#fob tour 23

[nepenthean-sleep]

hey does anyone want a fob ticket for atlanta? i'm thinking about selling mine to get a seat that's covered by the amphitheatre roof because i'm prone to heat exhaustion. i'll sell it for $40 (again its just one seat and it's in the very back) via paypal

i should have checked beforehand but i thought my seat was under the roof already so rip

i would appreciate any signal boosts/reblogs! send me an ask or a dm if you're interested!

[crave-mp3]

https://www.tumblr.com/glassofpumpkinjuice/724868677159223296/so-uh-the-piano-medley-8523-dark-alley-what?source=share

TYTYYYYYYY AAAAHHHH

[crave-mp3]

PATRICK PIANO ENRICHMENT WAS FUCKING INSANE!!!!!! ELVIS COSTELLO INTO WHAT A CATCH INTO JOURNEY INTO LAST OF THE FUCKING REAL ONES AAUUUGGGHHHH

we are so close to patrick piano enrichment time rn 😐

[stumpgirl]

Happy one year anniversary to the Holy Grail 🎉

[stpansy]

im indifferent to ppl liking mcr more than fob like whatever it’s just personal taste but i just saw an mcr fan say that fob’s post-hiatus music has just been an attempted cash grab and nothing more. and im about to start killing

[angerofangels]

Knowing Patrick and Joe were 16 making eowyg is like. Oh ok. But knowing they were 23 during ioh is like. Oh my god. Oh my god.

[fartbussy]

What to i do after hearing dark alley, what a catch, bob dylan, i am my own muse, and bang the doldrums live

[thekidsarentalright]

you guys ever think about when fob came off hiatus the venues they were performing and touring at were small, often standing room only capacity venues and just about a decade later, 23 years into their career overall, theyre consistently selling out massive arenas and stadiums and headlining huge festivals. like you ever think about how them coming back was such a hail mary, unlikely to work thing and they cheated death and are more successful than ever and that success is only expanding, not diminishing

[andoutofharm]

a couple more of pete from dallas because i kind of can’t get over the fact that the first time he wore the skirt this tour was in texas of all places

fob dallas 6/28/23, my pictures

[unluckyhorseshoecrab]

from fkingdeathwish on the FOB Tour Updates discord: p2 watch NFG 7/2/23

[i-am-but-a-holyman]

finally making an intro

song i'm normal about this week - psycho ~ muse

I MADE A KILLJOY RP BLOG -> @1uckycharmx GO RP WITH ME (still very bare but i am working on it)

THESE ARE MADE BY @horseshoemybeloved AND I LOVE THEM

(cut necessary because i am the yappiest of yappers)

no i couldn't resist putting the blinkies i'm sorry

❤️ FOB, MCR, old P!ATD, PTV, KoRn, Smashing Pumpkins, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Daisy Grenade, IDKHow, NIN, Linkin Park

❤️ Saw FOB 7/19/23 and 3/30/24, Saviors Tour 9/2/24 :)

🦇 world's meanest Dungeon Master

❤️ Borderline worrisome love of Rocky Horror & Lost Boys + seen nearly every Tim Burton movie too many times

🩵 also into Breakfast Club, Stand By Me, The Outsiders, BTTF1-3, insert stereotypical 80s movie here

❤️ not the first or the last, but possibly the prettiest.

🪶it can't rain all the time🪶

⚡️ my Crow and Lost Boys graphics above and below were made by the amazing @irldenji :)

💣 and my heart hand grenade was made by @ziggy-stardust-is-in-love :)

ANDDD my oct 19 prophecy was made by @youmustfixyourheartt

🌪🩷 proud friend of dorothy

❤️ Genderfluid, any/all pronouns :) but no matter what the gender is this will always be my girlblog

❤️ Finally overcoming my shame to reveal I'm on ao3, practically trapped in a timeloop with how I'm writing the same three plots over and over and

🖤 and i have a fanfiction sideblog @magic8tally

❤️ mcr5 is real

🎸 stranger things (steddie & jopper & byler)

🍑someone stole all my fruit🍑

❤️ killjoy name - lucky charm

❤️ dip n pip LOVER

if you read all that i'm throwing a cookie at you 🩷

[nepenthean-sleep]

why is it that listening to a concert in person with my actual ears feels like all the noise in the universe is put into an cacophony blender where i cannot hear the guitars clearly or even hear myself at all but when i listen to the video recordings on my phone it sounds like Dolby Stereo Digital Surround Sound Studio Quality where everything sounds perfect and also my singing voice is incredibly loud and slightly out of tune. can other people hear that. am i ruining the concert for everybody else by singing along to every song 😭 i feel so bad for the people who sat next to me at both the fob show and the mcr show.

