How we didn’t spot this earlier! In a 2019 video for his collaborative organisation, To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science, Tom DeLonge gave a definitive reason to why he left Blink-182.
Firstly, you can watch the video where DeLonge gave the reason why he left the trio below:
Secondly, you can read what DeLonge had to say below:
“I wanted to make a quick message to let you know that from my heart, I left my band and what I was known for because this is the moment and time where I can change the world for my kids and everybody else’s.”
Here’s what DeLonge said in reference to Blink-182 at the start of the video:
“ The last show I played was in front of 100,000 people and then they wonder why I’m not doing that now, and I’ll say because this is the one moment in my life where I’ll be able to look back as an old man and say ‘Oh my god, I was a part of the team that changed the world. As an artist, I’d kind of conquered what I wanted to do with music, so I thought this is a great time to kind of do something else.”