DANCE, DANCE! - Fall Out Boy and New Found Glory news [Kerrang! (January 13th, 2007)]
DANCE, DANCE!
FALL OUT BOY AND NEW FOUND GLORY BUDDY UP ON THE ROAD IN THE US
FALL OUT BOY kicked off the first part of their 2007 ‘Friends Or Enemies’ tour on January 4 in San Francisco.
The Chicago quartet, who are preparing to release their third album ‘Infinity On High’ in February, are playing 15 sold-out shows in the States with Floridian pop-punk quintet New Found Glory as main support, before they head over to Europe.
“I’m actually feeling really excited because we haven’t played in a long time,” Fall Out Boy’s bass-toting mainman Pete Wentz tells K!. “Sitting around in California has been killer! It feels like you’re being murdered! I don’t like being in one place for too long, I get cabin fever! And it’s great because I think our fans are really stoked because we’re playing smaller venues this time.”
What have you got in store for these shows?
“Some really old songs and some really new songs,” explains Wentz, “It’s going to really be a rock show, in a more simple way. This tour is going to be more about the songs and the crowd.”
Are you nervous about debuting some of the new tracks from ‘Infinity On High’?
“Oh yeah, of course,” laughs the bassist. “It’s like a first kiss!”
Wentz also reveals that he and his bandmates – singer Patrick Stump, guitarist Joe Trohman and drummer Andy Hurley – are really looking forward to spending some time with their friends in NFG. “One of the reasons that FOB exist is because of New Found Glory, so we’re really happy that they’re out on tour with us,” says Wentz. “It’s cool because I don’t feel like it’s one of those things where we’re like, ‘We’re the headlining band…’, there’s not that separation there. They’re so friendly and they’re such good dudes that it’s not weird at all. We can’t wait to hang out. There will be lots of high fives!”
But what can NFG expect from a typical post-FOB-show hang out session?
“We like to play board games,” Wentz confesses. “We like ‘Taboo’ and ‘Catchphrase’, so we’ll be playing a lot of those!”
“We’re excited about these shows, too,” admits New Found Glory frontman Jordan Pundik. “We’ve been off for two weeks, so it’ll be nice to get away from home and play some shows! We’ve known the FOB guys for a few years now. They’re cool guys to hang out with and they’re a good band, so it’s going to be fun!
“For these shows, we’re going to be doing what we always do – play all the fan favourites and just try and kick ass onstage!” he adds. “Maybe Chad [Gilbert, guitarist,] will get up with FOB and play the guitar part on the track he played on [‘The Take Over, The Break’s Over’ from ‘Infinity On High’] or do some screaming or something at some of the shows. There’s talk of it…”
Pundik also declares that he isn’t worried about his crew having trouble rising to any board game challenges that Wentz’ mob throw their way.
“We are the masters of anything nerdy like that,” he laughs. “I would have to say that our favourite is – well, it’s not really a board game, it’s a card game – but we’ll kick anybody’s ass at poker!”
We guess the winner of the dance-off, captured in our picture, gets the decider. The game is on…
Fall Out Boy hit the UK at the end of the month and again in April. See Gigs p64 for details.
Translator's Note: While I am a casual listener to FOB, I don't normally scan stuff about them because I'm like, not sure if my mutuals would wanna read articles of them. On the one hand, I'm aware that their fandom is fairly active here, on the other hand, I was lazy because I have so many other artists to scan and translate their interviews.
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