as new material was planned to be recorded but due to DeLonge's side projects kept delaying dates, he would quit the band afterwards. Hoppus and Barker recruited Alkaline Trio frontman Matt Skiba to fill in for DeLonge to perform two club shows and a slot at the Musink Tattoo Convention & Music Festival in March 2015. After legal battles with DeLonge were worked out, Skiba, who returned to Alkaline Trio for a string of dates and the release of his side project the Sekrets, rejoined Blink-182 as an official member. Between January and March 2016, the new line-up consisting of Hoppus, Barker and Skiba recorded California, produced by John Feldmann for its release in July on independent service BMG to mixed to positive reviews. The album included, for a first time, outside songwriters, the likes of Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy. It also marked their second number-one album in over 15 years, thus becoming their first to top the charts in the United Kingdom and receiving a Grammy nomination for the Best Rock Album award. After touring in support of the album, recording process began developing for the following record. The trio moved to major label Columbia for the eight album Nine, released on September 20, 2019 to generally positive reviews, who complimented the band's upgrade signature sound, as well as its moody lyrical content. Produced by Feldmann, also utilizing outside producers/songwriters including Captain Cuts, the Futuristics, and Tim Pagnotta. It debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 domestically and reached top ten in Canada, Austria, Germany and the United Kingdom. In October 2022, DeLonge returned to the band after almost eight years with a new single, "Edging", on October 14, 2022 and an album at a future date. Blink-182 has sold over 50 million albums worldwide. Songs As lead artist As featured artist See also Blink-182 discography Notes References External links Blink-182