Blink 182 won't be playing their new single live

While we here in Australia won't have the privilidge of seeing Blink 182 on their current reunion tour, the band have explained why they don't plan on playing their yet to be released new single 'Up All Night' live.

Bassist Mark Hoppus told MTV News:

"We might possibly [play it], but probably not, though. 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."

Guitarist Tom DeLonge also talked about the set for their tour...

"Having Travis in the band, he's the foundation of what we do. 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."