Fall Out Boy plans to play a pre-inauguration concert for President-elect Joe Biden after his parents reunite working for the future president
- We the People is a concert prior to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden
- After Biden won, Wentz posted a photo of himself when he was a boy who was being held by Biden
- He called Prez-elect “a beacon of empathy, compassion and kindness”
- Keegan-Michael Key and Debra Messing are scheduled to co-host the show
- Lady Gaga will sing The Star-Spangled Banner
Fall Out Boy plans to play at We the People, a concert prior to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, when his parents met working for the future president.
After Biden defeated Trump in November, Wentz posted a shot of himself as a child that Biden had alongside his mother, Dale Lewis Wentz
“My parents met working for Joe Biden in the Senate in the’ 70s, ”he said. “To me it’s a beacon of empathy, compassion and kindness.”
The latest: Fall Out Boy is scheduled to play at We the People, a pre-inauguration concert for President-elect Joe Biden, when frontman Pete Wentz’s parents met working for the future president
Wentz and his bandmates supported Biden in his successful candidacy against Donald Trump, with an emotional statement from the band’s Instagram page on October 27th.
“These are the most important choices of our lives, and being on the sidelines is not an option,” the band said. “I say Joe Biden.” So please go vote. Life depends on it. “
Pete spoke of his association with the new AP commander-in-chief in the midst of the 2008 election, when Biden was a fellow incumbent of former President Barack Obama.
“I wouldn’t be here really really because my parents met working for Biden,” he told the AP in 2008. “They met in the campaign, so they have that particular affection for Joe. He came to the “If it weren’t for Joe Biden, he wouldn’t exist as a human being.”
Kickback: After Biden defeated Trump in November, Wentz fired a shot at himself as a child detained by Biden alongside his mother, Dale Lewis Wentz
Fall Out Boy (LR) Patrick Stump, Andy Hurley, Wentz and Joe Trohman were caught in Los Angeles at the 2019 Grammys
At the time, Wentz also went to Tumblr to support Biden with his father Pete Wentz Sr.
The rocker wrote, “I guess it’s a great day for everyone, one way or another, no matter what you’re thinking. I don’t want to force my opinions on anyone. I’m just a guy from a band that it doesn’t spell much less that it’s licensed at all.
He said, according to the Washington Post, “So I addressed my father (he has a couple of degrees and spells much better, plus he’s a hero to me). Enough Blech of this … This that’s what I had to say.
Her father wrote, ‘I spent the weekend and now I work on the Obama campaign. Mom and I met in Washington when we were both legislative assistants to Senator Biden when he was in his first term.
“He had worked in his campaign and your mother had been in the foreign service. We started as friends and the rest is history.”
The Jan. 18 virtual concert, which will close publicly, will also include appearances by James Taylor, Carole King, will.i.am, with Keegan-Michael Key and Debra Messing co-hosting the proceedings, according to People. Lady Gaga will sing The Star-Spangled Banner for the show.