Pete Wentz is reportedly being sued by a guy who claims the Fall Out Boy beat him down for no reason last year.
The man filing suit, Andy Kallas, claims he was watching the boys perform at Schubas Tavern in Chicago when Wentz attacked, along with about 10 other people, according to TMZ. (LOL … “When Wentz Attacks” would be a hilar TV show, no?)
Anyway, shortly after it happened, Pete reportedly issued a statement alleging it was in self-defense because Kallas grabbed him. Reported witnesses who were at the show say that Kallas was being downright obnoxious during the show, “calling Pete a sellout, asking him ‘Where’s [fiancée] Ashlee [Simpson]?’ and making fun of his hoodie,” according to TMZ.
Those unlucky (or lucky, depending on your tolerance for a band that made an album with their grandma) enough to miss the Furnaces on tour will have a couple of opportunities to remedy that this summer.
Radiohead made music history last year when they offered their new album, In Rainbows, online for — whatever you wanted to pay! Singer Thom Yorke recently revealed that fans shouldn’t expect a similar scheme in the future.
“I think it was a one-off response to a particular situation,” Yorke told Billboard. “It was a one-off in terms of a story. It was one of those things where we were in the position of everyone asking us what we were going to do. I don’t think it would have the same significance now anyway, if we chose to give something away again. It was a moment in time.”
By the indie-rock timetable, summer officially began at Coachella this weekend. And with the announcement of the Monolith Festival, we know it’ll last at least until mid-September. Held at Red Rocks Park and Ampitheatre on September 13-14, Monolith will draw on Vampire Weekend, Silversun Pickups, Band of Horses and more to round out its lineup.
This will be the second year for Monolith, after a succesful run last year with headliners The Flaming Lips and The Decemberists. Red Rocks is famous for its outdoor stages, which are sunken into the breathtaking Colorado Mountains. Inevitably, the music and setting will draw comparisons to another mountain festival this summer — Pemberton.
