M!ke Posted July 28, 2009 Posted July 28, 2009 http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1617114/20090728/blink_182.jhtml Blink-182 Explain Why You Won't Hear 'Up All Night' On Reunion Tour Mark Hoppus says they don't want people to hear their new song as 'a YouTube version of us playing it live.' LAS VEGAS — There's a pretty good chance you'll hear just about every Blink-182 song imaginable on their current reunion tour ... and more than a few dirty jokes too. With a back catalog that spans a decade, and a set that stretches nearly two hours (not to mention an average song length of something around four minutes), Blink have been throwing just about everything into their recent shows, with one notable exception: "Up All Night." Since the tour kicked off last week, Blink fans have been clamoring for the band to play "Night," the lone new song they had completed before hitting the road. In early interviews, Blink had promised to unveil the song during the tour, but so far, no dice. And from the sound of things, that's not going to change anytime soon. "We might possibly [play it], but probably not, though," bassist Mark Hoppus said. "We haven't finished recording it yet, and we really don't want the first time that people hear our new song to be a YouTube version of us playing it live. We want it to be the actual song, and we haven't gotten the chance to finish it yet, so we'll probably leave it out of the set until we actually release it." While "Up All Night" — which was originally titled "The Night the Moon Was Gone" (guitarist Tom DeLonge's daughter thought that name up, BTW) — might not be finished yet, Blink are still endlessly proud of it. "It's an awesome song. We [just] haven't done a recording of it yet," DeLonge said. "But I don't even know if we would have room for it, we have so many songs in this set." "Yeah, we're playing a lot of songs," Hoppus added. "We're playing the most we can without being charged for going over [time] each night." And cutting even further into that set time are a couple of jammy takes on older numbers like "Down," "Miss You" and "Stockholm Syndrome," which stretch past their original running times and showcase Blink as you've probably never seen them before: ridiculously tight, professional pop-punk machines. After all, they've been doing all this rehearsing — they might as well show off a bit. "Having Travis in the band, he's the foundation of what we do," DeLonge said. "So Mark and I can huddle around him and follow what he does. We have a couple spots in the set where we really can cruise. It is improv, and it's the kind of thing you don't normally see with a band of our style, and I think it's stuff we'll do more of in the future. ... What's really cool now, aside from the fact we're having so much fun, is the fact that the band is tight. I think we're playing better now than we ever have." Quote
Harper. Posted July 28, 2009 Posted July 28, 2009 its about time they finally acknowledged the song. Quote
Ghent Posted July 28, 2009 Posted July 28, 2009 its about time they finally acknowledged the song. Also happy to hear Tom acknowledge that he's having fun and the band is tight. It was pretty much obvious on stage, but nice to hear him say it. I was hoping they'd say they would finish it on the road...But oh well, it's not that big of a deal to me anymore. Sweet, that's all I needed. Yeah, would it have been that hard for them to have said this last week? haha oh well. Quote
M!ke Posted July 28, 2009 Author Posted July 28, 2009 The title MTV (and myself originally) posted, is a little misleading though, because based on that news article, it sounds like they could potentially finish the song while on tour, release it, and then add it to their setlists. They definitely didn't dismiss that possibility, and in fact acknowledged it, so maybe, we'll hear it soon, but maybe not. Quote
Chewy030 Posted July 28, 2009 Posted July 28, 2009 Very cool i love seeing interviews by them talking about how much fun their having its awesome to see. Quote
Dylan Posted July 28, 2009 Posted July 28, 2009 Yeah totally, its a good thing that they finally acknowleged the existance of the damn song! i agree too, I can wait Quote
Bob Loblaw Posted July 28, 2009 Posted July 28, 2009 who cares Apparently someone...the Up All Night anticipation thread is 139 pages. Of care. Quote
juice182 Posted July 28, 2009 Posted July 28, 2009 doubt they will finish it on tour but i think they still might play it. Quote
Fishguts182 Posted July 28, 2009 Posted July 28, 2009 Sweet, that's all I needed. bingo, thats all i've wanted this whole time was for them to acknowledge it and thats all i needed Quote
fElon Posted July 28, 2009 Posted July 28, 2009 That is somewhat annoying. They are doing a 50 date tour and we got nothing new. Just a rehash of 2004's tour. Don't get me wrong, I am excited they are back, and can't wait to see them live........but I figured we could at least get 1 new song. But I guess if it's not done. It's not done. I wouldn't play it live before it was released either. I am seeing them the last date of the tour, so i guess I stand the best chance of hearing it. That would be amazing. Quote
ALI Posted July 28, 2009 Posted July 28, 2009 This is fine with me. I'm actually really stoked to hear them play "not now" live. That was almost like hearing a new song. Quote
1eighty2009 Posted July 28, 2009 Posted July 28, 2009 That is somewhat annoying. They are doing a 50 date tour and we got nothing new. Just a rehash of 2004's tour. Don't get me wrong, I am excited they are back, and can't wait to see them live........but I figured we could at least get 1 new song. But I guess if it's not done. It's not done. I wouldn't play it live before it was released either. I am seeing them the last date of the tour, so i guess I stand the best chance of hearing it. That would be amazing. OLIVER! Your back holy shit! very nice Quote
Guest THillingworth Posted July 28, 2009 Posted July 28, 2009 Was happier hearing tom saying how much fun they were having and how tight they are Quote
fElon Posted July 28, 2009 Posted July 28, 2009 That is somewhat annoying. They are doing a 50 date tour and we got nothing new. Just a rehash of 2004's tour. Don't get me wrong, I am excited they are back, and can't wait to see them live........but I figured we could at least get 1 new song. But I guess if it's not done. It's not done. I wouldn't play it live before it was released either. I am seeing them the last date of the tour, so i guess I stand the best chance of hearing it. That would be amazing. OLIVER! Your back holy shit! What show are you going to? Yes, I am. Jones Beach Aug 9th and Atlantic City Oct 3rd. You? Quote
1eighty2009 Posted July 28, 2009 Posted July 28, 2009 That is somewhat annoying. They are doing a 50 date tour and we got nothing new. Just a rehash of 2004's tour. Don't get me wrong, I am excited they are back, and can't wait to see them live........but I figured we could at least get 1 new song. But I guess if it's not done. It's not done. I wouldn't play it live before it was released either. I am seeing them the last date of the tour, so i guess I stand the best chance of hearing it. That would be amazing. OLIVER! Your back holy shit! What show are you going to? Yes, I am. Jones Beach Aug 9th and Atlantic City Oct 3rd. You? Jones the 25th Quote
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