no but seriously imagine it: mcr5 drops during the fob show tomorrow and Pete runs up to the microphone in the middle of a song and says “MCR RELEASED THE ALBUM”. the crowd starts screaming and then the members of mcr run up on stage and start playing songs from mcr5 and everyone is freaking out and crying and having the best day of their lives and then as if it couldn’t get any better dan and phil run on stage with a pride flag and kiss
Was pointed out on Twitter that technically pavlove is being released as a single… which means in theory we have an opportunity to do the funniest thing ever (make a single listed as being a 2008 release chart after it’s dropped at midnight with basically no promo)
i know we keep saying tour of healing but i can't help it. kintsugi tour. tour of healing old wounds and massaging away the ache from old scars. tour of picking up those old, dusty songs that never felt like they were yours - that were released without your consent, that never felt like fall out boy, and reclaiming them, letting them crease anew into your skin. tour of taking songs once packed to bursting with spite and bitterness and teasing out the heartfelt love and forging the memories into newer, better ones. gold sealing the scalpel tracks left behind after a traumatic break. the magic 8-ball spins round and round, lands on songs never before played, songs that never logistically could be played. we beckon our friends onto the stage with us (the very same one that did the original backing vocals for chicago is so two years ago, mounting the stage 21 years later to do it again live).
you have to make weird art. you have to make things with your friends. you have to laugh and love unapologetically. you have to be unafraid to do whatever stupid, inane, insane thing makes you feel alive. if the world is always spinning and the world always feels like it's ending, maybe this is the answer. it's love. it's love. it's love.
as someone who experienced the fall out boy hiatus in real time i can't explain how magical it feels to witness everything about tourdust. not that they ever had bad blood between them even during the hiatus but there's something so special about seeing your four favorite artists make a conscious decision to go back to making art together, and not only survive the hiatus but thrive. to not just try to recapture the magic of before but to build something even better. to become better friends, the closest knit family, after being there for one another through unimaginable ups and downs. to clock how much every single special touch on this tour means to the fans and not say "ok, that's probably enough for now" but to raise the stakes and make the show better every single day. anyways fall out boy forever