Blink-182 are working on album number ten. Travis Barker confirmed it directly on the New York Times' Popcast on Aug 10, 2026: "I'm starting a couple of other projects, like producing projects, working on the next blink album" — and when pressed on timing, that the work is happening this year, not next. That's a real, on-record shift from the "quiet year, maybe an album" watching-and-waiting we had here as of July. It's not a release date, and it's not confirmation that Mark Hoppus or Tom DeLonge are in the studio yet — just Barker, on record, saying work on album ten is actively underway in 2026. We're treating "when" as genuinely open until there's more than one person's word on it. Full story →
Travis Barker tells the New York Times' Popcast he's "working on the next blink album," with the work happening this year. First on-record confirmation of active work on album ten. What it doesn't tell us: a release date, other members' involvement, or any album details — a "2027" release window circulating in secondary coverage wasn't stated by Barker and stays in our unconfirmed column. Our full report →
Source: NYT Popcast; corroborated by Consequence and KerrangThree decades, nine albums, one departure, one near-tragedy, and a reunion that felt genuinely earned. Blink went from San Diego garage jokers to the band The New York Times called the most influential punk act of the '90s, then survived breakups, side projects, a plane crash, aliens (long story), and cancer to arrive at the most sentimental chapter of their career: the original trio, back, and meaning it.
| Album | Year | The era, in one line |
|---|---|---|
| Cheshire Cat | 1995 | Scrappy San Diego skate-punk with jokes between every song. |
| Dude Ranch | 1997 | The breakthrough — "Dammit" and the blueprint locked in. |
| Enema of the State | 1999 | The supernova: pop-punk's defining album, inescapable and perfect. |
| Take Off Your Pants and Jacket | 2001 | Bigger, brattier, #1 in America — peak imperial phase. |
| Blink-182 (Untitled) | 2003 | The grown-up one — moody, experimental, and secretly their masterpiece. |
| Neighborhoods | 2011 | The uneasy reunion — fractured sessions, flashes of brilliance. |
| California | 2016 | The Skiba years begin — sunny, polished, DeLonge-less. |
| NINE | 2019 | Darker Skiba-era swings ahead of the storm. |
| One More Time… | 2023 | The real reunion — Tom back, mortality faced, hearts on sleeves. |
| Album Ten In progress | TBA | Work underway as of 2026, per Travis Barker on the NYT's Popcast. No date, no title, no details yet. Tracker → |
Three kids from Poway playing skate videos and all-ages shows, with Scott Raynor on drums. Cheshire Cat (1995) is scrappy and joke-dense; Dude Ranch (1997) delivers "Dammit" and the blueprint. The era ends mid-tour in 1998, when Raynor is out and a drummer from tourmates The Aquabats named Travis Barker learns the set almost overnight.
Defining track · DammitProducer Jerry Finn plus Barker's arrival turns a good punk band into an inescapable one. Enema of the State (1999) defines pop-punk for a generation; Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001) debuts at No. 1 in America. The imperial phase: naked video-runs, TRL dominance, and hooks that never aged.
Defining track · All the Small ThingsDeLonge's Box Car Racer detour strains the trio, then feeds directly into the moody, experimental self-titled album (2003) — "I Miss You," Robert Smith, and the record fans now call their masterpiece. Within fifteen months of its release the band announces an "indefinite hiatus" (February 2005); DeLonge forms Angels & Airwaves, Hoppus and Barker form +44.
Defining track · I Miss YouIt takes a tragedy: Barker survives a plane crash in September 2008, and the estranged trio reconciles around it, announcing their return at the Grammys in February 2009. Neighborhoods (2011), recorded largely in separate studios, captures a band back together but not yet together — fractured sessions, flashes of brilliance.
Defining track · Up All NightDeLonge exits again in 2015; Alkaline Trio's Matt Skiba steps in. California (2016) goes to No. 1 and NINE (2019) swings darker — a polished, professional era that kept the machine running while never quite settling the question of what Blink is without Tom. It ends with the thing that reordered everyone's priorities: Hoppus's cancer diagnosis and recovery in 2021.
Defining track · Bored to DeathOctober 2022: DeLonge returns, a world tour is announced, and One More Time… (2023) — written in the shadow of Hoppus's recovery and the band's renewed sense of mortality — debuts at No. 1. Three years of heavy touring follow, capped by 2025's punk-roots Missionary Impossible run. Now: a quiet calendar and album ten in progress.
Defining track · One More TimeAnalysis An editorial selection: our call on the fastest route to understanding the band, not a chart.
Three guys rented a mansion, got kicked out of it, and made their biggest ballad with no electric instruments at all — on purpose. The series' first entry.
GD.B182.001Three teenagers, three days of borrowed studio time, and a lawsuit that gave them their name. How the debut got made on almost nothing.
GD.B182.002A hit single written in ten minutes, out of the singer's own range, and a label that walked out of its own launch party.
GD.B182.003A drummer who learned the set in 45 minutes, and the producer who turned a club band into a genre-defining act.
GD.B182.004Three guys wanting three different records, a manager who said there was no hit, and two songs written in a furious ten minutes each to prove him wrong.
GD.B182.005Ten months in a rented mansion, a first-ever brush with Pro Tools, and Robert Smith on lead vocals — reinvention right before the collapse.
CH.B182.001Same manager's email, ten years apart, both times reading “Tom. Is. Out.” The full, contested history in everyone's own words.
New to the band? Put on Enema of the State (1999). Thirty-five minutes, zero filler, and the exact moment pop-punk became the sound of being young. If it lands, there's a whole catalog of moods behind it.
Yes — work is underway as of August 2026. Travis Barker confirmed it directly on the New York Times' Popcast on Aug 10, 2026, saying he's "working on the next blink album" and that the work is happening this year. No release date, title, or other details have been confirmed. We track every development on the Album Ten Tracker. Our full report →
Yes. The classic lineup — Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge, and Travis Barker — reunited in 2022 and released One More Time… in 2023. As of August 2026 they're not actively touring but are working on new music, per Barker's own on-record comments.
No tour dates are currently announced. 2026 has been a comparatively quiet year for live shows — a headline slot at Innings Festival in February and a one-off Mercedes-AMG event in May — consistent with a band focused on studio work rather than touring right now. When real dates exist, they'll be here and in the Wire.
Page history: Published Jul 23 2026 · Updated Jul 24 2026 — module anchors added so coverage can deep-link · Updated Aug 14 2026 — status moved from "Album Ten Watch" to "In Progress" following Travis Barker's Aug 10 NYT Popcast interview; latest-update card and FAQ module added · Updated Aug 14 2026 (second pass) — hub rebuilt to full living-hub parity: era guide (6 eras), essential songs, guides module, start-here, and living-trackers modules added; Album Ten Tracker (TRK.002) launched and linked · Status last reviewed Aug 14 2026 · No corrections to date