Blink 182 have just issued a statement that explains they have cancelled their forthcoming UK and Ireland tour that was due to begin on Friday, July 1 at Birmingham's National Indoor Arena. 

The band have cited the slow progress of their new album as the reason for cancelling and have rescheduled all of the dates so that fans will be able to see them almost exactly one year later, in 2012. 

A statement on the 'Feeling This' rockers' website 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"

They continued:

"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."

In addition to pulling all of the arena dates, Blink 182 have also cancelled their appearances at this year's T in the Park and Oxegen festivals. You can head over to the band's official website to read the press release in full and the list of rescheduled shows is below:

• Thursday, June 7 2012 -Birmingham NIA (tickets still valid from Friday, July 01 2011)
• Friday, June 8 -London The O2 (tickets still valid from Monday, July 18 2011)
• Saturday, June 9 -London The O2 (tickets still valid from Tuesday, July 19 2011)
• Friday, June 15 - Manchester MEN Arena (tickets still valid from Friday, July 8 2011)
• Saturday, June 16 -Birmingham LG Arena (tickets still valid from Friday, July 15 2011)
• Sunday, June 17 - Sheffield Motorpoint Arena (tickets still valid from Thursday, July 7 2011)
• Tuesday, June 19 - Newcastle Metro Radio Arena (tickets still valid from Tuesday, July 12 July 2011)
• Tuesday, July 10 - Cardiff Motorpoint Arena (tickets still valid from Saturday, July 16 2011)
• Wednesday, July 11 - Nottingham Capital FM Arena (tickets still valid from Wednesday, July 14 2011)
• Thursday, July 12 -Liverpool Echo Arena (tickets still valid from Monday, July 4 2011)

Tickets for the original dates will still be valid at the newly announced gigs and you can watch the band perform their anthemic single, 'I Miss You', here: