Pete Wentz says Fall Out Boy is "definitely down" to play When We Were Young Festival
When We Were Young literally broke the internet when it was announced in 2022, and its first iteration quickly solidified it as one of the best emo and pop-punk festivals in the music fest circuit. Both the first lineup and the upcoming 2023 iterations have great lineups, but there is one band that has seemed missing from the bill: Fall Out Boy.
Fans should get excited, though, because it sounds like they may make an appearance at the fest in the future. In fact, the band is itching to play it.
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In a cover story interview with NYLON, Pete Wentz said that FOB is “definitely down” to play When We Were Young in the future. He said, “I’m like, dude, if there’s any festival we should play, it should be this one.”
He mentioned their interest in playing the festival as he was speaking about the rise in nostalgia for and pop culture’s recent embrace of alternative/emo music. He said, “I had a friend who was like, ‘This is the perfect time to just do, “Sugar, We’re Goin Down” again! When We Were Young Festival is still big!’” While he explains that the band wasn’t eager to completely “return to form” or make a “throwback record” with their upcoming album So (Much) for Stardust (which drops this Friday, Mar. 24), he’s happy to see the scene’s resurgence and how it’s influenced a new generation. (“Kids who go to emo night [now] because they were too young and missed it originally, I think it’s f*cking cool,” he told NYLON.)
Hopefully, with that enthusiasm, we’ll see Fall Out Boy on the 2024 bill — busting out the classics and the new sound.
