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Tensions arose between the band members as DeLonge expressed his desire to cancel the tour and enter a half-year respite from touring in late 2004, and the band officially announced an " indefinite hiatus " in February 2005.

DeLonge formed Angels & Airwaves while Hoppus and Barker continued playing music together in + 44.

In August 2008, the band's frequent producer Jerry Finn died of a cerebral hemorrhage, and Barker barely survived a plane crash, sustaining second and third degree burns on his lower body and torso.

Both events would be catalysts for the band reuniting ; in 2009, DeLonge reflected, " If that accident hadn't happened, we wouldn't be a band.

Plain and simple.

That was fate.