Tom DeLonge uses reunion stage to promote upcoming AVA album
Blink-182's Tom DeLonge uses reunion stage to promote upcoming Angels and Airwaves' album
August 22, 2009 Matt Thomas
Since Blink-182 has stepped back into the spotlight after commencing its reunion tour, Tom DeLonge, the group's guitarist / vocalist, has used the opportunity to promote his other band, Angels and Airwaves. During current Blink shows, DeLonge sports a black T-shirt featuring the logo of AVA's yet to be released third album, Love.
................The new LP is appropriately set to drop on February 14th, which will coincide with a film utilizing the album's songs. In an interview with The Aquarian, DeLonge said of the film, "Hopefully, we'll be submitting it to Sundance in September, so the plan is that it debuts there in January and we're hoping it will be out in IMAX theaters in February."
DeLonge has claimed that the new album and film are equal, at least in vision and depth, to Pink Floyd's The Wall, which was also a dual album / film effort. This mirrors previous statements DeLonge has made about AVA in the past when he declared the band would ignite "the greatest rock and roll revolution of this generation"; and that AVA's debut, We Don't Need to Whisper, would "compete with the greatest rock records of all time."
His predictions have already led to an online dialogue within various websites and chatrooms. Blogger Perez Hilton responded by placing pressure on AVA to "deliver" with their third album in order to live up to unparalleled expectations.
The onstage T-shirt promotion has also raised questions as to where DeLonge's loyalty lies: with Blink-182 or Angels and Airwaves. In an attempt to quiet doubters, DeLonge said the following during his interview with The Aquarian: "Both bands are totally me. I read books on politics . . . I study. The things that I do to educate myself about the world around me is totally relevant and that's what I do. But also in the middle of that I'll tell stupid jokes . . . The cool thing [with Blink-182 and Angels and Airwaves] is I really get to be both parts of myself." Simultaneous participation in the two groups seems to be the perfect situation for the hardworking frontman.
Blink -182 is currently touring North America. Love will be released free of charge (that means you, as a fan, will not have to pay a single cent to own the album), on February 14, 2010.
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