Tom DeLonge

American rock musician

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2024 Fender released a signature Starcaster model for DeLonge in multiple colors: Surf Green, Olympic White, Shell Pink, and Shoreline Gold.
2023 Fender reissued DeLonge's signature Stratocaster model in a limited edition run.
2023 Released his directorial debut film Monsters of California, starring Richard Kind, completing his journey into feature film directing.
October 20 2023 Blink-182 released the album 'One More Time...' featuring Tom DeLonge, following his return to the band.
December 2022 DeLonge revealed he began using Fender Starcasters, moving away from his Gibson endorsement and coinciding with his return to Blink-182.
October 14 2022 Blink-182 released the single 'Edging', marking DeLonge's first new music with the band after his return.
October 11 2022 Tom DeLonge officially returned to Blink-182 after an eight-year hiatus, with the band confirming his rejoining and announcing plans for a future album.
2021 Angels & Airwaves released the album 'Lifeforms'.
May 2021 Tom DeLonge married his girlfriend Rose-Marie Berryman.
April 2020 Pentagon officially declassified three UFO videos that DeLonge had previously released through his company in 2017.
2019 Published non-fiction book 'Sekret Machines: Man' with Peter Levenda
2019 DeLonge divorced Jennifer Jenkins after having two children together.
2019 Produced the History Channel television show 'Unidentified: Inside America's UFO Investigation', documenting the USS Nimitz UFO incident.
2019 Angels & Airwaves went on their first tour in seven years.
2019 Tom DeLonge publicly discussed his distinctive singing style, joking about the challenges of singing 'not even doing it right' while referencing his vocal inspiration from Milo Aukerman of the Descendents.
January 28 2019 To the Stars released an animated narrative by DeLonge of his children's book 'Who Here Knows Who Took My Clothes?'
2018 Continued his creative works with novel 'Poet Anderson: ...In Darkness', 'Sekret Machines: Book 2 – A Fire Within', and children's picture book 'Who Here Knows Who Took My Clothes?'
January 2018 Released the sequel 'Poet Anderson: Of Nightmares' and its audiobook version, recorded by Liam Gerrard and released by Tantor.
2017 Wrote foreword for 'Cathedrals of Glass: A Planet of Blood and Ice' and published non-fiction book 'Sekret Machines: Gods' with Peter Levenda
2017 Merged To the Stars, Inc. into To the Stars Academy of Arts & Sciences, expanding the company's focus to include aerospace and science divisions dedicated to ufology.
October 2017 Audiobook version of 'Poet Anderson: ...Of Nightmares' recorded by Liam Gerrard was released by Tantor.
October 2016 Released his third novel 'Strange Times: The Ghost in the Girl', co-authored with Geoff Herbach and based on characters from his previous graphic novel.
April 2016 Released 'Sekret Machines: Book 1 – Chasing Shadows', a collaborative novel with author A. J. Hartley.
2015 Tom DeLonge departs from Blink-182 after disputes over recording a new album and conflicting project commitments.
2015 Founded To the Stars, Inc., an entertainment company focused on UFO and fringe science investigations.
October 2015 Released the novel 'Poet Anderson ...of Nightmares', co-written with author Suzanne Young, accompanied by an Angels & Airwaves EP.
October 2015 Published the graphic novel 'Strange Times: The Curse of Superstition Mountain'.
April 2015 Magnetic Press published his first comic book series 'Poet Anderson: The Dream Walker', based on his award-winning short film of the same name.
April 21 2015 Released his first solo album 'To the Stars... Demos, Odds and Ends', an eight-song collection of Blink-182 demos and other material.
March 2015 Tom DeLonge announced he was working with best-selling authors to co-write 15 novels with accompanying soundtrack EPs, and planned to release four albums in the year.
2014 DeLonge shared a satirical article on Twitter claiming the Smithsonian Institution destroyed skeletons of giant humans, which was later revealed to be from a fictional news website.
2014 Co-directed the animated short film Poet Anderson: The Dream Walker, further exploring his interest in filmmaking.
December 24 2013 DeLonge released his children's book 'The Lonely Astronaut on Christmas Eve', featuring a story about a rocketeer spending Christmas alone on the moon who is visited by extraterrestrial life. He also participated in a charity auction for Rady Children's Hospital Foundation related to the book.
December 2012 Blink-182 releases the EP Dogs Eating Dogs.
October 2012 Blink-182 leaves Interscope Records and becomes an independent act.
June 2012 DeLonge was actively developing two film projects: a feature-length Poet film and a film adaptation of Strange Times.
2011 Released 'Love: Part Two' album, following up on the previous year's conceptual album
2011 Tom DeLonge created the documentary 'My First Guitar'
2011 DeLonge outlined six musical acts that significantly impacted his musical growth, including Stiff Little Fingers, U2, Depeche Mode, New Order, Fugazi, and the Descendents.
2011 DeLonge launches Strange Times, a website focused on extraterrestrial life, paranormal activity, cryptozoology, and conspiracy theories.
2011 Scored and produced the sci-fi film Love.
September 2011 Blink-182 releases the album Neighborhoods, which peaks at number two on the Billboard 200.
2010 DeLonge began consciously shifting his vocal style when forming Angels & Airwaves, moving away from his signature nasal punk sound to a more flowing, melodic approach that he described as being more like a 'violin' or 'stringed instrument'.
2010 Released third album 'Love' with Angels and Airwaves, expanding the band's multimedia concept

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