It's the end of the world as we know it. No, really, it's the end of the world—literally, Antarctica—and Fall Out Boy will be there on March 25, fiddling (metaphorically) for the elephant seals and whoever has the time and money ($2,500!) to secure a seat on the 100-passenger Whisper Jet that will carry the band to and from the icy floes for its performance at an unspecified "research facility."
Last week, the members of FOB unleashed a cryptic website (SevenContinents.tv) listing historic rock 'n' roll moments ("Elvis on Ed Sullivan, the Beatles at Shea, the Stones on a flat bed truck thru [sic] NYC, Guns N Roses/Metallica tour...") next to a group of penguins whose quizzical looks seem to indicate that they're just as confused as the rest of us.
Although they're far from the first band to play on the southernmost continent, according to a blog post from bass player Pete Wentz, FOB are hoping to set a new Guinness World Record by being "the first band to play a concert on all seven continents."
"Well, I was just sitting around and wrote [FOB's manager] Bob [McLynn] an e-mail saying, 'Let's be the first band to go to all five continents' — only he wrote wrote me back, 'There are seven,' " Wentz told MTV News.
Wentz also assuaged the wails of the (many, many) FOB fans who won't be able to make the trip, adding that in addition to representatives from Greenpeace, the band will have a photographer and videographer (not to mention MTV News; oh please, let them give this assignment to Kurt Loder) present to capture every last drop of frozen eyeliner that squeezes from Wentz's eyes on the record-breaking trip. Thanks to The Daily Swarm for this hot (cold?) tip!
Related links:
FallOutBoyRock.com
Fall Out Boy on MySpace
AbsolutePunk.net: The Meaning Behind Seven Continents
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