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Fall Out Boy are preparing to embark on their biggest North American tour to date, albeit a few weeks later than originally planned. The band cited “personal issues” as the reason for delaying the massive Honda Civic Tour, which now begins May 11. NME.com caught up with bassist Pete Wentz to discuss the fall out from the delay, how it has affected the band, and what fans can expect from the tour. “It’s funny because when you put a statement out that says ‘personal issues,’ it’s stupid because it’s poorly worded and everybody is immediately like, ‘Oh my God, someone’s… Read more »

Fall Out Boy has postponed the start of its stint on the Honda Civic Tour due to undisclosed “personal issues.” The trek was to begin April 18 in Charlotte, N.C., but has now been pushed back to May 11 in Denver. The lone date that has been canceled is May 1 in Sacramento, Calif.; refunds are available at points of purchase. “Unfortunately, because of some personal issues we had to delay the tour a few weeks,” Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz says in a statement. “We want to put on the best possible show we can and know that this… Read more »

For then 15-year-old Travis McCoy, high school gym class was nothing more than an excuse to chat about music with buddy Matt McGinley. McCoy, who was an aspiring rapper, was the frontman for a local band, and McGinley played drums for another in their native Geneva, N.Y. The summer after sophomore year, McGinley’s band landed a party gig, and McCoy, who happened to be at the same gathering, stepped to the mic and began to rhyme along with it. Thus Gym Class Heroes was born and went on to release three independent albums before signing to Fall Out Boy principal… Read more »

It’s not a stretch to say that on their epic climb to the top of the Billboard albums chart, Fall Out Boy have shed their fair share of blood, sweat and tears – spending nearly five years crisscrossing the country in vans, buses and airplanes will do that to you . But on next month’s tour, they’ll be focusing primarily on the red stuff. Taking a (pretty awesome) page from the Kiss playbook – or, more specifically, the Kiss comic book – FOB will be tapping their veins for a contest, one in which they’ll mix their own blood with… Read more »

To the Academy Is …, the name “Santi” means many things, none of which make very much sense. “Adam [Siska], our bass player, had this enemy in high school whose last name was Santiago, but everyone called him Santi, and he had associates called, like, Panti, Canti and Fruscianti or something,” drummer Andy “the Butcher” Mrotek explained. “Adam always hated the name Santi, so to annoy him, we all started saying it instead of ‘thank you’ or ‘cheers’ or anything. So it started out as this incredibly stupid thing, the kind of stupid thing you do in a band on… Read more »

Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz is far more recognizable than the average rock band bassist. With jet-black asymmetrical bangs, slightly smeared eyeliner and a toothy grin, Wentz certainly makes for a memorable image, but it’s his public antics that have created such an unforgettable impression. “I honestly don’t care what the perception is of me to the world,” says the 27-year-old, while sipping on a Starbucks’ vanilla latte on a rainy day in New York City. “It’s a weird thing to have come to, but after you’ve gone through the ringer so many times you don’t care. But I do… Read more »

Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz is far more recognizable than the average rock band bassist. With jet-black asymmetrical bangs, slightly smeared eyeliner and a toothy grin, Wentz certainly makes for a memorable image, but it’s his public antics that have created such an unforgettable impression. “I honestly don’t care what the perception is of me to the world,” says the 27-year-old, while sipping on a Starbucks’ vanilla latte on a rainy day in New York City. “It’s a weird thing to have come to, but after you’ve gone through the ringer so many times you don’t care. But I do… Read more »

Say what you will about Fall Out Boy, the dudes are punctual. Facing a day during which they’ll play three shows in three cities across the country over the course of 19 hours, the band arrived at the “TRL” studios in Times Square bright-eyed and relatively bushy-tailed at the very un-rocking hour of 8 a.m., ready to kick off the festivities with a ripping performance in front of a throng of extremely vocal fans – many of whom had lined up at 6 a.m., braving subzero wind chills to secure a spot in the studio. “I’m not tired yet,” FOB… Read more »

Much like their friend/mentor/sorta-boss Jay-Z, Fall Out Boy plan to celebrate the release of their new album with a larger-than-life publicity stunt. They’re even taking a tip from Jay and his epic eight-shows-in-one-day effort by staging multiple shows in multiple locations over the course of a single day. On February 6, the day their Infinity On High album hits stores , FOB will team with MTV to play three shows – in three different cities – in one day. It’s a continent-spanning endeavor they’ve dubbed Infinity Flight 206. The whole thing kicks off with a morning performance at MTV’s Times… Read more »

Fall Out Boy have described their recent album leak onto the internet as ‘devastating’, and have targeted a disgruntled worker at the pressing plant manufacturing their new album as the source of the leak. “Infinity On High” was leaked prematurely onto file sharing sites some four weeks ahead of its release date in February, and bassist Pete Wentz says the band’s label suspect a low-level worker at the CD duplicating plant. “Our job is to put out records and tour and make music. What are we gonna do? Sit at the plant and watch everybody?,” says Wentz. “Some guy working… Read more »