Fall Out Boy set to play pre-inauguration concert for President-elect Joe Biden

Fall Out Boy is set to perform on We the People, a pre-inauguration concert for President-elect Joe Biden, as his parents met to work for the future president.

After Biden beat Trump in November, Wentz posted a photo of himself as a child Biden held next to his mother, Dale Lewis Wentz.

“My parents met while working for Joe Biden in the Senate in the 1970s,” he said. “For me, he is a beacon of empathy, compassion and kindness.

The Latest: Fall Out Boy is set to perform on We the People, a pre-inauguration concert for President-elect Joe Biden, as frontman Pete Wentz’s parents meet to work for the future president

Wentz and his groupmates endorsed Biden in his successful bid against Donald Trump, with a moving statement from the group’s Instagram page on October 27.

“This is the most important election of our lives, and standing on the sidelines is not an option,” the group said. “We approve of Joe Biden. So please go and vote. Lives depend on it.

Pete spoke about his association with the new PA commander-in-chief in the middle of the 2008 election, when Biden was vice president to former President Barack Obama.

“I wouldn’t be standing here at all actually because my parents met while working for Biden,” he told the AP in 2008. “They met during 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.

Flashback: After Biden beat Trump in November, Wentz posted a photo of himself as a child Biden detained next to his mother, Dale Lewis Wentz

Fall Out Boy (LR) Patrick Stump, Andy Hurley, Wentz and Joe Trohman were pictured in Los Angeles at the Grammys in 2019

At the time, Wentz also turned to Tumblr to endorse Biden with his father Pete Wentz Sr.

The rocker wrote: ‘So I guess it’s a big day for everyone – one way or another, no matter what you think. I don’t really want to impose my opinion on anyone. I’m just a guy in a band that doesn’t spell that well let alone a degree at all.

He said, according to the Washington Post, “ So I turned to my dad (he has a few degrees and is doing a lot better, plus he’s a hero to me). Blech enough of that… Here’s what he had to say.

His father wrote: “I spent the weekend and am now working on the Obama campaign. Mom and I met in Washington when we were both legislative assistants to Senator Biden while he was in his first term.

“I had worked in his countryside and your mother had been in the foreign service. We started out as friends and the rest is history.

The virtual concert on January 18, which will be closed publicly, will also include appearances by James Taylor, Carole King, will.i.am, with Keegan-Michael Key and Debra Messing co-hosting the debates, according to People. Lady Gaga will sing the Star-Spangled Banner for the show.