What Is It Like to See Fall Out Boy Live?

Pete Talks, Patrick Sings, And That's The Deal

Almost every word between songs comes from Wentz. In Des Moines in April 2024, Stump told the crowd he usually isn't the one who talks, and left the talking to Pete (Star 102.5). Wentz's speeches circle one idea: go make stuff. At Dickies Arena in March 2024 he told the room to keep "making TikTok videos, art, make shit" (The Encore Nights). Stump, meanwhile, just sings, and that's what people leave talking about. A Ticketmaster Canada reviewer in 2023 wrote that his "Voice is stunning in person," and The Harvard Crimson called his Boston Calling vocals in 2025 flawless (The Crimson). He's not bulletproof. In Columbus on 29 March 2024 he told the crowd he felt "really, really sick," and you could hear the strain on the piano songs (Columbus Dispatch).

The Bass Is A Flamethrower And The Pyro Doesn't Knock

Wentz plays a bass with a flamethrower attached, and it has been there through every run since at least 2018: San Jose in 2018, the stadium co-bill in 2021, "The Phoenix" every night in 2023 and 2024, "Save Rock and Roll" at Boston Calling in 2025. At Fenway Park in August 2023 fire came off the stage and the Green Monster at once, and the reviewer said it warmed the front sections (Boston.com). The opening fireworks are the jolt nobody preps for: at Ruoff in July 2023 they went off with no announcement during the first song, loud enough from Section C to make the review (conc.art). Not everyone loves it. One Ticketmaster Canada fan in 2023 complained about "out-of-place sharp explosion sounds."

The Hits Are Locked In, And One Slot Belongs To A Magic 8 Ball

You will hear "Sugar, We're Goin Down," "Dance, Dance," "Thnks fr th Mmrs," "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" and "Centuries." Each has been played somewhere between 429 and 1,025 times by setlist.fm's count, and they don't move. What moves is the one song the 8 Ball picks. Wentz steps into a spotlight, asks the ball a question on the big screen, and the answer sends the band to the deep end of the catalog. At Fenway it produced "XO," which Boston.com said was its first live outing in over a decade. In Pittsburgh in March 2024 it landed on "The Music or the Misery," unplayed since 2006 by setlist.fm's count (Beaver County Times). At Madison Square Garden that March, Wentz asked it "Should we call it a night now?" (Substream).

Patrick Alone At The Piano Is The Quiet Part

Somewhere past the middle, the band clears off and Stump sits at a piano by himself. The medley changes every night and usually ends on a cover. At Ruoff in 2023 he went from "What a Time to Be Alive" into "Golden," and the reviewer watched tears run "down the faces of men and women alike." At Fenway he fumbled the start of "Sweet Caroline," restarted once, and then, per Boston.com, "knocked it out of the park." A student reviewer at the Grand Rapids show in March 2024 said the piano version of "I've Got All This Ringing in My Ears" was the part that got her, because the song "got me through a lot when I was struggling with my mental health" (Northpointe Now).

A Pit Built By Two Generations Of Emo Kids

Look around and you'll see retired emo kids standing next to their own kids. At Ruoff in 2023 one man wore a shirt that just said "RETIRED EMO KID." In Columbus in 2024 the age range ran from children in headphones at their first show to people the reviewer thought were old enough to be grandparents. The pit itself is no joke. At Riverbend in July 2023 there were circle pits on the lawn and the reviewer got pulled out by security (The Post Athens). It's been that way since the club days: fans at The Tabernacle in Atlanta in June 2013 wrote on Ticketmaster that the show stopped three times for people overheating, and that "Pete stopped the show to make sure she was ok" when a girl went down.

36 dates across 2027, from the O2 Arena in Prague on 17 May to Providence Park in Portland, Oregon on 26 August (mxdwn). Wentz has already said "this is not a farewell tour," despite the name (Spin).

Arenas In Europe, Ballparks In America

The 15 Europe and UK dates are arena shows from Prague to Lodz, with one stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on 5 June (The Music Universe). North America is nearly all stadiums and ballparks, from Globe Life Field in Arlington on 13 July through Fenway again on 30 July, Citi Field and Dodger Stadium on 21 August (Loudwire). The two Midwest exceptions are Roaming Hills in St. Charles and Morton Amphitheater in Kansas City, which are also the two nights without Good Charlotte.

Soldier Field Is The Hometown Night

24 July at Soldier Field is the first time the band has headlined that stadium, and they've framed it as the long way round from where they started: "Insane to think something that started in the petri dish of Knights of Columbus halls could end up at Soldier Field" (Spin). If you're choosing one date and you can get to Chicago, that's the one with the story attached.

Three Bands Before The Headliner

In North America, three acts play before Fall Out Boy: The Offspring, Good Charlotte and The Story So Far. In Europe it's A Day to Remember and Neck Deep on every date. On the 2024 arena run, Jimmy Eat World alone played close to an hour as main support, so a four-band bill makes for a long evening. Save something for the last song.

What Nobody Knows Yet

There's no description of the 2027 stage anywhere, so don't buy a ticket for a specific prop. The 2023 and 2024 runs had a giant animatronic dog head and a man in a rabbit suit; whether any of that survives is unannounced. The guitar spot is also open after Joe Trohman stepped away for the rest of 2025 to have surgery on his right hand: "After years of managing ongoing issues with my righthand, it's become clear that I need surgery to avoid permanent damage" (Loudwire).

How The Presale Ran

An artist presale opened Wednesday 11 November 2026 at 10am local, with a Reserved by Spotify presale in some North American cities. General sale was Thursday 12 November at 10am local, except Lyon, Brussels, Paris and Lodz, which went on sale Friday 13 November at noon.