Fall Out Boy - 9 Mar 2007 - Big Top

We ended up about halfway down the room, on the far left. The crowd around us was pretty good – no drunk idiots, a mix of tall and tiny, and, I was told, a lot less scene than the crowd at the Hordern gig the night before. Fall Out Boy started at 9:30 on the dot, with the Kanye West remix of “This Ain’t A Scene, It’s an Arms Race” playing out over the dark and the cheers, before the stage lit up for first song 'Our Lawyer Made Us...' The stage set was pretty – dark blue backdrop printed with Infinity on High images, and lots of coloured lighting and a lighting effect that looked like fairy lights. Pete and Joe liked to prowl the stage, swapping sides constantly we got to watch them both while playing, though Joe was on our side more often. They also liked to get up on the amps at the front of the stage, giving everybody a better look (Pete gets more screams, obviously). Joe played like a maniac, which is just as I’d seen in other live footage, while Pete is much more low-key while playing. Andy was a sight playing like a maniac up on his riser. And Patrick – oh Patrick. His beautiful big voice, right there – I was so happy to hear it live.

Near the beginning, Pete did almost exactly the same “back up three steps” talk as Gerard Way to try and get the mosh to be a little less crazy, which, do they teach that in Frontman 101 or something? It was much weirder coming from Pete, particularly as he later encouraged crowd-surfing and a circle pit. The set was nicely packed and fast moving, but oddly biased towards older material – they’re ostensibly here for new album Infinity on High but they only played four songs from that. Overall it was a great gig for singing and dancing along to one poptastic song after another, a fun experience.


Our Lawyer Made Us Change the Name of This Song So We Wouldn’t Get Sued
Of All The Gin Joints In All The World
Sugar We’re Going Down
The Patron Saints of Liars and Fakes
Chicago Is So Two Years Ago
Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner
Sophomore Slump or Comeback of the Year
A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More ‘Touch Me’
Thriller
Grand Theft Autumn / Where Is Your Boy
XO
Grenade Jumper
Golden
This Ain’t a Scene, It’s An Arms Race
I Slept With Someone In Fall Out Boy And All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me
The Take Over, The Break’s Over
Dance Dance
Saturday