[crave-mp3]

literally every time i try to go out a silly little band i like does something devastating. i just wanted to have a fun little night at the jazz cafe and the theater with my friends and partners and then f*ll out boy played you're crashing at this point i should just post my calendar so y'all know when shit's going to happen

[thekidsare-not-alright]

Sorry to bother you with this question but I don't really know anyone in FOB fandom. I'm not new here, but I do work an extremely busy job (I'm an ER nurse) so I am admittedly a bit lost on some things about this current tour. Like what is the 8 ball stuff, and do you happen to know any general set list for the shows? If you don't feel like answering, that's totally cool too. I see a lot of your posts in the FOB tag so I thought I'd ask. :) Thank you in advance! xx

First, thank you for your all that you do in healthcare! Absolutely no apologies, I'm happy to help :)

Major tourdust spoilers ahead! (of course)

I'm going to take this ask as a chance to explain all the setlist fun stuff in one spot, so here we go! The setlist has been consistent except for four main points, which I'll explain below. For ease, I'm going to be referring to Bonner Springs' setlist (6/24/23), so when I use numbers to refer to song placement, those are the ones I mean.

If you wanna skip ahead anon, magic 8 ball is explained in letter D :]

A. The first change in the setlist has only happened once and takes place 6th in the setlist, following 16 candles and preceding Grand Theft Autumn. It's usually Chicago Is So Two Years Ago, but has also been Homesick at Space Camp and Dead On Arrival (after their respective tour debuts as magic 8 ball songs). Songs 6-8 are played in a TTTYG themed section of the set every night.

B. The second change is slightly more regular and takes place 12th in the setlist. This song is often "The Take Over, The Breaks Over," but every now and then it gets swapped out for Hum Hallelujah, as well as Bang the Doldrums (after its live debut as a magic 8 ball song in LA). It was once swapped out with 7 Minutes in Heaven (Atavan Halen).

C. The third change is different almost every night, with only a couple repeats here and there. This is Patrick's section of the setlist, at track 15 after Fake Out, where he just plays one or two snippets of songs on piano (or sometimes acoustic guitar) before a shortened cover of Journey's Don't Stop Believin'. Oftentimes, if he plays two songs, one of them is from Fall Out Boy and the other is a cover of whatever he feels like. Often referred to as "piano medley" or just "medley." (Golden, What A Catch, Donnie, and What a Time to be Alive have been very popular relatively for this part of the setlist, sksk patrick)

D. The fourth and final change on the setlist is known as the "Magic 8 Ball" song and takes place after Hold Me Like a Grudge at track 23. This song is where Pete asks a "giant magic 8 ball" (a screen above the stage) what song they should play anywhere from their entire discography. Here's a video of him asking (the spiel is about the same every night). Each magic 8 ball song has been different for each show, with exceptions described in letter H. Some of these songs have never been played live before, some haven't been played in over a decade, some just haven't been played in a while or as often but they are a complete secret/surprise every night! Additionally, Pete has said that once a song has been played for the magic 8 ball section, it can appear elsewhere in the setlist at future shows. So, really, anything can happen.

Fall Out Boy has gotten even more unhinged lately, so here are a few more setlist changes.

E. As mentioned above, the piano medley usually ends with a cover of Journey's Don't Stop Believin'. Twice now, however, this song has been sacrificed for other songs: August 1st for Gym Class Heroes' Travie Mccoy being brought on stage (Patrick played part of Stereo Hearts on piano, then they all played Cupid's Chokehold) and again on August 2nd for Sweet Caroline (a Boston Red Sox/Fenway Park tradition). The Journey cover has been played every show since.

F. Up until recently, a cover of Ozzy Osbourne's Crazy Train has been played after Baby Annihilation and before Dance, Dance. Enter Sandman by Metallica seems to have replaced Crazy Train in the setlist as of August 5th. Sometimes referred to (by me) as the "metal cover."

G. The only song from MANIA to make it on the tour's setlist, The Last of the Real Ones, has been cut from the setlist for a second Magic 8 Ball song (occurring right after the first Magic 8 Ball song). At first, it seemed like it was cut only for the duration of Patrick's sickness or for noise curfew, but it has not yet returned as of August 5th. It was a part of the "permanent" setlist up until July 29th, when it was last played.

