• The new blink-182 will be titled "Neighborhoods". That's what he said: "What we’ve discovered through the reformation of blink-182 is that the three of us are very different, but put together we do something that we really like. Kinda like different neighborhoods that make up a city".
• The album will be tentatively released on 27^th September 2011.
• The band will be playing 3 or 4 new songs on the upcoming tour.
• "Ghost On The Dancefloor" is second song coming, probably before the tour starts.
• The music video for "Up All Night" will be shot in the upcoming weeks.
• David Choe, who did the "Up All Night" artwork, won't do the new album artwork.
• The alphabet theme will continue with a "J".
• "Up All Night" is available on iTunes.

Everyone wants to call it all around our life with a better name
Everyone falls and spins and gets up again with a friend who does the same
Everyone lies and cheats their wants and needs and still believes their heart
And everyone gets the chills, the kind that kills when the pain begins to start

We’ll get this straight
Do you want me here?
As I struggle through each and every year
And all these demons, they keep me up all night...
They keep me up all night...

Everyone’s cross to bear’s a crown they wear on endless holiday

Everyone raises kids in a world that changes life to a bitter game
Everyone works and fights, stays up all night to celebrate the day
And everyone lives to tell the tale of how we die alone some day

We’ll get this straight
Do you want me here?
As I struggle through each and every year
And all these demons, they keep me up all night...
They keep me up all night...

• Album artwork was handed in yesterday.
• "Up All Night" is "heavy".
• The second song they are mixing is "Ghost On The Dancefloor".
• The album title was meant to be released with the single date, so we will have that by Friday if not earlier.
• Currently the standard edition of the album will have 11 tracks. BUT. There will be 1 iTunes bonus track, 1 international bonus track and 1 Best Buy bonus track. Fourteen new songs.
• Apparently David Choe did the artwork for the single. It’s the same guy that did "Give The Drummer Some" artwork.

Thanks to Blinkdisasters.com.

1230 at night here in los angeles. sitting on the floor of my hotel room, listening to the first mix of the first track to come back from the new album. stoked beyond words to be listening to new music from our band. on the OTHER side of the creative process. listening to the songs not to figure out what and if it needs more of. listening just to hear the music. i love this song, and the mixer did a great job, it sounds amazing. i can’t wait until this album comes out, and i hope that when it does you all are as excited as i am sitting here by myself in the middle of the night, cross-leeged on the floor of a hotel room, with headphones on, listening to this song over and over. thank you for supporting our band. blink-182 life, for life.

today two of our songs are getting sent out for mix. within days they will be delivered to the label. within two weeks they should be out in the world. our little birdies are almost ready to fly on their own! after much love and care, they’re ready to leave the nest. and FLY!! fly, little birdies, fly! feel the air under your wings and soar as far and as high as you can!! it’s time for you to see this giant, beautiful world. people have waited a long time to hear you. it’s time to show everyone you’re as strong as the wind. we love you very much. now go on, little birdies, get out there and fuck some shit up.

• 1-2 Days: Two completely new songs will be posted on AngelsAndAirwaves.com and the fans will vote for the next single.
• "Days": Strange Times Announcement
• 14^th July 2011: Modlife GOLD Package #1 Poster will be shipped.
• Present-15^th July 2011: Dates will be released for LOVE The Movie.
• 15^th July 2011: Ticket go on sale for LOVE The Movie.
• 10^th August 2011 @ 8pm EST/5pm PST: LOVE The Movie will be broadcasted to 500 theaters across the USA. After the movie there will be a LIVE 3-4 song concert, New Single Music Video, Question & Answer with Angels And Airwaves/Gunner/Will.
• 30^th September 2011: Last day to sign up for Modlife GOLD Package #2, Limited Edition Stencil Astronaut Shirt, Young London 7" Vinyl Record (Side A. Young London/Side B. Young London Instrumental), Digital Download of LOVE Pt. I Instrumental.
• 11^th November 2011: LOVE Double Album Released Digitally and Physically, LOVE The Movie Released Digitally (AngelsAndAirwaves.com and iTunes), DVD and Blue Ray.
• 25^th December 2011: Announcement of Angels And Airwaves Tour.

Thanks to TheAvaMovement.com.

we now have the album title, a release date for the single, a date to shoot a video, and A DATE FOR THE RELEASE OF THE ALBUM!! wow. keep your eyes and ears open on the blink-182 sites for details. it’s all happening, people...

tomquinn: Will you be cutting the rest of bass/guitars you write in London or So. Cal?

bass and drums on the album are done, as are most of the guitars. and lead vocals. we’re finishing the recording with percussion, some more background vocals, keys, and random fixes here and there. these will all be done in california. but the finish line is approaching. we’ve chosen an album title, started working on artwork, moving into mixing, and getting ready for tour rehearsals. the single is due to be delivered to the label in a week, and soon after that it will be released. the full album is due in a month, and will be released a few weeks later. it’s all coming together!

late night flight from jfk to lax. in the past two days we taped a lot of great segments for hoppus on music. beady eye (former members of oasis), awolnation, simple plan, the brothers carney from spider man turn off the dark, cults, and a panel discussion on tour riders. we also shot two commercials for the show. question: why is my go-to television voice always just me yelling into the camera?

