also states that "blink-182 will tour again and when it's booked and confirmed we'll announce it."

The rebuttal from Hoppus is sure to crush fans and media outlets alike, who had both been buying into all the hype. 

That hype had become quite convincing, with a new Funko Pop! Vinyl set announced, Tom DeLonge shared an old press shot of blink-182, and updated his Instagram bio to say, “I make music (@blink182 and @angelsandairwaves).” 

DeLonge's post followed reports from a couple of weeks ago that DeLonge’s replacement in the band, Alkaline Trio frontman Matt Skiba, was unsure as to whether or not he was still in the band.

Skiba responded to a fan who commented about his status as a member of blink-182, replying that "your guess is as good as mine. Regardless, I am very proud of and thankful for my time w @blink182. We shall see…”

Speaking with GQ last year, Hoppus caused a flurry of excitement when he confirmed he was open to the idea of a DeLonge return.

"We haven't really talked about that, but I'm open to anything in the future,” he said. “I don't know how that would work if it's all four of us. Like we're all going to live in the same house again?” 

The bassist has also been sharing old press shots of blink featuring DeLonge in recent weeks via his Instagram.

As of this moment though, according to the man himself, those photos are just that, photos. 

Since DeLonge's departure from the band for a second time in 2015, blink-182 have released two full-length albums with Skiba, 2016's California and 2019's Nine.