H. As mentioned in letter G, a second Magic 8 Ball song has been added to the setlist every night since July 30th (Toronto, ON). The following cities have gotten two Magic 8 Ball songs:

LA, CA (July 2nd and 3rd) - first sold out show of the tour, Pete's home

Toronto, ON (July 30th) - only date in Canada

Forest Hills, NY (Aug 1st) - possible nod to the Hella Mega Tour dates that the band were unable to play due to a COVID-19 exposure

Boston, MA (Aug 2nd) - possible nod to the Hella Mega Tour dates that the band were unable to play due to a COVID-19 exposure

Darien Center, NY (Aug 4th) - possible nod to the Hella Mega Tour dates that the band were unable to play due to a COVID-19 exposure

Camden, NJ (Aug 5th) - they're probably just having a lot of fun doing spontaneous songs at the end of this leg! <3

For each double magic 8 ball night, the first one is a new song (one not yet played on Tourdust before, regular magic 8 ball rules apply) and the second is a repeat magic 8 ball song (any of the previous ones).

I. Spontaneous covers such as Shipping up to Boston and Coffee Mug have also appeared once each without cutting other songs in their place. The former was a nod to Boston and the latter a tribute. Really, just be prepared for anything at all times.

Extra fun note: The official setlists have the mystery song written in code, mostly using the NATO phonetic alphabet by abbreviating either the song's title or a key set of lyrics (GINASFS was written as "Golf" on the first setlist, Of All The Gin Joints in All The World, commonly referred to as Gin Joints, had the code name "Gamma Juliet," while Fame < Infamy's code name was "Bravo Whiskey Papa," referring to the lyrics "better with (a) pen" in the song)

Basically, they've been talking about having some of that old pre-fame ~scene rock show~ vibe where everything was spontaneous and they played til the cops showed up. It's a taste of going back to their roots and giving the fans what they want (and having a ton of fun while doing it!)

[I used this spreadsheet as a reference, made by this person on twitter]

So sorry anon for the novella here, I'm sure you wanted something quick but I couldn't help myself oops heh

[stumpgirl]

I'm such a whore for this man's body parts. He's absolutely perfect to me.

[pwblogarchive]

September 2004

FOB is going into preproduction for our new record next week- if you like fob then this is what you should get excited for (duh)-

just don’t want anybody disappointed.

peter

September 23, 2004

“I Dont Want To Dream Anymore If Its Not Me And You”

its been awhile. ive just been staying up late watching movies: mean girls, starwars, and shaolin soccer. summer ended. it makes me sad. lets keep it going [allnight]. nick designed a new site for the gym class heroes. go scope it and tell nick he is good at design and kissing. the new gymclass song is so amazing. we have been demoing with our producer Neal Averon. i know we won’t let you down. i hope this record changes how you/we see things. seeing “love doesnt bore me. it disappoints me” coming out of jude laws mouth may be one of the best ever. so true. we are up for a woodie award. patrick gets funny looking morning wood so go vote for that badboy on the front page. tell hey chris to stop being a bastard and hang out with me. then go watch all indiana jones movies in a row. it will make you feel okay. me and patrick wrote some songs they make my moods a bit more even. its so predictable to write these words and feel this down, im sorry if it bores you. writing has been coming so easily lately, maybe ill post some of it. cause i got the drama queens in my court, in my sheets and our old conversations in my head. send me your love letters and ill check the grammar and send them back. its better than unopened. wrapped a ribbon around my wrist so id have something to open at christmas. im mostly joking but some days i’d love to be just like everyone else. i cant write myself out of this one. come by at 2 tonight when everyone else is asleep. im taking all bets against me.

peter

go listen to converge “you fail me” on play - repeat

September 28, 2004

“Theres A Black Cloud Over Our Heads To Keep Us From Winning.”

day one tbs tour. matchbook romance picks us up. our trailer breaks down on the south side of chicago. spend the night at tony from mest’s house. ditch the trailer and continue to iowa without much equipment or much merch. if you see us in the next couple of days throw some pennies into wells and make some eyelash wishes for us so we can get some better luck. too bad this tour is gonna be so amazing no matter what happens, luck couldnt touch us.

hope you guys like the video and stuff- vote over at oven fresh and mtvu- honestly you are the best.

idontknowwhativegottenmyselfintobutiloveit.

peterpan