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Father of Bronx, husband of Ashlee and 1/4 of Fall Out Boy, Pete Wentz, attempted to put on an impromptu concert yesterday with his band. The scene: Washington Square Park; the time: 3:30 p.m.; the outcome: a cappella. One blogger recaps the scene, which they say was "inspired by Bob Dylan’s improptu ’60s performances in the same location." Allegedly Wentz had written about the show on his blog the night before, but "just as the band was about to play, they got in a bit of a scuffle with police, who arrived to inform them that they had not obtained the proper permit and would not be legally allowed to play instruments." Ah, Footloose laws. Apparently the boys were allowed to sing sans instruments, however, so the publicity stunt show went on. One question remains: could this Pete Wentz fella be the rock star that was spotted busking on the 14th Street F platform over the weekend? Photograph courtesy of Jessica Rogers
Wentz & Co. Played Washington Square Park
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laaaame.
This may be the most boring story of the week.
Pete Wentz, I knew Bob Dylan, you Sir are no Bob Dylan.
Pete Wentz = The most overrated celebrity of 2008. Known only for knocking up Ashlee with his inferior seed.
Congratulations.
When I think about the modern day Bob Dylan, I immediately think of that short guy with the crooked haircut from Fall Out Boy. He's so real.
I just happened to be around. No really. I'm at Teen Square all the time, but I'm not one of the regular bums.
Anyway, I thought everyone was cheering for the big black guy. A rapper? MegaBiggie Big? Turns out it was a midget they cheering for.
And really it wasn't any scuffle. The police and park greenies were there before he showed up. And maybe 150 teenies. Weak, real weak.
I can't believe you've got me defending this guy, but you're all using the classic double standard. If this was some unknown band, you'd be going on about how the police stopped the event, and how it was so cool, etc..
Also note that this guy wasn't claiming to be Dylan and didn't appear to reference Dylan in any way when promoting the event. That was one blogger's interpretation.
I would agree that this was a publicity stunt, though. You don't keep things secret by posting them on your blog....
permit to play an instrument? All those acoustic "I need attention" playing guitar emo-tards all have proper permits?
Why didn't he play that impromptu crap in his child's namesake, The Bronx? Pussy.
I agree with #2
the NYPD almost saved the day for once. Unfortunately, the show went on.
The cops never should've let August Rush play his guitar...talk about a double standard.
bbbbbut officer.. I named my kid Bronx!
i have to agree with Politburo on this one, although i think it's ok to share it with his fans on his blog, it's not like he sent out a press release.
Who let Rape-Baby out of his cage?
lol ugh..I agree with Nannystate.
did anyone throw shoes at these tools?
I don't care what fall out boy does. But when they start stealing from maurice sendak, start covering radiohead and now this bob dylan fiasco. It really gets my goat! They are probably the shittiest band in music next to the jonas brothers but the audacity to think that they can even cover the holiness of radiohead. I mean that's like pauly shore thinking he's anthony hopkins.
I doubt it was wentz playing at 14th street. He doesn't seem like the kind of guy that listens to joy division.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O24WoCYjToo&eurl
FOB sucks and this was a bad publicity stunt. THat's true.
But this should also outrage every New Yorker. You don't need a permit to play un-amped instuments in Washington Square Park.
He should play on the D train on his way to the Bronx..now thats a challenge!