tomorrow morning early the movers come to my home to pack up everything i’m taking in the move to london. a few of you have asked why london and how am i going to be able to continue working with blink-182 and the tv show. the answer to the second part is: i will never sleep. i’ll be traveling back and forth to new york to tape the show, and flying out to wherever blink-182 has concerts, press, video shoots, etc. or if tom needs a hug. or if travis needs a partner for mixed martial arts tournaments. a lot of you may not know that, while i may APPEAR soft, infirm, and a bit out of shape, i’m actually the pinnacle of virility, strength, and masculinity. ready to GO at the drop of a hat. yeah, i’m kind of a bad ass. but i don’t like to be showy about it. as for why move to london, there’s no one real answer. i just want to check out the uk for a bit. i’ve lived in and loved southern california for most of my life, and want to try a change. i want to know what it’s REALLY like to live the european experience. by completely immersing myself into a foreign culture. jump in feet-first. i want to go to YOUR starbucks, to wear YOUR ed hardy t-shirts, and to ride rides at YOUR disneyland paris. i want to open my mind to a whole new world. i want to be jasmine, and the uk and greater european continent to be alladin, and the eurorail will be our magic carpet and we’ll fly high above the landscape opening up beneath us... “a whole new world (don’t you dare close your eyes...)” got a bit off travk there, sorry. the uk rules, and from there we can check out places in europe and scandinavia, etc. also, i like tea. and crumpets. but i gotta be honest, the sport of cricket completely defies me. any game that takes days to decide is beyond my capacity for caring. it takes all the patience and determination i possess to watch a 90 minute football match that ends in a 0-0 draw, and not launch something blunt and weighty into one of the 60” flatscreen tvs that hang on every wall of my sprawling mansion. interesting side note: aside from clothes, the amount of “stuff” i’m bringing with me overseas and on tour, the NECESSITIES of my very existence, objects with which i would be completely unable to function, all fit into two small boxes. and a pro-tools rig and some guitar cases.

tomorrow morning after the movers leave, we have interviews. mostly about the tour. but inevitably and expectedly also about the album. what does it sound like? how many songs? what direction did you take as a band? why does mark look like he’s slowly metamorphosing into jane lynch from glee? all valid and important questions, to be sure. but also questions for which we don’t have all the answers yet. we’re still in the thick of it. as i sit on this plane somewhere over pennsylvania, travis is in los angeles tracking drums, and tom is in san diego tracking guitars and vocals. i’ll be working on the songs again tomorrow after the interviews, and on and on until the album is due at the end of july. what DOES it sound like? i can’t tell you. personally, i am at the point where i can’t truly see it for what it is anymore. objectivity left a long time ago. i CAN say that some of the best songs for the record have been written in the past month. songs with energy and angst, and hooks and great melodies. the original absence of there songs is the reason why we had to cancel the UK/European dates. and also why, even as GIANT a bum-out as it was and continues to be, it was the right thing to do. the album is much the better for having the extra time, and we have the UK and Europe to thank for it. so thank you, and apologies again.

our single is due to be delivered to the label in two weeks. as of now, i think we have four strong contenders for “first single.” this is one the most exciting and stressful times of any recording process. the part where you commit. no more “we’ll put this in and see how it works...” we are all forced to make the decisions that will ultimately solidify whatever this new album will become, and will always be. good or bad, right or wrong, the die is about to be cast. the deadline is approaching. july 31st will be here sooner then any of us realize, and a few weeks after that it will be on the shelves (or on the websites where you can purchase and hold it in a cloud) and finally everyone can hear it, decide for themselves, and we can all stop talking about when the record will be released or what it sounds like. we can start talking about what we think of the final master. at that point, the album will be what it is and take on its own life. all of our ideas and work and songs will be like little birds, leaving the nest for the first time. some will soar to amazing heights, some may fall short and struggle to take flight, and some may grow bright yellow and grotesquely large and live on a street with a green monster who lives in a trash can. i think i’m going to like our new little record. i hope you do, too.

also tomorrow we’re meeting a production designer to discuss the upcoming US tour. starting to figure out what the tour will look like. what it will feel like when the curtain drops. what lights, what effects, what projections, or not. is there a theme? will there be an enormous animated skeleton named eddie that looms over the audience, or a giant inflatable pig, and what about pete wentz’s hair? these questions will inevitably lead into the discussion of the set list for this tour, which new songs will be added, which songs will stay, will any be cut? and tour rehearsals. and merchandise for the tour. and ad mats for the tour. and crew. and hotels. and buses. and semi trucks. load-in times. soundchecks. meet and greets. radio station visits. late night truck stops where you buy a brown leather vest with turquoise inset stones and tassels because you think it’s funny and you’re still buzzed from the show. (by the way, the half-life on the comedy value of said wardrobe absurdity is exactly 3 minutes from when you walk out of the truck stop door). tour life.

in summary (are you still reading this?! damn, maybe try and get out a little), tonight is june 22. in the next six weeks we have to: 1) finish recording the album, 2) choose a single, 3) mix the album, 4) master the album, 5) design the tour production, 6) figure out the artwork for the record (damn, i’d forgotten about that until right now), 7) decide upon a setlist, 8) learn to play the songs we just recorded in a live setting, 9) start general rehearsals for the tour, 10) shoot a video for the single, 11) do national, international, local, and long-lead press for the record and tour. additionally, for me i am committed to 12) two weeks of taping for hoppus on music, 13) flying to london to find a place to live, 14) moving everything out of my house, into storage or shipped to the tour, or to london, 15) packing for tour. 16) unburdening myself from 2 vehicles, 17) living out of a hotel for a month, 18) learning to dance the watusi, 19) convincing myself that the double-down sandwich is actually a real thing, and not a dare that someone is playing on us. oh yeah, and we as a band need a full week of full production rehearsals. and merch designs. wow.

so that’s the next six weeks. i’ll speak for myself when i say i’m crazy, stressed, high-strung, unable to sleep, anxious, nervous, and loving every minute of it. i love what we get to do. honestly. and the only reason we get the opportunity to do it is the support from all of you. so, thanks again. i hope you love our new record. i hope to see you out on the tour this summer, and if we miss you there, maybe i’ll run into you over in jolly old england, where we can throw anotha shrimp on the barbie, mate!!! oh. wait. dammit.