After headlining a concert on the first night of the Democratic National Convention, Fall Out Boy announced they would release their enw album, Folie A Deux, on November 4, Election Day.
Fall Out Boy’s ‘Beat It’ nominated for Best Rock Video at 25th annual MTV VMAs
The first single will be the track “I Don’t Care.” Radio dates to be announced shortly.
“For Folie A Deux, Fall Out Boy spearheaded a politically charged group that unveiled cryptic ‘big brother’ type messages in order to support and ignite a democratic process,” Island Def Jam Music Group said in a statement Tuesday. “Impressively, the creative album roll-out garnered over 1 million impressions in just one week online across literally hundreds of websites such as absolutepunk.net, friendsorenemies.com, Live journal communities and many other popular music websites, including the band’s own site, www.falloutboyrock.com.”
“This roll-out was started to engage people and let them tell their own stories. We came up with the beginning and the end, while the rest happened organically,” said bass player Pete Wentz.
Fall Out Boy’s cover of Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” has been nominated for Best Rock Video at this year’s 25th annual MTV Video Music Awards. The worldwide cablecast takes place live from Paramount Studios in Hollywood, September 7 at 9 p.m.
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