haven't participated in much discussion here but i think there are indeed a lot of signs tom's back in the fold. the band's social media have been fairly quiet, the brazil lollapalooza rumor and travis being able to fly again, the funkos, mrtsurt printing up old designs with tom on the shirt for hot topic...not to mention that bombshell skiba comment. none of it's at all surprising, but i did expect it to take another few years.
if it's truly the case i'll be excited to see them play with tom again, so long as he doesn't sound like shit (dubious ask). as an longtime fan, i don't really care whether or not they're a functioning band or not anymore, i'd just like to see them celebrate what it was. a key difference between now and 2009 is that they were still young then and -- in mark/travis's case -- ready to resume their career. nowadays? the situation is much different. the best we can hope for is some greatest hits tours and that's it, and that's all it should be.