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Blink-182 To Reunite At The Grammys
Press release lists band as presenters at Sunday's awards show.
Long-suffering Blink-182 fans, your prayers have been answered. Or, at least, taken a step toward being answered. On Thursday (February 5), the Recording Academy announced that Blink-182 will reunite at Sunday's 51st Annual Grammy Awards ... as presenters.
It will mark the first time that all three members of Blink — Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker — have shared a stage together since December 2004. They announced they were going on "indefinite hiatus" in February 2005, and since then have been trading barbs and focusing on new projects — Hoppus and Barker with +44, DeLonge with Angels & Airwaves.
But in recent months, that frosty relationship seems to have thawed. First, Hoppus wrote a blog announcing that he, Barker and DeLonge had begun spending time together, fueling rumors of a full-scale Blink-182 reunion. Then, in an exclusive interview with MTV News, Hoppus said that he and DeLonge were "friends" again, and that "the future is wide open" for a Blink reunion.
Before we get too ahead of ourselves, let's get back to this Sunday. It's not known whether Blink will be doing anything besides presenting at the Grammys, but the fact that they were sandwiched between Kate Beckinsale and Natalie Cole in a press release also announcing Diddy, Green Day, LL Cool J and Will.I.Am as presenters seems to indicate that they won't be doing much else.
Phone calls to representatives for the Recording Academy were not returned by press time, nor was an e-mail to Hoppus asking for comment.
Grammy performers include Stevie Wonder, Neil Diamond, B.B. King, Keith Urban, Smokey Robinson, John Mayer
The Grammy list of performers just keeps growing more star-studded.
CBS has announced that the latest performers added include Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Neil Diamond, Terence Blanchard, Allen Toussaint, Robin Thicke and M.I.A.
A tribute to Bo Diddley will bring together B.B. King, John Mayer, Keith Urban and Buddy Guy.
The latest presenters are impressive, too: Morgan Freeman, Natalie Cole, Sean "Diddy" Combs, John Legend, Green Day, will.i.am, Jason Mraz, LeAnn Rimes, Leona Lewis, LL Cool J, Blink 182, Kate Beckinsale, Zooey Deschanel, Dwayne Johnson and Emily Procter of "CSI: Miami."
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