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Fleetwood Mac Make Moves + More
Published 3/25/2008 by Kim Davis at Spinner.com
... 's goal of securing the Guinness World Record for playing all seven continents in less than nine months hit a road bump. Reports of bad weather foiled their plans of performing in Antarctica tonight -- their last stop. While the dream isn't over, it has set the band back a day. ...

News Ticker: Fall Out Boy, OutKast, Slash, Grammys Tour
Published 3/25/2008 by Daniel Kreps at Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
... to play concerts on all seven continents has been temporarily postponed as surprise “bad weather” in Antarctica prevented the band from traveling to the South Pole. The band, currently in Chile, will attempt to take the frozen continent Wednesday before heading back to the States. ...

Fall Out Boy's Antarctica Trip Postponed
Published 3/25/2008 by Jason Tate at AbsolutePunk.net - News
... Bad weather may delay Fall Out Boy's trip to Antarctica. From the Article"Bad weather in Antarctica, go figure," FOB frontman Patrick Stump deadpanned over coffee and eggs. "We were sort of aware that this might happen, but, to be honest, we're just hoping some other band doesn't slip in by boat or something and set the world record right under our noses." ...

Fall Out Boy's Antarctica Trip Delayed
Published 3/25/2008 at OH NO!!
... even came close to breaking the record. Wentz nearly choked, Hurley chowed down, and McLynn raised his hands to proclaim his "second-best in the world" status. "Congratulations," Wentz snickered. "You're almost a loser." Regardless of whether they make it to Antarctica or not, it's clear that FOB are still going to make the most of the situation. Even if that means they flew all the way to Chile to set a new cracker-eating record. Source ...

Fall Out Boy's world-record-making trip ... [Fall Out Boy]
Published 3/25/2008 by Maura Johnston at Idolator
... is on hold thanks to all flights to and from the continent being canceled due to bad weather. What, no one took the time to consult a Farmer's Almanac before figuring out the best time for the trip? I know that the pressure to break a world record is tough to overcome, but even I, the princess of last-minute travel, do a little bit of Googling to figure out if I'll be scheduling my trip in the midst of "horrible ice storm with zero visibility" season. [MTV / Photo: Getty] ...

Sugar, We're Not Going Down To Antarctica
Published 3/25/2008 at X17 Online
Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz may have melted a million hearts in his day - but he's not quite so lucky with the polar ice caps! MTV is reporting that Fall Out Boy's attempt to set a world record by becoming the first band to perform on all seven continents in under nine months - an attempt which had been scheduled for today - will have to be put on hold due to poor weather conditions in Antarctica. Jeez, they didn't see that one coming? At least the band's determination to set the record doesn't seem to have flagged - lead singer Patrick Stump even ...

Can Fall Out Boy Make It to Antarctica? An Anxious Nation Waits
Published 3/26/2008 at Vulture
... to Wentz's Dr. Livingstone on this monumental voyage of discovery — Wentz revealed that visiting Antarctica would fulfill a childhood dream. "I mean, we were just sitting around thinking of awesome, funny, totally crazy things to do, things that you'd think up when you were 14. And all of a sudden, we were like, 'Hey, high-fiving a penguin? That's about as 14 and dumb as you can get!'" And what do they think Antarctica will be like? Wentz comments in yet another interview with MTV News, "I'm basically expecting that it'll be like Hoth, that ice planet on Star ...