I KNEW IT!

Yes. YES! Following on from my post a few weeks back about the members of Blink speaking to each other again, Blink-182 are officially back.

At the Grammy's last night, they presented an award together, and appeared together as Blink-182 for the first time in 4 years. They then went on to explicitly state that 'Blink-182 is back!'. As any of you who know me will know by now, I nearly passed out upon finding this out.

The official Blink website also has this message: "Hi. We're Blink-182. This past week there've been a lot of questions about the current status of the band, and we wanted you to hear it straight from us. To put it simply, We're back. We mean, really back. Picking up where we left off and then some. In the studio writing and recording a new album. Preparing to tour the world yet again. Friendships reformed. 17 years deep in our legacy. Summer 2009. Thanks and get ready."

According to David Kennedy of Angels and Airwaves, this does not mean the end of them either, apparently both Blink and Angels will have new albums this year.

Oh god. Summer-HURRY UP.

Slices of News, With a Side Dish of Info.

Lupe Fiasco has returned...maybe. An indie/punk-style band randomly surfaced called Japanese Cartoon.

No idea where they just appeared from, but they had a few songs up on their Myspace account that got some reaction. The Lupe relevance is that the lead singer, 'Percival Fats' (...come on, how can that be a real name!?) sounds EXACTLY like Lupe putting on a British accent.

They released a Myspace bulletin which 'dispelled' these rumours, claiming Lupe only 'finances the band, and does their production.' Sounds ludicrous? It is. Head over to http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=440389226 and listen to their songs (especially Heirplanes) to make your own judgement.

Secondly, the battle that was hyped up on here long ago rages on. 50 Cent vs. Lil' Wayne. If you have some spare time, head to the following link to hear a radio interview with 50, whereby he goes in pretty hard on Lil' Wayne, as well as a few shots at Kanye. He does however talk some sense at certain points, especially about Wayne not acknowledging 'Louisianimal'.

Listen to the interview here: http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhaqRtC7MEvFl76jbE.

To finish with, Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 fame has done a very revealing interview with MTV.com recently which gave some clue as to whether a Blink-182 reunion would ever happen, and the future of +44.

When asked about a Blink reunion, it was said that 'the future is wide open.' I think most fans of Blink/+44/Angels and Airwaves always believed that somewhere down the line they will reunite, and this only adds to that belief.
When asked about +44, an answer was given that very few people will have expected: Hoppus is going solo. Although he didn't say +44 was over, he did say that both himself and Travis Barker want to finish their solo albums first. It was common knowledge that Travis Barker had an album coming, but Hoppus' first solo effort was not. They've been working on tracks with one another too, so I'd imagine this could turn out very well for them both.

Angels and Airwaves

A quick 3am post.

As you do.

Just found out that my favourite alternative band of the last few years (since the break-up of Blink-182 of course) are going in the studio to record stuff for their new album in January.

Exciting times for anyone who is a fan, as the first album is an utter classic,with the second one being pretty awesome too.

If you haven't heard of them and fancy hearing something different, and unlike anything you've probably heard before, look up The Adventure-their first and best song.

Time for sleep.