Fall Out Boy to sing pre-opening concert for President-elect Joe Biden after his parents met working for the future president
- We the People is a pre-opening concert for President-elect Joe Biden
- After Biden won, Wentz posted a photo of him as a child, 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 will play at We the People, a pre-opening concert for President-elect Joe Biden, while his parents met working for the future president.
After Biden beat Trump in November, Wentz posted a shot of himself as a child, being held by Biden next to his mother, Dale Lewis Wentz.
“My parents met working for Joe Biden in the Senate in the 1970s,” he said. “For me it is a beacon of empathy, compassion and kindness.”
Most recently: Fall Out Boy will perform at We the People, a pre-opening concert for President-elect Joe Biden, while frontman Pete Wentz’s parents met working for the future president
Wentz and his bandmates endorsed Biden in his successful attempt against Donald Trump, with an emotional statement on the band’s October 27 Instagram page.
“This is the most important choice in our lives, and being on the sidelines is not an option,” the band said. – We support Joe Biden. So please go to the polls. Lives depend on it.
Pete spoke about his association with the new commander-in-chief of the PA, amid the 2008 election, when Biden was a former colleague of President Barack Obama.
“I wouldn’t stay here at all, really, because my parents met working for Biden,” he told AP in 2008. “They met in the campaign, so they have this special affection for Joe.” He came to their wedding. If it weren’t for Joe Biden, I wouldn’t exist as a human being.
Throwback: After Biden beat Trump in November, Wentz posted a photo of him being shot while a child was being held by Biden next to his mother, Dale Lewis Wentz
Fall Out Boy (LR) Patrick Stump, Andy Hurley, Wentz and Joe Trohman were caught in LA at the Grammy in 2019
At the time, Wentz also went to Tumblr to support Biden with his father Pete Wentz Sr.
The rocker wrote: “So I think it’s a big day for everyone – one way or another, no matter what you think. I don’t really want to force my opinions on anyone. I’m just a guy from a band that doesn’t say he has a degree in anything.
He said, according to The Washington Post, “So I addressed my father (he has a few degrees and spells much better, besides he is a hero to me). Pretty blech … Here’s what he had to say.
His father wrote: “I spent the weekend and I am now working on the Obama campaign. My mother and I met in Washington when we were both legislative assistants to Senator Biden, when he was in his first term.
– I had worked in his campaign, and your mother had been in foreign service. We started as friends, and the rest is history.
The January 18 virtual concert, which will be closed to the public, 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.