(August 26, 2008 – New York, NY) Multi-platinum three-time MTV VMA-winning Island Records group Fall Out Boy have officially announced their upcoming new third Island album FOLIE A DEUX, to be released on November 4th 2008. The band told a packed audience about the release last night at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, when they headlined the "Rock the Vote Ballot Bash."  FOLIE A DEUX was produced by Neal Avron at The Pass Studios in Los Angeles.  The first single will be the track "I Don't Care." Radio dates to be announced shortly.

For FOLIE A DEUX, Fall Out Boy spearheaded a politically charged group that unveiled cryptic "Big Brother" type messages in order to support and ignite a democratic process. Impressively, the creative album roll-out garnered over 1 Million impressions in just one week online across literally hundreds of websites such as absolutepunk.net, friendsorenemies.com, Live journal communities and many other popular music websites, including the band's own site, www.falloutboyrock.com.  "This roll-out was started to engage people and let them tell their own stories.  We came up with the beginning and the end, while the rest happened organically." says FOB bass player Pete Wentz.

            Meanwhile, Fall Out Boy's cover of Michael Jackson's "Beat It" has been nominated for Best Rock Video at this year's 25th annual MTV VMAs.  The worldwide cablecast takes place live from Paramount Studios in Hollywood, on Sunday night, September 7th at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern).

            Since their first major market headlining North American arena tour in spring 2006, Chicago's Fall Out Boy – Patrick Stump (vocals/guitar), Pete Wentz (bass), Joe Troh man (guitar), and Andy Hurley (drums) – have appeared on the covers of Rolling Stone, Spin, Blender, and Alternative Press and have performed on NBC's The Today Show, Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien, CBS's The Late Show with David Letterman, ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live and more.

Looks like our friends overseas are getting special treats today! Fall Out Boy has announced 4, count ‘em, 4 new shows!

Check out the dates below & start circling your calendars…you won’t want to miss this!

Oct 14th - Cologne, Deutschland - Live Music Hall - On Sale August 2nd 9 a.m. (CEST)

Oct 15th - Berlin, Deutschland - Huxley's - On Sale August 2nd 9 a.m. (CEST)

Oct 16th - Munich, Deutschland – Tonhalle - On Sale August 2nd 9 a.m. (CEST)

Oct 26th - Amsterdam, Netherlands – Melkweg (ON SALE NOW)

Bid on the guitar today!

The website presale begins Friday, July 18th at 9am BST so check back here to be the first to buy tickets.  The general on sale begins Monday, July 21st at 9am BST, tickets available from usual outlets.

Hey guys, check out Pete Wentz’s new fashion line exclusive to Clandestine Industries and BP. Nordstrom!

The styles include a bunch of fun, art-themed tops. The series of cereal box-screened tees are so awesome we’d eat them if we could! The word search hoody and tank are also among our faves; see if you can figure out what all the word jumbles actually mean.

There’s also an exclusive Fashion Documentary DVD … you can go behind the scenes and see some interview footage with Pete, see his house, meet his dog Hemingway and get a peek of his not-so-normal life. It’s good stuff. Go in store or shop the online boutique at Nordstrom.com and check it out.

Oh, and by the way, you can also visit the BP. Nordstrom MySpace page or download a Hemingway ringtone on the BP. Mobile site.

    If you're reminders didn't go off today, I'm here to let you know that "****: Live In Phoenix" came out today! You can get the cd/dvd here or the dvd alone here.  You can also buy it on iTunes here.  If you haven't picked it up yet, what are you waiting for?!  This is better than sliced bread!