CHICAGO-based four piece Fall Out Boy have added a Newport date to their UK tour.

Currently occupying a top 10 slot in the singles chart with their debut offering Sugar, We're Goin Down and with their debut album From Under The Cork Tree climbing the UK album charts the tour comes to Newport Centre on May 26.

Fall Out Boy have taken the US by storm over the last few months and From Under The Cork Tree has racked up platinum sales. The band also picked up an MTV2 award at the VMA's earlier this year. Fall Out Boy formed out of boredom in a suburban Chicago basement in 2001.

Never intending to be serious, the band was founded by charismatic Arma Angelus frontman Pete Wentz and friend Joe Trohman.

The band finally took shape when they met guitarist/vocalist Patrick Stump, with Andy Hurley being the final piece to the puzzle after various line-up changes.

The Fall Out Boy live experience is anchored by Andy hitting drums like a madman, screaming at nothing, and often drawing comparisons to the Muppet "Animal".

Joe thrashes and spins at the end of the stage, causing property damage while bleeding all over his guitar.

Pete and Patrick play off each other like hot and cold, with Wentz yelling at the crowd and eventually jumping straight in.

The band took their show on the road in late January 2003, playing over 280 shows that year. "We played some of the worst shows, to one or two people.

"But the funny thing is those kids still come out and see us now," says Wentz.

Tickets for the Newport show cost £13 on 01633 656757