Fall Out Boy: “When we get onstage, we as a band are still earning it. That’s exciting!”

Patrick Stump says there was a ​“two-to-five-minute moment” on Fall Out Boy​’s recent So Much For (2our) Dust that stood out more than most. In fact, he gushes, it was completely ​“magical”. It wasn’t while the band were performing at one of many sold-out arenas or stadiums across North America. Nor was it how they meticulously brought to life last March’s phenomenal So Much (For) Stardust album onstage. It was actually, to be totally frank, a somewhat mundane occurrence. “This is silly, but it’s real,” he begins with a smile, setting the scene for us at Milwaukee’s Fiserve Forum in early April. The singer/guitarist and his bandmates – bassist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman and drummer Andy Hurley – were at soundcheck, casually fine-tuning a song before showtime. It ...

Patrick Stump says there was a ​“two-to-five-minute moment” on Fall Out Boy​’s recent So Much For (2our) Dust that stood out more than most. In fact, he gushes, it was completely ​“magical”. It wasn’t while the band were performing at one of many sold-out arenas or stadiums across North America. Nor was it how they meticulously brought to life last March’s phenomenal So Much (For) Stardust album onstage. It was actually, to be totally frank, a somewhat mundane occurrence. “This is silly, but it’s real,” he begins with a smile, setting the scene for us at Milwaukee’s Fiserve Forum in early April. The singer/guitarist and his bandmates – bassist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman and drummer Andy Hurley – were at soundcheck, casually fine-tuning a song before showtime. It ...

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