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Chicagoist is spent after last night's gossip-tastic evening at Schubas. Probably our favorite teensy venue in Chicago, the 175-capacity music room hosted the Spin/Diesel “after party” for Fall Out Boy’s three shows at the Charter One Pavilion this weekend.
We've been to a few of these major-music-media plus hot-hot-clothing-company-type events in our day, so we expected to wait way too long in a hot, packed room only to see a truncated acoustic set. The four-song offering was more or less par for the course (save for a sort-of-awesome cover of “Beat It”), but the band’s exit through the side door after wrapping up with “Sugar, We’re Going Down” was anything but standard.
From what we could see, Pete decided to have a “word” with a heckler who teased him about his relationship with Ashlee Simpson on his way out, and the shit (and a well-aimed beer bottle) then promptly hit the "fan." It wasn’t immediately clear what Wentz down, but we caught a glimpse of Pete on the floor with the other dude on top of him. To the venue’s credit, they hustled us out of there and were ready and waiting when the cops arrived. Needless to say, the band made a hasty exit (what do they need acoustic instruments for, anyway?), and the long night of trying to stay awake suddenly turned into 2:45 a.m. blogging.
As most Pete followers know, this isn’t the first time our conquering hero’s been unable to keep his temper in check while partying in his hometown. Here’s hoping that when Fall Out Boy returns this fall, Pete’s a little less sensitive about his love life.
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Sweet.
What kind of a weirdo stands over a puddle of blood in f'ing Birkenstocks?!?
Oh, silly me - a person stupid enough to wear Birkenstocks to a jam-packed music venue is the kind of person stupid enough to stand over a puddle of blood in them.
I'll never understand the fashions these days.
I interviewed those guys yesterday, and they weren't exactly excited about that show. Boy, I bet they're kicking themselves for agreeing to do it now...
Alternative titles for this post:
"Sugar, It Went Down"
"Dance, Dance, Punch"
"This Ain't A Scene (It's a Stupid Barfight)"
Was Ashlee there?
No, no no! What a lie this post was. That blood was from the emergency re-corrective surgery on Ashlee's nose.
Partying in his hometown? You mean this went down in rich white-bred Wilmette?
Birkenstocks as "fashion these days"?! Please, they've been popular for 15 years now. I wear mine everywhere, including concerts, why not?
Pete looks like Lacey Charbet but more fem.
you might want to ease up on the crappy puns.
Yikes! I was at the Sunday and Monday shows, but missed this. I'll speculate that he was already pissy before that show because a generator blew before their set at Northerly and Greg Kot wrote a not-so-nice review of the show. This just sucks, though - FOB is my favorite band and I adore them, but I can't defend violence.
So, puns about Ashley's nosebleeds aside... is that Petey's blood on the floor, or the heckler's, or someone else's? That doesn't exactly look like the product of a minor scratch.
Were criminal charges filed? If he hit a dude in the head with a glass bottle, why is he not in jail? I really hope he goes to jail and there is a Paris Hilton moment where he is crying for his mother. That would be so emo!
Just posted on MTV News: "Punch-Out Boy: Pete Wentz Gives His Side Of Hometown Heckler Beatdown"
haha so great. did he get the shit kicked out of him AGAIN?
P3+3ard 15 cr4zy!
yup
boardie orly?
"Yell all you want at me, say whatever, but in a situation like that I will defend myself."
Or, you know, have my security guys do it for me.
natural selection.
Either I'm uber-hip or really lame.
I have no clue who this person is. I thought Fall Out Boy was one of those MTV backstreet-boys-meets-emo bands that all sound the same. Or was this just an occasional acoustic performance.
Don't answer that, I don't really care.
Am I the only one who thinks PW looks like Ari Gold with eyeliner?
"I thought Fall Out Boy was one of those MTV backstreet-boys-meets-emo bands that all sound the same."
You are not wrong, sir. Acoustic posing (poseuring?) ain't just for coffeehouses anymore.
Uggh, I can't stand Fall Out Boy. Schubas is one of my favorite venues meant for real artists not an ugly emo rocker acting all acoustic. It's funny that he gets upset about that yet he's a guy that's going out with her for the publicity and showing his bits and pieces online. No sympathy here.
With that amount of blood, somebody has the right to file charges. And I would add "Assault With Excessive Eyeliner" to the list of charges as well.
well who wouldn't want to punch something if they were dating Ashlee Simpson? Oh my God!
This is great. One of the best things I've ever read on this site. I can't tell you one thing about FOB other than they're from the North Shore. I don't even know what their music sounds like off the top of my head. What I do know is that it sucks, as emo is just another word for shit.
He should get jail time if he actually threw that bottle. He should get serious jail time, actually.
Long live the heckler, may I shake your hand!
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Head wounds bleed like a bitch.
Tiny lacerations could cause that amount of blood, seriously.
hi-larious...what a douche bag north shore 'emo' pussy ...i hope the fan goes for a multi-million dollar lawsuit...attacking with bottle to the head with the right lawyer could be attempted murder.
serves the person right he shouldnt of said those things even if ashlee simpson is a b***h! FOB rox and so does pete!!! luv him 4eva!
"fob rox" bitch-
Anyone who spells rocks with an x is a fucking idiot. Let me guess *rubs temples* you're eight. I would like to take the time to say that Peter wentz is a fucked up piece of shit and he makes me laugh like fucking hell. Puns about ashlee ho simpson was superbly funny.
If some of you guys hate Fall Out Boy, then why do you actually take the time out of your precious life to leave a comment and read all things about them. It actually shows you care about them. Or do you have nothing better to do?...Think about it