Hoppus and Barker confirm: Tom DeLonge left Blink-182

Tom DeLonge - guitar player and singer in Blink-182 - reportedly left the band. The news broke in the late afternoon of January 26, but it was soon denied by DeLonge himself - who, via Instagram, commented "I never quit the band", labelling the whole thing as "weird"

A few hours later, by the way, the other two members of the band, Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker set the record straight on the band's inner turmoils, during an in-depth interview with "Rolling Stone".
They explain: "We booked January 5th to go into the studio. On December 30th, we get an e-mail from Tom's manager saying that he has no interest in recording and that he wants to do his other, non-musical stuff and that he's out indefinitely. There's a flurry of e-mails going back and forth for clarification about the recording and the show and his manager sends [an e-mail] back saying, 'Tom. Is. Out.' Direct quote. This is the exact same e-mail we got back in 2004 when Tom went on indefinite hiatus before".
And Hoppus adds: "Every single thing that we've heard from his camp — from e-mails from his manager to our production team — was, 'Tom is out indefinitely. For the foreseeable future, Tom is done'".

The band was ready to enter a studio for a new album, Hoppus explains. "We were ready to go into the studio on January 5th. This is exactly the same sequence of events that happened when Blink broke up 10 years ago. We had things booked in advance and we get an e-mail from Tom's manager saying, 'Tom's out indefinitely'. But last time, Travis and I took a step back and said OK and we just kept our mouths shut".

When Blink-182 first split in 2005, due to DeLonge going on a undefined hiatus, Hoppus and Barker founded together +44, a new band. But now the pair say they are "intent on protecting the legacy of Blink-182 and continue to do what we’ve been doing for the past two decades: continue playing the songs", so it seems lawyers and attorneys will be busy to set this straight.