Grammy-nominated alternative rock band Fall Out Boy announced the dates for their spring tour.

Tickets Are Available Here

Scheduled Tour Dates Are Below:

Fri, Apr. 3rd, 2009 5:30 PM Mesa Amphitheatre (Mesa, AZ)
Fri, Apr. 3rd, 2009 5:30 PM Mesa Arts Center (Mesa, AZ)
Sat, Apr. 4th, 2009 12:30 PM Verizon Wireless Amphitheater-Irvine (Irvine, CA)
Bamboozle w/ Fall Out Boy Sat, Apr. 4th, 2009 1:00 PM Verizon Wireless Amphitheater-Irvine (Irvine, CA)
Sun, Apr. 5th, 2009 6:00 PM Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort (Las Vegas, NV)
Tue, Apr. 7th, 2009 7:00 PM San Jose State Event Center Arena (San Jose, CA)
Wed, Apr. 8th, 2009 6:30 PM Sacramento Memorial Auditorium (Sacramento, CA)
Thu, Apr. 9th, 2009 6:30 PM Portland Metropolitan Expo Center (Portland, OR)
Thu, Apr. 9th, 2009 6:30 PM Portland Expo Center (Portland, OR)
Thu, Apr. 9th, 2009 TBD Portland Metropolitan Expo Center (Portland, OR)
Fri, Apr. 10th, 2009 6:30 PM Wamu Theater – Seattle (Seattle, WA)
Sat, Apr. 11th, 2009 5:30 PM UBC Thunderbird Arena (Vancouver, BC)
Mon, Apr. 13th, 2009 5:30 PM The Great Saltair (Magna, UT)
Tue, Apr. 14th, 2009 6:30 PM Fillmore Auditorium-CO (Denver, CO)
Wed, Apr. 15th, 2009 6:30 PM Fillmore Auditorium-CO (Denver, CO)
Wed, Apr. 15th, 2009 TBD Fillmore Auditorium-CO (Denver, CO)
Fri, Apr. 17th, 2009 6:30 PM NOKIA live at Grand Prairie (Grand Prairie, TX)
Sat, Apr. 18th, 2009 6:30 PM Sam Houston Race Park (Houston, TX)
Sun, Apr. 19th, 2009 TBD UNO Lakefront Arena (New Orleans, LA)
Tue, Apr. 21st, 2009 8:00 PM Mizner Park Amphitheater (Boca Raton, FL)
Tue, Apr. 21st, 2009 TBD Mizner Park Amphitheater (Boca Raton, FL)
Wed, Apr. 22nd, 2009 6:30 PM UCF Arena (Orlando, FL)
Thu, Apr. 23rd, 2009 7:00 PM The Arena at Gwinnett Center (Duluth, GA)
Thu, Apr. 23rd, 2009 TBD Gwinnett Performing Arts Center (Duluth, GA)
Fri, Apr. 24th, 2009 7:00 PM Bojangles Coliseum (Charlotte, NC)
Sat, Apr. 25th, 2009 5:00 PM Merriweather Post Pavilion (Columbia, MD)
Sun, Apr. 26th, 2009 6:30 PM RPI Fieldhouse (Troy, NY)
Tue, Apr. 28th, 2009 6:30 PM Tsongas Arena (Lowell, MA)
Wed, Apr. 29th, 2009 6:30 PM Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, CT)
Fri, May 1st, 2009 6:30 PM Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing (Philadelphia, PA)
Tue, May 5th, 2009 6:00 PM Ricoh Coliseum (Toronto, ON)
Wed, May 6th, 2009 6:30 PM Cepsum (Montréal, QC)
Wed, May 6th, 2009 TBD Cepsum (Montréal, QC)
Fri, May 8th, 2009 6:30 PM Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, MI)
Sat, May 9th, 2009 6:30 PM Allstate Arena (Rosemont, IL)
Tue, May 12th, 2009 6:30 PM Time Warner Cable Amphitheater (Cleveland, OH)
Wed, May 13th, 2009 8:00 PM Lifestyle Communities Pavilion- Promowest (Columbus, OH)
Fri, May 15th, 2009 6:30 PM The Lawn at White River State Park (Indianapolis, IN)
Sat, May 16th, 2009 6:30 PM The Rave-Eagles Club (Milwaukee, WI)
Sun, May 17th, 2009 7:00 PM Roy Wilkins Auditorium (Saint Paul, MN)

With Pete Wentz as the band’s primary lyricist, and Patrick Stump the primary composer, Fall Out Boy reached mainstream success with its first major label album on May 3, 2005, From Under the Cork Tree, which debuted on the Billboard 200 at #9, selling over 68,000 copies in its first week. The album achieved double platinum status after selling more than 2.5 million albums in the United States alone. Earlier that year, the band’s stability was threatened when Wentz overdosed on the sedative Ativan. The track “7 Minutes in Heaven (Ativan Halen)” from their album From Under the Cork Tree is based upon Wentz’s experience. Their first single, “Sugar, We’re Goin Down”, peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100, #6 on the Pop 100, and #3 on the Modern Rock Charts. The video reached #1 on MTV’s TRL, where it was retired on August 26, 2005. The video won the MTV2 Award at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards, prompting a huge new interest and surge in sales. The band was also nominated for “Best New Artist” at the 2006 Grammy Awards.

While widely considered to be a pop punk band, Fall Out Boy is often described as emo and cites emo group The Get Up Kids as an influence. When interviewed for a retrospective article in Alternative Press at the time The Get Up Kids disbanded in 2005, Pete Wentz stated that “Fall Out Boy would not be a band if it were not for The Get Up Kids.” Their albums Take This To Your Grave and From Under The Cork Tree are both said to have pop punk as well as punk rock sounds and influences, and their second most recent work, Infinity on High, features a wide range of styles and instrumentation, including orchestral and choral arrangements (“Thnks fr th Mmrs” and “You’re Crashing, But You’re No Wave”) and a slower piano ballad (“Golden”).

The band has worked with many producers and artists, including The Neptunes, Timbaland, Lil’ Wayne and Kanye West, who Patrick Stump described as “the Prince of his generation.” In general, the group has direct ties to melodic pop music, with Patrick Stump becoming a producer aside from his work with the band, and they also are closely connected to hardcore punk, as evident in their use of throat vocals and their prior involvement in the underground Chicago music scene. Moreover, a central part of Fall Out Boy’s sound is rooted in the band’s lyrics, mainly penned by bassist Pete Wentz, who commonly uses irony and other literary devices to narrate personal experience and stories.

On the band’s latest work, Folie à Deux, Fall Out Boy continues to evolve their sound, increasing the use of piano (“What a Catch, Donnie”, “Headfirst Slide into Cooperstown on a Bad Bet” and “20 Dollar Nose Bleed”) and synthesizers. The band also shows a number of influences, with the opening track borrowing a chord sequence from The Who song “Baba O’Riley” and “What a Catch, Donnie” referencing Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway in both sound and lyrics. Collaborators include Lil Wayne, Pharrell, Panic at the Disco, The Academy Is…, Debbie Harry from Blondie, and Elvis Costello, who the band stated also recorded with acts from Decaydance.