It's shaping up to be a very busy week for former Blink-182 frontman Tom DeLonge. On the upside, he just celebrated the debut of a documentary DVD chronicling his transition from the seminal teen punk act Blink-182 to his current band, Angels & Airwaves [ tickets ].Released earlier this week, the film, entitled "Start the Machine," focuses on the process of producing Angels & Airwaves' first project, "We Don't Need to Whisper." Delonge is also on the cusp of heading out for a summerlong jaunt headlining Van's Warped Tour, which commences June 20 in Pomona, CA.

On the down side, DeLonge has reaffirmed news that all Blink fans hated to hear--there will be no reunion. And he's made a few headlines in the UK defending his cohorts in My Chemical Romance after a flurry in the press about a 13-year-old British girl, who was a devotee of MCR and other Emo acts, committed suicide in 2007.

In a widely circulated statement in the UK press, the singer is quoted as saying that although band members may tend to blame themselves in situations like this high profile suicide, it's wrong to do so when there is no direct fan-to-band connection.

"You have no idea who these people are," DeLonge said. "And My Chemical Romance, they spend a lot of time singing about coming together. There's ingredients of rebellion and angst, but what band doesn't have that when they're young?"

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If you are signed up to meet Angels & Airwaves this summer on the Warped Tour, please make sure that you go to the Modlife bus at the show by 1pm to check in and get your pass.  You will need this pass in order to attend the Meet and Greet!  Please bring a photo ID with you.  Specific Meet and Greet times will vary from show to show - but check-in will always need to be done by 1pm!

Modlife will be located in the Sponsor Area and will be hard to miss.  

One Meet and Greet pass will be given out per Premium Member.  Sorry, but no guests allowed for the Modlife AVA Meet and Greets.

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Saturday evening, Ryan, Kevin, David and I went down to Encinitas to one of the historic theaters to watch the premier of the Angels and Airwaves documentary called Start The Machine. We got there about an hour and a half early, stood in line, had some fun, went in, watched the movie, sat through a little Q&A with the band and then headed out. I really liked the movie. David and Kevin had mentioned that they had seen most of the parts through their website, but it was now all put together for a movie. Anyway, if you don't know much about Angels and Airwaves, Tom DeLonge (one of the guys from Blink 182) started it once Blink broke up. They are still rockin' and rollin'. Below are some pictures from the Q&A setcion after they showed the film. The pictures aren't the best quality, but you get the idea (we were sitting in the back of the theater and it was hard to focus the pictures).

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Trace William Cowen sent us an e-mail about AVA show. He wrote up a review/observation on hismy trip to Nashville to see AVA on Saturday and posted it to DrivenFarOff.com. Here's the begining of the review, and if you want to read everything, click on Read More or here. I recommend you to read it, it's a great article/review!!

Mathematically, I had to do it. Angels & Airwaves, free show (the annual Journey’s Backyard BBQ), three-hour drive to Nashville, so-so shopping mall – it made too much sense to ignore. So, after a quick Waffle House breakfast (honestly, the atmosphere alone can fill your stomach) perfectly complimented with four cups of coffee, I turned my girlfriend’s Camry gently in the direction of Nashville…well, Franklin, Tennessee. Thankfully, I kept a mildly detailed mental journal of the day ahead and will do my absolute best to transcribe it here.

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