Fall Out Boy’s Triumphant Homecoming at the Minnesota Yacht Club Festival

Fall Out Boy Brings Emo-Punk Fire to Minnesota Yacht Club 2025

The Mississippi River hummed with electric energy on July 19, 2025, as Fall Out Boy took the main stage at the Minnesota Yacht Club Festival in St. Paul, capping a sun-soaked day at Harriet Island Regional Park. With a crowd of around 40,000 fans—many decked in black skinny jeans and faded band tees—the Chicago quartet didn’t just perform; they reignited the flame for a generation that grew up on their razor-sharp hooks and heartbreak anthems. Pyrotechnics popped, confetti flew, and Patrick Stump’s soaring vocals pierced the humid air, turning the festival into a massive, sweat-drenched therapy session. “This is the soundtrack to your awkward high school years,” one longtime fan shouted from the pit.

Fall Out Boy’s journey kicked off in 2001 amid Chicago’s gritty hardcore punk scene, where bassist Pete Wentz and guitarist Joe Trohman dreamed up a pop-punk side project to channel their emo-tinged frustrations. Vocalist Patrick Stump hopped on board shortly after, adding his falsetto wizardry, and by 2003, drummer Andy Hurley locked in the lineup. Their debut, Take This to Your Grave, was a raw breakout, but 2005’s From Under the Cork Tree catapulted them to stardom with platinum sales and MTV domination. A 2010 hiatus tested loyalties, but their 2013 return via Save Rock and Roll—featuring cameos from Elton John to Foxes—proved unbreakable. Now with nine albums, two Grammys, and over 30 million records sold, FOB blends nostalgia with bold reinvention, like their 2023 release So Much (For) Stardust, keeping the fire alive for new misfits.

The 2025 touring squad is the unbreakable core that’s weathered breaks and breakthroughs: Stump owning the mic and rhythm guitar with theatrical flair, Wentz thumping bass lines that hit like gut punches, Hurley driving the beat with unyielding precision. No flashy additions needed—they are a well-oiled machine, trading grins and glances like old friends mid-mosh.

Band Members

• Patrick Stump – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Pete Wentz – bass, backing vocals
• Joe Trohman – lead guitar, backing vocals, but not pictured here.
• Andy Hurley – drums

FOB’s biggest bangers are emotional grenades disguised as earworms, dominating charts and Warped Tour stages alike. “Sugar, We’re Goin Down” is the crown jewel—a 2005 smash that peaked at No. 8 on the Hot 100 and snagged a Grammy nod for its whip-smart lyrics on doomed crushes. “Dance, Dance” follows as the sweaty dance-floor confessional, while “Thanks for the Memories” twists regret into a pop-punk symphony. Don’t sleep on “This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race,” the 2007 No. 2 hit with its sassy guest spots, or “Centuries,” the 2014 Gladiator-sampling rally cry. Tracks like “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)” and “Uma Thurman” add that quirky, fist-pumping edge, proving FOB’s knack for turning vulnerability into victory laps.

Clocking in at just over 90 minutes, the Yacht Club set was a masterclass in crowd control—starting explosive and building to euphoric peaks. Stump bantered like a hype man at a house party, dedicating “Saturday” to “all the kids who snuck out to see us back in the day.” The energy peaked with “Centuries” under a shower of sparks, and the encore’s “Disloyal Order of Water Buffaloes” had arms waving like a sea of black flags. It wasn’t flawless— a quick mic glitch during “G.I.N.A.S.F.S.” drew a laugh from Wentz—but that rawness just made it feel real. For fans who tattooed lyrics on their hearts, this was FOB at their defiant best: loud, unapologetic, and eternally yours.

Verified Setlist

• Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy
• Sugar, We’re Goin Down
• Dance, Dance
• A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More “Touch Me”
• The Take Over, The Breaks Over
• G.I.N.A.S.F.S.
• This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race
• Thanks for the Memories
• Dead on Arrival
• Love from the Other Side
• Hold Me Like a Grudge
• We Didn’t Start the Fire
• My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)
• So Much (For) Stardust
• Uma Thurman
• Saturday
• Centuries
• Encore: Disloyal Order of Water Buffaloes

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