[Audience cheering] - [Off camera] Three, two...
- 9:30 a.m., Tuesday morning,
Fall Out Boy are off and running
on their cross-country trip.
It'll take them to three cities in one day,
New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles,
all to celebrate the release of
their brand new record, ‘Infinity on High.’
And we will be with them every step of the way,
as Fall Out Boy go to infinity and beyond.
[Plane engines rushing]
- Welcome to America, the Beatles.
- [Off camera laughs]
- Thanks.
[Band playing "The Take Over, the Breaks Over"]
[Audience cheering]
- [Damien Fahey] Once again, for Fall Out Boy!
Alright, nice, nice.
- Yeah!
- Alright! There you go, Fall Out Boy.
"The Take Over, The Breaks Over". - Nice job, you guys.
- Keep it going.
And a fitting title for the end
of a history-making show.
Guys, good luck on the cross-country tour.
Try to stay awake.
- It’s early, man [laughs]. - I know, exactly. You were here before me.
[Off camera audience cheering]
- [Off camera] Wanna do your hit right now?
- Yeah, do you mind?
- Yeah, yeah. Let’s do it. - It’ll only take a second. Cool.
Sir, how are you?
Good to see you, bright and early.
- Up early. This is the earliest
I've probably been up in, like, 10 years.
- I was gonna say, I think me too, actually.
And a long day ahead of us too, right?
- Yes. And a cold day, I think, for a while.
- A very cold day.
Chicago should be even colder than this.
Have you guys ever done anything like this?
Like, you know, three cities in one day?
- [Pete] Not even in the ballpark of it [laughs].
Nothing anywhere near this cool at all.
- [John] But it's exciting, right?
I mean, all this — the new music, the new record.
- [Pete] Yeah, I'm freaking out, and it’s like,
to be able to play three release days across the country,
or three release shows in one day, is insane.
[Travie McCoy humming]
- It was good s**t.
- Good job.
- Thank you for —
- Good job out there.
- [Joe] Was it alright? - [Nicholas Scimeca] It was awesome.
- As a band? - It was good times.
- Sounded OK?
- Sounded awesome.
What, you don’t think so?
- I don't think I sound very good,
and I didn't like it,
playing in the morning, when I don't warm up, really.
- You mean in the afternoon at 3:30?
- It's not 3:30 yet.
I'll sound good then.
- It's an extended day, though,
’cause we gain hours.
- Yes. However, you'll probably
leave the stage at about 3 a.m., Eastern Time.
So, you know, I'm not —
- That's insane.
- You got anything in there?
- Yeah.
Yeah! - [Camera operator] How you feeling?
- I'm feeling it right now.
- [Camera operator] Yeah? - Yeah.
Feeling it. - [Camera operator] It's kinda early to be feeling it.
You've got a long day ahead of you.
- I went to bed too late last night.
Or too early, should I say.
- [Camera operator] Are you awake right now?
- Yeah. I’ll tell you —
ask me again at, like, 9:30 at night.
We'll see.
We'll see how I'm doing.
I did get to sleep early last night.
So, I should be alright.
- [Charlie] Pete, Andy, Joe, and Patrick,
it is time to leave.
You're ready.
Always first.
- I'm the good kid.
- [Charlie] You're the good boy.
- [Charlie] We're going in this van on the left. Try and follow me.
[Fans yelling]
- [Airport security] Pick up [your leg].
Let me have the other [one].
Please stand up.
[Scanner beeping]
- Less security, you know, private planes. - Turn around, sir.
- [Laughs]
- [John] Just so you guys know,
this has to be literally, like, 50 seconds.
So, it's really not much more than a promo,
but I'm gonna ask you, maybe, very quick, one —
I'll ask each of you one question, and, like,
they'll be just, like, quick answers, probably like —
- [Fall Out Boy] Yes.
- Is it OK sitting, or, yeah? - [Cameraman] I think either way looks good.
Ready? - Yeah.
- [Cameraman] Three, two...
- Hey, what's up guys?
I'm John Norris.
Welcome aboard Infinity Flight 206.
The guys from Fall Out Boy, joining me.
It's an auspicious day,
the release of ‘Infinity on High,’ their new record,
and we're gonna make three stops cross-country,
New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, all in one day.
Guys, you excited?
Have you ever done anything like this?
- I'm gonna look up "auspicious"
after this, I think [laughs].
- Alright, well, New York is cold here.
I think Chicago is probably gonna be colder.
Patrick, it’ll — - Yeah.
- Nice to be home, though, right?
- It's home. It wouldn't be home
if it wasn't a little bit snowy, so [laughs] —
- [John] Maybe even a little bit of snow.
Alright, we're gonna take off soon.
So, we're gonna let you go.
We'll see you again in an hour.
- [Producer] Why don’t you just do a little pick-up?
[John] Alright. Joined here on Flight 206
by a man who's got many, many titles,
actually, in the Fall Out Boy camp.
Dirty, right?
