FALL OUT BOY WINS BEST GROUP AWARD AT MTV VMAs – AND HOSTS FRIENDS AND ENEMIES SUITE FOR RIHANNA, PANIC! AND OTHERS

            Multi-platinum Island Records group Fall Out Boy took home their third consecutive Moonman at this week’s annual MTV VMAs at the Palms in Las Vegas, winning the coveted Best Group award, and doing double duty as house band at their VMA Fantasy Suite. 

            Fall Out Boy’s “Friends and Enemies” VMA suite was THE place to be during the two-hour bash, as they interspersed their televised live performances (ranging from “Sugar, We’re Going Down,” “Thnks fr th Mmrs,” “The Carpal Tunnel Of Love,” and “This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race,” featuring Lil Wayne, to covers of Michael Jackson’s “Beat It,” “Top Gun Theme,” and Akon’s “Don’t Matter”), with a guest appearance by fellow Island Def Jam artist and two-time VMA winner Rihanna (backing her on her single, “Shut Up and Drive”), plus drop-ins from NE-YO, Panic! At the Disco, Cobra Starship, and Gym Class Heroes – who join FOB on their upcoming “The Young Wild Things Tour,” opening October 18^th in Columbus, Ohio (please see tour dates below).

            As Fall Out Boy’s RIAA platinum new album INFINITY ON HIGH moves into its 31^st week on the Billboard 200 album chart (after debuting at #1), the fourth single is getting off to a fast start: “I’m Like a Lawyer with the Way I’m Always Trying To Get You Off (Me & You)” was one of the most added songs at the Top 40 radio format when it impacted this past week.  “I’m Like a Lawyer…(Me & You)” follows up “The Take Over, The Breaks Over,” “Thnks fr th Mmrs,” and “This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race” – all three of which went to #1 on MTV’s TRL video countdown.

            Fall Out Boy traveled to Africa for the first time in July, to film the video in Uganda for “I’m Like a Lawyer…(Me & You)” with director Allen Ferguson, in partnership with the non-profit organiza­tion Invisible Children.  The organization is dedicated to curbing the problem of children forced to flee their homes at night, to find shelter miles away in hospitals or bus parks, in order to escape being abducted and pressed into service as child soldiers in the rebel LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army).

            The video for “I’m Like a Lawyer…(Me & You)” will make its exclusive premiere on AOL this Thursday, September 13^th, and will then be available to all outlets beginning the next day.  Also on Thursday, the band will stop by MTV’s TRL studio on Times Square to discuss their VMA win and the making of the new video.  The following day has been officially named “Fall Out Boy Friday” by the FUSE network; topped off by the band’s performance of “I’m Like a Lawyer…(Me & You)” on FUSE’s one-hour show “The Sauce,” which will be entirely devoted to FOB.  In addition, Fall Out Boy will make their very first appearance Wednesday, September 12^th, on ABC’s Live with Regis & Kelly, where they will perform the song live and discuss the new video.

            While in Africa, Fall Out Boy traveled to South Africa for a sold-out-in-advance performance to over 18,000 fans at the Coca-Cola Dome in Johannesburg.  They became the first U.S. band to perform on the popular young adult show “The Wildroom,” and wrapped up the trip with a visit to Sun City for a safari that was filmed as well.  Prior to the African journey they headlined the 42-city Honda Civic Tour of North America from April through June, drew  the NBC’s Today Show’s biggest outdoor audience ever for their live performance outside on the Plaza, and then appeared at Al Gore’s prestigious Live Earth Festival at Giants Stadium in New Jersey on July 7^th, along­side Bon Jovi, Kanye West, Madonna, and other top acts.

            INFINITY ON HIGH is the follow-up to From Under The Cork Tree, Fall Out Boy’s Island debut of May 2005, which spent 72 weeks on the Billboard 200 albums chart and has sold more than 3 million copies worldwide.  Chicago’s Fall Out Boy – Patrick Stump (vocals/guitar), Pete Wentz (bass), Joe Troh­man (guitar), and Andy Hurley (drums) – won the coveted MTV2 Award in 2005 (for their first Island single, “Sugar, We’re Going Down”), then won a second consecu­tive Moonman when “Dance, Dance” took 2006’s MTV VMA Viewers Choice Award.  Since their first major market headlining North American arena tour in spring 2006, they have appeared on the covers of Rolling Stone, Spin, Blender, and Alternative Press and have performed on NBC’s Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and Late Night with Conan O’Brien, CBS’s The Late Show with David Letterman, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, and more.

FALL OUT BOY – “THE YOUNG WILD THINGS TOUR”

with Gym Class Heroes, Plain White T's, & Cute Is What We Aim For

Date                  City                                 Venue                              

Oct.   18            Columbus, OH                 Schottenstein Center

          19            Grand Rapids, MI            Delta Plex

          20            Chicago, IL                      AllState Arena

          21            Champaign, IL                  Assembly Hall

          23            Austin, TX                        Frank Erwin Center

          24            Grand Prairie, TX             Nokia Live

          26            Oklahoma City, OK         Ford Center

          27            Memphis, TN                   Mud Island Amphitheatre

          28            New Orleans, LA             Voodoo Music Festival

          30            Jacksonville, FL                Veteran's Memorial Arena

          31            Miami Beach, FL              Fillmore

Nov.  1              Orlando, FL                     UCF Arena

          2              Orange Beach, AL           The Amphitheater @ the Wharf

          3              Duluth, GA                       Gwinnett Arena

          4              Clemson, SC                    Littlejohn Coliseum

          6              Nashville, TN                   Municipal Auditorium

          7              Roanoke, VA                   Roanoke Civic Center

          9              Lowell, MA                      Tsongas Arena

          10            Bridgeport, CT                 Arena @ Harbor Yard

          11            Fairfax, VA                      Patriot Center

          13            Philadelphia, PA               Wachovia Spectrum

          14            New York, NY                Madison Square Garden

          16            Kanata, Ont.                    Scotiabank Place

          17            London, Ont.                    John Labatt Centre

          18            Rochester, NY                 Blue Cross Arena

          20            Auburn Hills, MI               Palace at Auburn Hills

          21            Cedar Rapids, IA             US Cellular Center

          23            Denver, CO                     Magness Arena

          24            Albuquerque, NM            Santa Star Arena

          25            Phoenix, AZ                     Jobing.com Arena

          27            Long Beach, CA              Long Beach Arena

          29            San Jose, CA                   San Jose State Event Center

Dec.   1              San Diego, CA                 San Diego Sports Arena

          2              Las Vegas, NV                The Joint 

Contact: Laura Swanson, 212.333.8533
email: Laura.Swanson@umusic.com