The (Fall Out) Boys Are Back in Town

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( scene report [The (Fall Out) Boys Are Back in Town]( The band’s new album So Much (for) Stardust returns to where it all started 20 years ago. Photo: Elliott Ingham The first time [Fall Out Boy]( headlined the Chicago rock club Metro could’ve been the last. The gig was a substantial step for a band that, until then, had been a bare-bones project: top billing at the venue where they’d seen their heroes. “That was the biggest show we could imagine playing,” says Patrick Stump, the band’s singer and guitarist. “This is your one shot.” It was February 2003; they’d just solidified Fall Out Boy’s lineup (of Stump, bassist and lyricist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley) after a little over a year and were preparing to prototype [emo-pop]( with their debut, Take This to Your Grave, in a few months. (That night, they played the standout anthem “[Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy](” for the first time.) Stump and Wentz wanted to take time off from school for the band — even though Wentz was just shy of graduating with a political science degree — and hoped seeing such an important show would convince their families to allow it. When Fall Out Boy made their Metro debut in 2002, they’d opened a four-band bill for $75 — which helped cover the cost of a paper cutter to make flyers for the event. This time would have to be different. “We were like, ‘How do we get some production?’” says Wentz, also the band’s unofficial creative director. “And we couldn’t really afford anything.” But bach-party props? Those come cheap. “So we had these giant inflatables,” Wentz continues, “and they were penis-shaped.” [Read More]( Devour pop culture with us. [Subscribe now]( for unlimited access to Vulture and everything New York. The Latest TV Recaps • Daisy Jones & the Six: [Island Time (Episode 7)](, [Gold Dust Woman (Episode 8)]( • Grey’s Anatomy: [To Tell the Truth]( • Shrinking: [Big Gesture]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [The Manslaughter Case Against Alec {NAME} Is Not Going Well at All With the lead prosecutor out and the position being deemed a “career killer,” the Rust case has taken a turn.]( By Victoria Bekiempis [The Movies Fantasy League Postmortem Charts Extravaganza Breaking down the inaugural season by the numbers.]( By Joe Reid [Let’s Just Pretend Shazam! Fury of the Gods Never Happened The latest DC movie seems to have forgotten what made the original so charming and special.]( By Bilge Ebiri [The 21-ish Best Movies, Shows, Videos, and Clips to Watch This Weekend Including a double feature of Zodiac and Boston Strangler.]( By James Grebey and Savannah Salazar [Stephanie Hsu Is a Soap-Opera Diva in Joy Ride Ashley Park is (searching for her birth) mother.]( By Rebecca Alter [An Exhaustive List of Shadow and Bone’s Biggest Season-Two Reveals How many secret identities, plot twists, and surprising emotional character turns can fit into eight episodes? A lot!]( By Maggie Fremont [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Today’s Crossword]( 17-Down, Four Letters: Saxophone-playing Simpson. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Getty Images Vulture Recommends We consume it all so you don’t have to. Photo-Illustration: Vulture Read [Catherine Lacey’s Biography of X](— and Emma Alpern’s review of the novel. “I wanted to write a real biography of a real person,” Lacey said in an interview last year, “but a teacher of mine encouraged me not to do that, saying it would ruin my life.” Instead, she has put together a real-seeming account of a fake artist. [Read more from Vulture]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](link.nymag.com/manage/588/optout-vulture?email={EMAIL}&hash=39357a76f6d08b16239fd2ffa65e9c6f¶m=vulture-daily) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2023, All rights reserved