Pitchfork

Cheer up, emo kid! The reunion of pioneering Chicago pop-punk band Smoking Popes for the Flower 15 series of benefit concerts last fall went so well, Josh Caterer and his bros have decided to continue the party with a live album and American tour.

Due February 28 on Victory Records, the CD/DVD set Smoking Popes at Metro captures the band's November 11, 2005 performance at Chicago's Metro, the first time the Popes took the stage since their 1998 breakup. The career-spanning collection is actually the band's second live album, following the 2000 greatest-hits comp Live. Here are the songs we have to thank/blame for Fall Out Boy:

01 Ramblin Rose (Intro)
02 Off My Mind
03 No More Smiles
04 Gotta Know Right Now
05 Midnight Moon
06 Paul
07 Rubella
08 Don't Be Afraid
09 Mrs. You and Me
10 Writing a Letter
11 Megan
12 Surf
13 Before I'm Gone
14 Just Broke Up
15 Stars
16 You Spoke to Me
17 On the Shoulder
18 Need You Around
19 Pretty Pathetic
20 Ramblin Rose (Outro)
21 Pure Imagination
22 I Know You Love Me
23 Brand New Hairstyle

The boys will pile into the van for an American tour in February and March, with Victory labelmates Bayside opening. The tour will kick off in St. Louis and wind its way in a big counter-clockwise circle through the South and East before ending up back at the Metro in Chicago, where it all began. Dates:

02-22 St. Louis, MO - Creepy Crawl *
02-23 Oklahoma City, OK - Conservatory
02-24 Dallas, TX - Gypsy Tea Room
02-25 Austin, TX - Emo's
02-26 Houston, TX - Walter's on Washington #
02-28 Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
03-01 Greensboro, NC - Greene Street
03-03 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's
03-04 Brooklyn, NY - North Six
03-05 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
03-06 Cambridge, MA - The Middle East ^
03-08 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
03-10 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock
03-11 Chicago, IL - Metro
03-12 Chicago, IL - Metro

* with the Unholy Effers
# with Sharks and Sailors
^ with Eyes Like Knives