FOB, Wiz Khalifa Bringing Boys of Zummer Tour to Noblesville
Multi-platinum selling artists Fall Out Boy and Wiz Khalifa announced today their 40 plus city Boys of Zummer co-headlining tour in support of their respective hit albums American Beauty/American Psycho and Blacc Hollywood.
The summer tour will kick off on Wednesday, June 10 at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, N.J. Along the way the show will come to Klipsch Music Center in Noblesville on Wednesday, July 1.
Hailing from Chicago, Grammy-nominated Fall Out Boy — Patrick Stump (vocals/guitar), Pete Wentz (bass), Joe Trohman (guitar) and Andy Hurley (drums) — has appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone and other prestigious publications. They have performed on Saturday Night Live, The Today Show, America’s Got Talent, The Voice, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Conan, The Late Show with David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live and many more. More information can be found at www.falloutboy.com
American Beauty/American Psycho is Fall Out Boy’s sixth studio album, set for release on January 20 on Island Records and DCD2 Records. The record’s first single “Centuries” was certified platinum and served as the theme for the first ever College Football Championship on Jan. 12. The song is now Top 15 on the Pop charts after going Top 10 at Modern Rock and has been streamed more than 60 million times between YouTube and Spotify alone. The band most recently performed the track at the 41st Annual People’s Choice Awards. Prior to American Beauty/American Psycho’s release, tracks “Irresistible” and “Uma Thurman” went straight to #1 on iTunes – “The Kids Aren’t Alright,” and “American Beauty/American Psycho” also both hit the iTunes Top 10 when made available with the album’s pre-order.
[weaver_youtube LBr7kECsjcQ rel=0]Multi-platinum selling recording artist Wiz Khalifa burst on the scene with mainstream success with the release of his first major label debut, Rolling Papers, in March 2011, which spawned the hugely successful hits “Black and Yellow,” “Roll Up” and “No Sleep.” He has earned a career total of seven Grammy nominations, including this year’s nods for Best Rap Song (“We Dem Boyz”) and Best Rap Album (Blacc Hollywood). Other nominated tracks include the chart-topping “Black and Yellow,” 2012’s RIAA platinum-certified “Remember You (feat. The Weeknd),” 2011’s “Young, Wild & Free (Feat. Bruno Mars),” Wiz’s three-time platinum-certified, top 10 smash partnership with Snoop Dogg (featured on their 2011 collaborative soundtrack, Mac and Devin Go To High School), and Maroon 5’s 2012 worldwide hit, “Payphone (Feat. Wiz Khalifa).” Wiz Khalifa recently released his newest album, Blacc Hollywood, which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top 200 album chart.
American rapper, singer and hip-hop artist Hoodie Allen will serve as special guest on the tour.
Citi cardmembers will have access to pre-sale tickets beginning 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21 local time through Citi’s Private Pass Program. General tickets for select cities will be available at livenation.com beginning 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 23.