FOB Among Top Concert Money Makers

[Katie Schmitz]

Fall Out Boy (http://www.falloutboyrock.com) grossed about $9.8 million so far this year in concert sales (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/28/AR2006072801444.html).
The emergence of Fall Out Boy is good news for an industry needing new headliners. "We're very excited how the FOB tour went," Fall Out Boy manager Bob McLynn says. "They've built it from the ground up. Kind of surreal to see the same little band selling out all these arenas."

[agent00013]

That's freakin' amazing.

[the.music.life.]

thats pretty fucking awesome

[an0n]

wowsah, well done...

[[Brendan]]

Jesus I bet even William Shatner failed to make that much money last year. Good job Fob.

[McSavah]

Wow, good job.

[blimpcityhero11]

That's pretty amazing...I'm still in shock considering just over a year ago I was seeing them at House of Blues with a couple hundred people, but now you see them selling out arenas and amphitheaters.

[black rose]

That's pretty amazing...I'm still in shock considering just over a year ago I was seeing them at House of Blues with a couple hundred people, but now you see them selling out arenas and amphitheaters. i know what you mean. i saw them at a pretty small place here in st. louis for the nintendo fusion tour.

[myaimistruex3]

thats insane.
i'm happy for them, they're supposedly nice guys, and they really did build from the ground up.
good job FOB.

[Alex DiVincenzo]

Cool, good for them.

[GQMike of TSPR]

SELLOUTS! No... literally, to make that kinda dough, you have to have sellouts. :)

[Nate_RAWKS]

Wow that's a boat load of cash. I wonder how much they actually get from that total.... and i'm sure merch sales are seperate also, so i bet they made a pretty penny off that considering every twelve year old girl in town wants a FOB tee when they go to the show.

OMG! FOB! :dry:

[bjam12]

Amazing.

[AloneInTheDark]

Maybe I should go on tour.

[TheKill99]

I saw them at the Pirates Cove in Cleveland and the Nyabhighi in Youngstown. Pretty much two hole in the whole bars. That's insane

[Criesofthepast7]

dude pete wentz is pretty much an A list celeb now adays.
thats freaking crazzzzy.

[permanentdan]

wow im actually really surprised to not see anybody bad mouthing them in this thread so far. thats awesome. they really have built everything theyve got from nothing, so good for them

[*crying stars*]

that's sweet.

[colormecadence]

Which do you think it will be for their next album? Either, a repeat of FUCT, platinum and another set of 10 million dollar tour and TV appearances... Or, a repeat of FUCT, no progression and people get sick of them in 3 weeks, first single bombs, second single never happens and they choke out a living because Island is a good label... Well, that or Pete Wentz leaves the band for his GAP modeling campeign with Lenny Kravitz and Sara Jessica Parker.

[_kelly]

sometimes its weird to see how huge theyve gotten. but they really do deserve it

[Slovo]

Wow, if you check out that article, they made the least on that list.. Insane.

[Lehcar]

geez. I read somewhere else, too, that they were one of the only "rock" bands to do so, either. A lot of the top concert sales are shit like Mariah Carey.

[raycer]

thats insane.
i'm happy for them, they're supposedly nice guys, and they really did build from the ground up.
good job FOB.
yah apparently they are... i guess my friend saw clerks 2 and saw pete wentz (at the arclight(?) in hollywood i believe) and wanted to punch him in the face (so he'd forever be known as the guy who punched pete wentz in the face) but mr. wentz was really nice and i guess recognized one of his friends at different shows and such.

[Klemasser]

That's an impressive amount of money considering the size of most of the venues they play, and that tickets (at least around here) were no more than $30.

[RomeoAGoGo]

geez. I read somewhere else, too, that they were one of the only "rock" bands to do so, either. A lot of the top concert sales are shit like Mariah Carey.

Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Coldplay, Pearl Jam, DMB (ugh) U2 (ugh), Nickelback (ugh), Kenny Chesney (ugh) were all the other top sellers.

[ThankQ4DVenom]

That's an impressive amount of money considering the size of most of the venues they play, and that tickets (at least around here) were no more than $30.

Everytime I've seen them since FUCT was released it has been around 30 dollars.

[DonByron]

i know what you mean. i saw them at a pretty small place here in st. louis for the nintendo fusion tour.


You must be kidding. Nintendo Fusion had to have at least 1000 people there. When they say "from the ground up", we are talking in 2003 I saw them play a VFW hall for about 90 people about 50 minutes south of Pittsburgh. And they had a decent fan base here because they had toured with Punchline before that. So I'm sure they played even smaller places to less kids around that time.

