LONDON, UK (Top40 Charts) Multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated group
Fall Out Boy announce today that they will be playing an intimate show at the O2 Academy Islington on November 5th. The show will be filmed exclusively by VEVO, the world's leading all-premium music video and entertainment platform in partnership with Xperia™ smartphones from Sony.
On release in February, Fall Out Boy's fifth studio album, Save Rock and Roll stormed the Official UK and US charts at #2 and #1 respectively, and hit the top of the iTunes chart in 27 countries. Save Rock And Roll is the band's highest charting UK album to date, beating
Infinity On High which hit number three in February 2007, and is fast approaching Gold status. Since the announcement of their return on February 4th, the
Chicago four-piece have secured multiple #1's, sold out shows worldwide within seconds and recreated some of their favourite Rock And Roll moments. New single Young Volcanoes impacts at radio the same day as the show and the video can be viewed HERE.
VEVO Presents:
Fall Out Boy - Live from London is sponsored by Xperia™ Smartphones from Sony, and will be the fourth VEVO Presents event in the UK following previous performances from
Demi Lovato and Mumford & Sons. VEVO will air the full show globally on a date to be announced.
VEVO will be filming the performance for fans worldwide to watch, and Xperia™ smartphones from Sony will be running competitions on their free android app Xperia™ Lounge to win tickets including two exclusive VIP pairs plus a meet and greet with the band. Tickets for the show will go on sale on Friday morning. The Xperia™ Lounge app is free to download from Google Play.
Commenting, Pete Wentz of
Fall Out Boy said: "We are super excited to come back to the UK to play our own VEVO presents show. The UK has always been good to us and we are stoked to return!"
Commenting, VEVO's
Director of Programming, Tom Connaughton said: "Bands like
Fall Out Boy really shine when they're performing live. It's going to be fantastic to really capture that experience for fans all over the world through VEVO Presents."
Fall Out Boy's forthcoming single 'Young Volcanoes' is released on 4th November.
Tickets will go on sale at 9am on Friday 27th September. MAXIMUM 2 TICKETS PER PERSON.
All tickets are sold as box office collection and the purchaser will be required to bring ID - Wristbands from 5pm on day of show.
Ticket link: www.gigsandtours.com/tour/fall-out-boy
