Article: Chicago's Fall Out Boy as surprised as you are by success

Fall Out Boy is, from left, Patrick Stump, Joe Trohman, Pete Wentz and Andrew Hurley.

A few hours before showtime at Metro on Valentine's Day, the members of the chart-topping pop-punk band Fall Out Boy were gearing up to treat their hometown to a second buzz-building, under-the-radar club show celebrating the release of their fourth album, "From Infinity on High."

The first had come 11 days earlier as part of a much-hyped daylong blitzkrieg inspired by their label president, rap superstar Jay-Z. Then, they'd played a morning show in New York, an afternoon gig at Chicago's House of Blues and an evening concert on a rooftop in Los Angeles, with an MTV camera crew trailing them every step of ...

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