At the 51st Annual Grammy Awards ceremony on February 8, 2009, all three members of the band appeared onstage for the first time since their breakup.[10] Barker announced the band's reformation stating, "We used to play music together, and we decided we're going to play music together again" with Hoppus adding "Blink-182 is back!" A message appearing on the band's website the same day confirmed the reformation and added that the band are in the studio writing and recording a new album and preparing to tour again.