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About Fall Out Boy

Fall Out Boy formed in 2001 in Wilmette, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Pete Wentz and Joe Trohman started it as a pop-punk side project, and singer Patrick Stump joined soon after. Drummer Andy Hurley came in after filling in for a 2002 recording session in Madison, Wisconsin, completing the lineup that still tours today. The band built a following in the hardcore and punk scene through relentless touring. Their first album, Take This to Your Grave (2003), grew into an underground success, and it remains a fan favourite. It followed Evening Out with Your Girlfriend, a record they rushed out in March 2003 and later disowned.

Breakthrough (2005-2008)

From Under the Cork Tree (2005) took them into the mainstream, peaking at No. 9 on the Billboard 200. “Sugar, We’re Goin Down” reached No. 8 on the Hot 100 and won an MTV Video Music Award, and “Dance, Dance” was another hit. The album sold more than 2.7 million copies in the US and earned the band a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist.

Infinity on High (2007) debuted at No. 1 with 260,000 first-week sales. “This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race” reached No. 2 in both the US and UK, and “Thnks fr th Mmrs” was another major single. Folie à Deux (2008) debuted at No. 8 and went Gold within two months, but it divided fans and critics, and the band was tiring after years on the road.

Hiatus (2009-2012)

After a show at Madison Square Garden on 4 October 2009, the band went on hiatus. Stump released a solo album, Soul Punk, wrote songs for other artists including Bruno Mars and All Time Low, and acted. Wentz formed Black Cards with Bebe Rexha, wrote the novel Gray, and hosted the TV show Best Ink. Hurley co-founded The Damned Things with Trohman and members of Anthrax and Every Time I Die.

The comeback (2013-2019)

On 4 February 2013 the band announced their return with a photo of themselves burning their back catalogue at Comiskey Park. Save Rock and Roll (2013) debuted at No. 1 with 154,000 first-week sales, led by “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)”, which reached No. 13 on the Hot 100. They had a second No. 1 with American Beauty/American Psycho (2015), which brought the hits “Centuries” (No. 10) and “Uma Thurman” (No. 22) and was certified platinum in 2016.

Mania (2018) became their fourth No. 1 album and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Album. That year they headlined Wrigley Field, their first stadium headline show. Their greatest-hits collections Believers Never Die (2009) and Believers Never Die, Volume Two (2019) cover both eras.

Recent years (2020-2026)

The Hella Mega Tour with Green Day and Weezer, announced in 2019, finally played in 2021 after being postponed for COVID-19. In January 2023 Trohman stepped away for mental health reasons, returning that May. So Much (for) Stardust arrived on 24 March 2023, produced by Neal Avron, and the band toured it from June 2023 to April 2024. They also appeared on Taylor Swift’s Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) on “Electric Touch” and released an updated “We Didn’t Start the Fire” in 2023.

In July 2025 Trohman missed the remaining 2025 shows because of right-hand surgery. A deluxe 20th-anniversary edition of From Under the Cork Tree came out on 17 October 2025. On 9 November 2026 they announced the Twilight of the Punks world tour for 2027 and released “Aces”, their first new original single in more than three years.