Tom DeLonge to departing Blink-182 guitarist Matt Skiba: “thank you for all you have done”
14.10.2022 - 00:21
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Tom DeLonge has shared a personal message to Blink-182’s departing guitarist, Matt Skiba, thanking him for his work with the band. Read his statement below.The Alkaline Trio vocalist joined the band in 2015 as a replacement for DeLonge who left “to change the world for my kids”. Now that DeLonge has returned to Blink-182 amid announcements of new music and a global tour, he has penned an open letter to Skiba.“Hi Matt, Tom DeLonge here,” he wrote.
“I wanted to take a minute and say thank you for all that you have done to keep the band thriving in my absence. I think you are enormously talented (I still love and listen to your band to this day).”DeLonge continued: “You have always been so kind to me, not only in the press, but also to others. I really noticed.
Emotions between the three of us in blink have always been complicated, but Mark’s cancer really put things in perspective. But to be honest, the band would not even be here today if it were not for your ability to jump in and save the day.”He ended the message, “from my heart to yours, thank you for being a member of our band.”A post shared by Official Tom DeLonge (@tomdelonge)Captioning the post, the founding Blink-182 guitarist wrote, “I sent this to Matt personally, but it’s important for the world to know that I honour him. Thank you, Matt Skiba.”Back in July, Skiba said he didn’t know if he was still a part of Blink-182.
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