Fall Out Boy and The Killers announce new tour dates

I am a fan of both of these bands, who love to feud, but they both are awful live. Both The Killers and Fall Out Boy have severely disappointed me in concert, but maintain to please me on record.

I would warn against it, but, if you insist on going, here are the tour dates:

FALL OUT BOY:

Mesa, AZ Mesa Amphitheatre (April 3)
Las Vegas, NV Pearl (5)
San Jose, CA SJSU Event Center (7)
Sacramento, CA Memorial Auditorium (8)
Portland, OR Expo Center (9)
Seattle, WA WaMu Theatre (10)
Vancouver, British Columbia Thunderbird (11)
Salt Lake City, UT The Great Saltair (13)
Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium (14)
Dallas, TX Nokia Theatre (17)
Houston, TX Sam Houston Race Park (18)
New Orleans, LA Lakefront Arena (19)
Miami, FL Mizner Auditorium (21)
Orlando, FL UCF Convocation Center (22)
Atlanta, GA Gwinnett Arena (23)
Charlotte, NC Bojangles Coliseum (24)
Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion (25)
Troy, NY RPI Fieldhouse (26)
Lowell, MA Tsongas Arena (28)
Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun (29)
Philadelphia, PA Festival Pier (May 1)
East Rutherford, NJ Bamboozle (2)
Memphis, TN Beale Street Music Festival (3)
Toronto, Ontario Ricoh Coliseum (5)
Montreal, Quebec Cepsum de Montreal (6)
Detroit, MI EMU Convocation Canter (8)
Rosemont, IL Allstate Arena (9)
Cleveland, OH TWCA at Tower City (12)
Columbus, OH LC Pavilion (13)
Indianapolis, IN The Lawn at White River Park (15)
Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom (16)
Minneapolis, MN Roy Wilkins Auditorium (17)

THE KILLERS:

Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theatre (April 16)
Las Vegas The Joint (17)
San Jose, CA San Jose Event Center (19)
Seattle, WA Wamu Theatre at Qwest Field Events Center (22)
Victoria, BC Save On Foods Memorial Centre (23)
Vancouver, BC UBC Thunderbird Arena (24)
Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome (26)
Edmonton, AB Rexall Place (27)
Milwaukee, WI The Eagles Club (30)
Indianapolis, IN Murat Theatre (May 1)
Bonner Springs, KS Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone (2)
St. Louis, MO Fox Theatre (4)
Columbus, OH Lifestyle Communities Pavilion (5)
Cleveland, OH Time Warner Cable Amphitheatre at Tower City (6)
Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center (8)
Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena (9)

Record Review: Fall Out Boy-Folie a Deux

Folie a Deux is, quite simply, Fall Out Boy’s weakest record to date. I’m listening to my beloved vinyl copy of “Give ‘Em Enough Rope” in an attempt to get the awfulness out of my ears. Only the Clash can save me from the mediocrity of a very very very very belated sophomore slump on FOB’s part. The record not only lacks momentum, but cohesion as well. There is no powerful feeling, no tracks that really stand out, no theme or anything. Pete had claimed that the guitars will explore new territory and we might mistake it for AC/DC. Lies. They barely scratch the surface with that claim.

I think the reason I am so mad at this record is because I know how good Fall Out Boy can be. Infinity on High was GENIUS (and helloooo Take This To Your Grave.) I think that Fall out Boy is trying too hard to sound like something that they are not, and it just isn’t working for them. Why try to reinvent yourself when you were good in your niche before?

The tracks jump around with many guest vocalists and different feels in each song, but it isn’t eclectic in a good way the way that Albert Hammond Jr’s newest record is. It is just…ugh. The songs on their own are ok, but barely.

Really, Fall Out Boy, I am disappointed in you.

2/5 (this is me being generous)

Fall Out Boy - 20 Dollar Nosebleed [mp3]
When this song started playing, I thought “this sounds like Fall Out Boy trying to be Panic at the Disco trying to be The Beatles” and then I heard Brendon Urie start singing and I just laughed. I SO CALLED IT. This is probably the best song of the bunch, but that isn’t saying much, as it isn’t anything special

the new Fall Out Boy video rocks

this is a couple of weeks old but I just watched it now:



I swear Fall Out Boy get catchier with every record. Take This To Your Grave will always be my favourite but I do enjoy me some STUDIO VERSION Fall Out Boy (not to mention I adore the lyrics. Pete Wentz rocks my socks.) I've forgiven them for their shitty live performance, maybe one day their excellent recorded sound will manifest itself live.

Fall Out Boy...oh boy.

apparently, FOB wants to join the Guinness Book of World Records by playing in Antarctica...hahah they always made me laugh.

read more here

I stopped listening to them after I saw them live. They were like 1 step above terrible. Out of sync, weak vocals, no connection with audience, barely audible bass. The acoustic set was good though. I also deleted all of my FOB songs off of my computer (and trust me, I had their entire discography, plus b sides etc) which I'm kind of regretting because Infinity on High was a pretty good pop record. I just really can't forgive bands who suck live. At least I have the records in disc form at home.

anyhow, enjoy a good live cover of "love will tear us apart"



watching it just saddens me more...my high expectations for FOB were shot dead.