From early 2000s pop punk icon, with its thundering music videos and snorting choruses, to a veteran band in a certain decadence, Fall Out Boy changed the sound, which is natural. “Save Rock and Roll”, for example, has none of the style mentioned in the title. It’s a hip hop keyboard ballad.

This Friday (9) of Rock in Rio, the quartet from Chicago presented a little of each phase: the seven albums were envisaged. We can notice a little soul and R&B in the singing of Patrick Stump, who says he is influenced by these styles; and a lot of electronic rock in the only track taken from “Mania”, the quasi-experimental album of 2018.

Even though it’s the latest addition to the discography, he only added “The Last of the Real Ones” to the setlist, with the first part played on a carefully ignited piano. The sound of Fall Out Boy is like this: a dull fire, with no chance of turning into flame.

More shy, Stump leaves the floor to bassist Pete Wentz. He asks if people are excited to see Green Day and if they enjoyed past attractions.

It wasn’t the band’s first time at Rock in Rio. In 2017, he replaced Billy Idol at the last minute, in a less automatic show, but just as saved by songs from the start of his career: “Sugar, We’re Goin Down”, “Dance, dance” and “Merci fr th mmrs”. Now they played right after the veteran.

The commotion caused by Avril Lavigne on the Sunset stage made it clear that the band and the Supla lookalike certainly deserved less of a place on the world stage than the Canadian skater.