The Young Wild Things Tour was a four-band fall 2007 arena concert tour by Fall Out Boy with supporting acts Gym Class Heroes, Plain White T's, Cute Is What We Aim For, and Doug (from November 9 on).
This is Fall Out Boy's biggest tour to date, grossing over $30 million. The tour sold out in five hours, with over 1.5 million tickets sold.
The tour was first announced on the Fall Out Boy website, but instead of the traditional method of announcing tour dates in the same release as the announcement of the tour itself, the bands chose an unusual method. Fans would text a certain number and would be given a code for their state/area. That code would then be entered on a website. After an unknown number of codes were entered, the tour date would be unlocked. The 31-date tour was only held in America, except for two Canadian dates. The tour began on October 18 and ran through December 2.
Inspired by Maurice Sendak's 1963 children's book Where the Wild Things Are, the concert tour included sets designed by artist Rob Dobi, containing images from the book. Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz explained, "Where the Wild Things Are is a great narrative. It encapsulates pretty much every FOB song ever written: You know, tantrums and monster islands and all." "There's also a play on words of the young wild thing idea that everybody has with Hollywood and starlets right now."
Tour dates Date City Country Venue October 18, 2007 ColumbusUnited States Value City Arena October 19, 2007 Walker DeltaPlex Arena October 20, 2007RosemontAllstate Arena October 21, 2007 Champaign Assembly Hall October 23, 2007Austin Frank Irwin Center October 24, 2007 Dallas Nokia Live at Grand Prairie October 26, 2007 Oklahoma City Ford Center October 27, 2007 Memphis Mud Island Amphitheater October 28, 2007 New Orleans Voodoo Music Experience 2007 October 30, 2007 Jacksonville Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena October 31, 2007 Miami Beach Fillmore Miami Beach November 1, 2007 Orlando UCF Arena November 2, 2007 Orange Beach The Wharf Amphitheater November 3, 2007 Duluth Arena at Gwinnett Center November 4, 2007 Clemson Littlejohn Coliseum November 6, 2007 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium November 7, 2007 Roanoke Roanoke Civic Center November 9, 2007 Lowell Tsongas Arena November 10, 2007 Bridgeport Arena at Harbor Yard November 11, 2007 Fairfax Patriot Center November 13, 2007 Philadelphia Wachovia Spectrum November 14, 2007 New York City Madison Square Garden November 16, 2007 OttawaCanada Scotiabank Place November 17, 2007 London John Labatt Centre November 18, 2007 RochesterUnited States Blue Cross Arena November 20, 2007 Auburn Hills The Palace at Auburn Hills November 21, 2007 Cedar Rapids US Cellular Center November 23, 2007 Denver Magness Arena November 24, 2007 Rio Rancho Santa Ana Star Center November 26, 2007 Glendale Jobing.com Arena November 27, 2007 Los Angeles The Forum November 29, 2007 San Jose Event Center Arena November 30, 2007 Sacramento ARCO Arena (referred to as KDND 107.9 Jingle Ball Night #1) December 1, 2007 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena December 2, 2007 Las Vegas The Joint
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