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PHOTOGRAPHY BY PAMELA LITTKY (WENTZ); MATTHEW MURPHY (DIRTY DANCING); COURTESY OF MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL (KABUKI) BOYS WONDER A FEW QUESTIONS FOR PETE WENTZ ABOUT THE LATEST TOUR FROM THE ALL-GROWN-UP FALL OUT BOY, COMING TO MANDALAY BAY IN AUGUST. It's been 10 years since Fall Out Boy struck gold with their major-label debut, and now they're celebrating the release of their sixth album, American Beauty/American Psycho, by hitting the road with rapper Wiz Khalifa. We checked in with Pete Wentz, the band's bassist and lyricist, just days before the Boys of Zummer Tour's official kickoff. You've described this album as different from your previous ones. How so? We made the overnight version of a Fall Out Boy record, the one that happens right away. We wrote and recorded this album when we were on the road, so it's more of a t ravel record than anything else. Based on the album's title alone, film must be a strong inf luence on Fall Out Boy's music. Movies are what we agree on, and Fall Out Boy songs are really visual, almost as though the music is supposed to accompany something visual. You were only 25 when From Under the Cork Tree was released. How does it feel to have those formative years cataloged? It's like when people look at old photo- graphs and they're like, Oh man, I can't believe I wore that outfit. I get to hear the musical equivalent of that, but I don't listen to a lot of music from our past. It's hard to hear things you wish you'd done differently. Wiz Khalifa isn't the first musician we'd expect you to tour with. I think Wiz has more of a punk-rock et hos t ha n people k now, a nd there's so much to Fall Out Boy's history that I attribute to hip-hop. The two of us coming together makes more sense t ha n most people m ight t hink. August 7. Mandalay Bay Events Center, 877-632-7400; mandalaybay.com V SUMMER LOVIN' Nobody puts Baby in a corner, but this July, the Smith Center is putting her and the rest of the cast of Dirty Dancing on the Reynolds Hall stage. Director Sarah Tipple's musical produc- tion, which premiered in Australia, tells the coming-of-age love story of Frances "Baby" Houseman and her dance instructor, Johnny Castle, and features many of the songs from the beloved 1987 fi lm. You won't want to miss the live version of the famous lift sequence set to "(I've Had) The Time of My Life." Ticket prices range from $29 to $139. July 14–19. The Smith Center for the Performing Arts, 702-749-2000; thesmithcenter.com Samuel Pergande and Jenny Winton in Dirty Dancing. on tour Come August, Vegas's international focus will land squarely on Japan when Shochiku, a Tokyo-based entertainment company that produces live Kabuki performances and fi lms, arrives in the city to drum up some buzz for MGM Resorts International's 2016 Kabuki festival. In fi ve shows, the company's performers, including famed Kabuki actor Ichikawa Somegoro, will stage a technologically revamped version of the classic Kabuki tale Fight with a Carp against the backdrop of Bellagio's fountains. The Vegas shows are part of Shochiku's efforts to reintroduce Kabuki theater to a global audience. August 14–16. Bellagio, bellagio.com // street theater // CULTUR AL EXCHANGE on stage CULTURE Spotlight 56 VEGASMAGAZINE.COM