- Yes, yes.
- Party coordinator would be one?
- Oh, yeah. You know, I'm a professional hangout guy.
You know, I'm like —
I’m the band assistant,
but I really don't assist anything.
And you know, I’m, like, the ambassador of this flight.
- [John] Goodwill Ambassador of Flight 206.
So, it's your job, then, to show us around,
and kind of familiarize us with the rest of the F.O.B. crew.
So, can you do the honors?
- Yeah, yeah, we'll take you through,
we'll show you a few people.
- Lead the way, alright.
- Alright.
Right here is Joe Trohman, asleep.
He looks like he's doing a good job.
- He's got a show in a half hour.
So, you know, wake-up call will come soon for Joseph.
- Yeah, wake-up call.
Right here,
a fabulous, amazing drummer,
Andrew Hurley.
Yes, ladies love him. - Doing well, yes.
- Always working, Mr. Patrick Stump.
Never stops working. - He could barely hear us.
- He never stops working.
Love that guy, he’s beautiful. - [Laughs] He’s like, “Whatever.”
- Yeah, he's like, “Alright, I'm going back to work.” - [Laughs] Exactly.
- Alright.
What's your name?
- Thanks, dude. - [Laughs]
- Can I have a drink?
- Mr. Peter Wentz.
- How are you doing so far?
I mean, it's only early afternoon.
So, you haven't hit a wall or anything, I take it?
- So, it's gone smoothly so far.
I mean, you know, there's the snow in Chicago.
So, I thought they were gonna put us in a holding pattern,
but it looks like we get to go.
- They were like, “We're gonna do the show in Dallas.”
And we were like, “Nah, we want to play Chicago, ’cause it’s our hometown.”
And they were like,
“We might not be able to fly in that day,” you know, whatever.
And they were like, all week,
they've been watching the weather, and they were like,
“No, it's really bad right now,” you know, or whatever.
We find out today, and then, it's just like,
“Well, we're gonna go anyway.” [Laughs]
- Is it different each time you play there,
’cause it gets bigger?
Or is it still like playing at home?
- It's weird. It's still like playing at home.
It's kind of like the most high-pressure show we play, though.
It's way worse than, like, L.A. or New York,
’cause, like, your whole family and all your friends are there,
and everyone's trying to get in,
and everybody wants to, like, see you and spend time with you,
and, like, you just pressurize. You know, like, it’s just like —
you just feel yourself just like sink in, kind of.
- Just talk about what's happening today, in general.
I mean, this is an event.
Like, one of these things is like, sort of, a rock-star event.
Is it a bit odd that you guys are
at the center of something this big?
- Yeah, it's really weird. I mean,
you're so nervous when your record's coming out
and how it's gonna be embraced and whatnot,
but it's like, our day's so busy today,
I haven't even thought about
the fact that our record is out, you know?
So, it's weird.
But it's awesome, you know? - Yeah.
[Pop-punk music]
- [John] So, this will be at House of Blues.
Is that a cool place to play?
- [Pete] Yeah, House of Blues is awesome.
We always play, like, there, or the Metro,
or just a couple of other places.
We grew up going to shows there, and,
I don't know, it's got a really good vibe.
It's right on the [Chicago River] and stuff.
So, we're excited.
It's kinda hard to tell, but
how many people here have our old record,
‘Take This to Your Grave?’
[Audience cheering]
Cool.
Well, we're excited to see some of the old faces
we haven't seen in a long time in Chicago.
We also wanted to thank a lot of hometown support around here.
Q101, The ‘Sun-Times,’ our families.
Thank you to everybody who stuck with us
from all the way from the Knights of Columbus Hall to here.
You guys are awesome.
[Audience cheering]
How many of you motherf**kers
came here to “Dance, Dance?”
[Band playing "Dance, Dance"]
- One more!
- Yes, one more.
Back at the House of Blues in Chicago.
Fall Out Boy, just finishing up an amazing rip through a
45-minute set, right?
- Raged, yeah.
- Just tore through it.
- Changed the setlist like a thousand times
in the middle of it, but —
- How was the hometown crowd? Good, all good?
- It's awesome to see familiar faces and smell Chicago [laughs].
- Yo, f**king awesome.
We saw kids that, like, I haven't seen in three years.
It was awesome.
- You still got one more show in you? ’Cause —
- Uh, give me an hour and I'll have it.
- I'll give you four hours, how about that?
We got a four-hour flight ahead of us.
We're off to L.A.
See you soon.
Guys — - [Charlie Mark] Listen up, follow me.
- Alright, buddies. Save travels, homies.
Be careful.
- It's cliché, but
two down, one to go.
- Alright, alright. - OK.
One more. - Great show, great show.
- [Producer] Three, two...
- Alright.
Just after six o'clock here in Chicago.
We’ve been up for about 13 hours,
but the day's far from over.
If Chicago rush-hour traffic would cooperate,
we'd be at the airport to board that flight to L.A.
