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Fall Out Boy plan to dance, dance at State Fair

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"The Boys of Zummer Tour" — featuring rockers Fall Out Boy and rapper Wiz Khalifa — would have been considered crazy a decade ago.

The idea of acts from two different genres, with ostensibly two different fan bases, probably would have been laughed off. After all, looking at this year\'s schedule, there isn\'t another package tour that stretches boundaries as much.

Fall Out Boy\'s Pete Wentz says the time has come. "I think people are willing to give other kinds of music a shot now," Wentz said on a recent conference call. "You might not show up being a fan of somebody, but you might get won over, which is pretty cool, you know. I know for sure when I went to shows, maybe like 15 years ago, there was a lot less of that. I kind of wish I\'d been able to go to a show where there\'d be like rap and rock and that kind of stuff."

Fall Out Boy is embarking on the international Boys of Zummer Tour to promote its newest album, “American Beauty/American Psycho,” which dropped earlier in the spring. Its lead-off single, “Centuries” debuted at No. 22 and eventually peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Top 100 charts.

In the midst of its tour, the band is making a stop at the Illinois State Fair on Saturday, Aug. 15. The performance was the last act announced, filling out the rest of the Grandstand acts.

As one of the few true rock bands that can currently muscle its new singles onto pop radio, Fall Out Boy takes its responsibility seriously to maintain that position for its fans.

"It\'s hard to go out there and ... play these amphitheaters and arenas and then also have songs that are currently played on current radio, you know," Wentz says. "But I think more than anything, one of the things that we think is interesting or are out to prove is that genres just matter a lot less now. Like, Wiz is a rock star. You know what I\'m saying? People love songs. I think the same people that love \'See You Again\' would love \'Centuries,\' you know? I think that\'s really important to us.

"I think that any responsibility we feel is to the kids out in the crowd because there\'s going to be some kid out in the crowd who\'s going to be the next Fall Out Boy or Wiz or Skrillex or whatever," he adds. "I feel a responsibility towards those kids, you know, that they get to take in a cool rock show."

Page 2 of 2 - Fall Out Boy (pop punk)When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15Where: Illinois State Fair GrandstandTickets: $40/$45/$50/$62 available at the Grandstand box office, Ticketmaster.com, or (800) 745-3000

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