Blink-182 Cancel Summer Appearances

Blink-182 have cancelled all their scheduled live appearances this summer.

In a statement on their website, the trio explain that work on their new album - which had been expected to be completed before these dates started - was taking longer than previously thought.

It reads:

‘It is with heavy hearts that we have to announce our planned 2011 European Summer tour has been rescheduled. When we booked the tour last year, we were confident that we would have the new album out before the Summer. Turns out we were mistaken as the album is taking longer than we thought and won’t be out till later this year. We hoped we would have some new songs to play rather than do another ‘greatest hits tour’ which you all saw last Summer. As much as we know our fans would be cool with that, we feel that we owe you guys something new when you spend your money to come see us. Frankly, it’s what needs to continue for us to remain vital. The three of us are working very hard to do what we set out to do when were-formed…get a new blink-182 album recorded. Apologies to all of our fans who have bought tickets and were looking forward to the Summer shows but we’ll be back soon with the rescheduled dates in Summer 2012, have a new album out and be able to play new songs for you all.Thanks for all of the continued support and understanding.’

The dates will now take place in summer 2012.

The cancellations include festival slots at T In The Park and Oxegen, though the band have added headline dates in Dublin, Belfast and Glasgow with the rescheduled shows.

The band will now play:

JUNE 2012
12 Dublin O2
13 Belfast Odyssey Arena
20 Glasgow SECC

Tickets for these new shows will be on sale from 21st April 2011.

JUNE 2012
7 Birmingham NIA
8 London O2 (tickets valid from 18th July)
9 London O2 (tickets valid from 19th July)
15 Manchester MEN Arena (tickets valid from 8th July)
16 Birmingham LG Arena (tickets valid from 15th July)
17 Sheffield Motorpoint Arena (tickets valid from 7th July)
19 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena (tickets valid from 12th July)

JULY
10 Cardiff Motorpoint Arena (tickets valid from 16th July)
11 Nottingham Capital FM Arena (tickets valid from 13th July)
12 Liverpool Echo Arena (tickets valid from 4th July)