- [Joe] Yo, you know where my bag’s at?
- All the way to the end, through the exit. - Forgot my stuff!
[Plane engine noise]
- [Air Traffic Controller] Watch your step.
- [Camera operator] What did you guys think about the Chicago performance?
- I thought me and Charlie did an excellent job. - Yeah.
When you see a band play,
maybe 300 times a year,
you start to get a little bored of the set.
So, we do different things on the side of the stage
to keep ourselves entertained with each other.
- [Dirty] A few dances, you know.
- [Nicholas] Sing that song you guys were singing earlier.
Watch this, it’s wonderful.
[Singing “Open Up the Doghouse”]
- [Camera operator] You take anything really good today?
Anything memorable?
No?
- I'm not really good at taking pictures,
to be honest with you.
I took a lot, though.
I just take ’em.
- [Producer] How did that one come out?
- Pretty bad.
- [Camera operator] How was Chicago?
- It was awesome to be home.
The crowd was great.
- [John] We set?
- [Producer] Three, two...
- [John] So guys, just in case anyone wonders
what the ambient rumbling they're hearing is,
we're at, you know, Infinity 35,000 Feet High.
- Yeah. We are at 35,000 feet right now.
My ears are popping.
- I'm guessing we're probably somewhere over
Nebraska or something like that.
- Hopefully, a nice flat state.
- [Laughs] Yes, that would be a good thing.
Having an event like this, though,
to celebrate the release of your record,
I mean, I can't remember what surrounded
the release of [‘From Under the Cork Tree’],
but I know it wasn't a three-cities-
in-one-day, private jet thing.
- [Joe] It was like Warped Tour or something like that.
- I mean, that's the weirdest thing to me about it.
I was talking to my friend about this last night,
and it was like —
we went to —
we went to buy the record at midnight,
you know, at Virgin [Records] or whatever,
and it felt like, in a weird way, really unceremonious,
because it’s like, I didn't really have to dig to try to find it.
When ‘Cork Tree’ came out, I was like,
“Do you have this thing?” And they were like, “No.”
And I was like, “It came out today. Like, I swear you have it.”
You know? They were like, “Alright, we'll look.”
And then, they found it, you know or whatever?
But it's like, this time —
it's, like, weird to go from feeling like the underdog,
like the consummate underdog, kind of,
and then, all of a sudden, like,
everyone has these, like, expectations, you know?
And it's like, they're rolling out big magazine covers,
and they're like — you have this private jet to do this,
and you're doing, like, every talk show,
and it's like —
we wrote ‘From Under the Cork Tree’
with the intent of trying to become, like, the biggest band,
at least the biggest band in our genre,
if not trying to be the biggest band in the world.
And then, it's kind of like
going from wanting to be this thing
to, like, somewhere in between where you're, like,
actually living some lifestyle that is so much grander
than you ever thought it was gonna be, you know,
and it's like, it's weird,
’cause it’s like, you're kind of in limbo.
[Drums beating]
- [Producer] Coming to you in three, two...
- Alright, it's all come to this.
Three cities, 3,000 miles in 18 hours.
Right now, you got Fall Out Boy,
‘Infinity on High,’
12 stories high, above Los Angeles.
- [Charlie] Fall Out Boy. Five minute, guys.
Be ready. Cool.
Five minutes.
[Patrick singing]
- [Joe] Last show, man.
How do I sum it up?
You know, it's just —
I just didn't think it would ever end,
but I never wanted it to end,
but I'm glad it's about to be done.
I'm excited to play another show. - [Audience cheering]
- [Joe] It's actually, like, a normal time to play a show right now.
So, maybe I'll, like, play good this time [laughs].
We'll see.
[Country music playing]
- [Charlie] It’s slick right here, guys. It’s slick. - [Security] Watch your step. It’s slippery here.
[Audience screaming]
[Guitar strumming]
[Band playing “Our Lawyer Made Us Change the Name of This Song So We Wouldn't Get Sued”]
- [Pete] So, we just got in from Chicago about 30 minutes ago.
We brought MTV along for the ride with us,
and we played three shows.
We played in New York this morning
and Chicago this afternoon.
We’re finishing in L.A. this evening with you guys.
[Audience cheering]
- [Audience member] We love you for it.
- [Pete] We love you, too.
So, I can't think of anything better and more fitting
for the top of a building —
Sugar, you're going down!
[Band playing “Sugar, We’re Goin Down”]
- Thank you very much.
We'll see you this summer with +44.
[Audience cheering]
- Set?
Alright, guys,
three cities, 3,000 miles in one day.
All worth it?
- Yeah, absolutely.
Totally surreal.
Totally bizarre.
- This has gotta be a highlight for you.
- Put these miles on my card, please.
- [Laughs] I definitely will.
Thank you so much, man.
- [Photographer] Can I just get a quick photo? - [Pete] Yeah.
- [Photographer] Cool, thanks. Great set, man. - [Andrew] Thank you.