[catchmealone]

i know what you mean. i saw them at a pretty small place here in st. louis for the nintendo fusion tour.
yea, i saw them in 03 opening for LTJ at the Pageant, and opening for Mest at MS Nights. that summer they played Creepy Crawl, they've been through St Louis a ton and played all kinds of places for not many kids, that Fusion tour show was fairly large(Pageant), not ampitheater, but a large concert hall.

[MotionIsntMeaning]

Damn, that is a lot of money. Good to see a "scene" band make it into the top money makers.

[stickfigures]

thats cool i guess but i thinks it pathetic they received so many fans on the fact that their song "sugar were goin down" was overplayed on the radio

[lbc182]

dude pete wentz is pretty much an A list celeb now adays.
thats freaking crazzzzy.
"A" list? no even close. about 1% of the country could even recognize him on the street.

[N8IVIin0rity]

FOB is taking over the world.

[hypocrisy101]

Maybe 14 year old girls will stop trying to act like their in and people will recognize them for what they are, a pop band

[trash zoo]

yea, i saw them in 03 opening for LTJ at the Pageant, and opening for Mest at MS Nights. that summer they played Creepy Crawl, they've been through St Louis a ton and played all kinds of places for not many kids, that Fusion tour show was fairly large(Pageant), not ampitheater, but a large concert hall.

yeah I was gonna say, the Pageant ain't that small..

[Mark Orr]

I saw FOB with 200 people in Belfast this January.

Can anyone beat that? :D

[goodbye mylover]

And I'm proud to say I didn't contribute a cent to that.

[nickstetina]

yeah selling out arenas on a headling tour is a little different than opening for other bands at shack places like the congress theatre in chicago which probably holds about 1500 people.

[Seans9]

keep in mind this is before costs. but yes, still a large number.

[whatchokesbegin]

Hooray for a mediocre band making millions of dollars off of mediocre music because the people who decided old boy bands aren't cool anymore ate it up? That's America for ya. I don't care how "hard" they've worked (and over what? one or two shitty albums? big fucking deal.) or how "nice" they are. There is a mile long list of bands who are harder working, nicer and have much more interesting and intelligent subject matter who deserve it more, even though they don't try way too hard to get it. The only reason this band got big is because people are stupid and will buy into anything that doesn't require thought. No one will care about them in a few years and I won't be surprised. I don't read these threads enough to see all the retaliation I'm sure I'll receive for seeing through the bullshit. But then again, it's almost even more cool to ignore disagreeing opinions, so who knows? Who cares? Most of you people are so far up FOB's ass to see daylight anyway, so there really is no reason for me to say anything in the first place. I need to stop reading this crap. I'm going out. Have fun.

[cameoeclipse]

[quote=whatchokesbegin]The only reason this band got big is because people are stupid and will buy into anything that doesn't require thought. No one will care about them in a few years and I won't be surprised.

:tool:

[Sloaner]

[quote=whatchokesbegin]The only reason this band got big is because people are stupid and will buy into anything that doesn't require thought. No one will care about them in a few years and I won't be surprised.

:tool:

I don't agree with his arguement either, but I feel like you just helped confirm it a little bit

[NameTaken69]

crazy

[justinevans]

this is what happens when you have 12 year old girls with wet vaginas in this world.

Good, build them up for a huge fall.

Kids Bop cd out yet?

[theallmighty1]

In regards to St. Louis, the pageant holds about 2200 people or so, so it isn't too small but compared to the family arena (which is where they played last) its a drop in the pond. Fallout boy played Pop's in Sauget with Midtown 3 months before the release of FUCT (before sugar, we're going down even hit air) and sold it out. They've progressively made steps up. They played the old Creepy Crawl at least 2 times I can think of before before the LTJ show and it held less than 300 people at max capacity along with playing Mississippi Nights once. St. Louis was a major staple of tours for them seeing as how Chicago is only 5 hours away during support for take this to the grave. While everything may have looked like they were an overnight success it was more like a 3 year progression and it spread faster than an std

[lbc182]

this is what happens when you have 12 year old girls with wet vaginas in this world.

Good, build them up for a huge fall.

Kids Bop cd out yet?
dude, that's gross.

[Chris Fallon]

That is completely amazing. To see a band go from mere obscurity to a household name is so weird, no matter how many times it happens. I am happy for them, that is really awesome. It's just nice Pete finally earned the cash to move out of his folks' house.

[lbc182]

That is completely amazing. To see a band go from mere obscurity to a household name is so weird, no matter how many times it happens. I am happy for them, that is really awesome. It's just nice Pete finally earned the cash to move out of his folks' house.
he could have moved out long ago, Joe has lived on his own for years. Being on the road so much there was no point to do it so fast.

[Chris Fallon]

he could have moved out long ago, Joe has lived on his own for years. Being on the road so much there was no point to do it so fast.

He has said he needed to move out earlier but was too lazy. But whatever, I'm just happy for these guys.