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Mark Hoppus: 'It was a relief when Tom quit Blink-182'

Blink-182's Mark Hoppus has revealed that Tom DeLonge's decision to leave the band came as a relief for them. 

Chatting to The Sun newspaper, Hoppus explained that himself and drummer Travis Barker had decided to put the band first but they were disappointed to learn that it wasn't DeLonge's priority, so when he quit it was a weight off their collective shoulders:

"It was a relief when Tom decided he didn't want to be in the band. It had been obvious for years he wasn't happy in Blink. For years we'd always said -- well, at least Travis (Barker) and I had -- Blink is our main priority. We all do other things but Blink comes first."

"We had planned to do new recordings for months but days before we were to start, Tom's manager emailed us and said he wasn't interested. He was out. Of course we were disappointed and angry but then, after a while, it made sense because he just wasn't happy doing it."

Tom DeLonge recently told Mic that leaving Blink-182 has allowed him to devote his time to researching UFOs: "Dealing with something that’s a national security issue, and you’re being gifted with the opportunity to communicate something you’ve been passionate about your whole life — something that has the opportunity to change the world over time — being a small part of that is enormously important for my life path."

"But I can’t do everything. I can’t tour nine months out of the year with enough time to do the enormity of what I’m setting out to do.”

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