MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Pete Wentz says talk of Fall Out Boy’s demise has been blown out of proportion — but he isn’t sure when the rock band will performing together again.

Earlier this week, lead singer Patrick Stump told Spin.com that the group was done after Wentz tweeted that he didn’t see a future for the platinum band.

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By James Montgomery

Over the past week, Mark Hoppus and Pete Wentz have rekindled their Twitter relationship (the same passionate affair that gave us the famed “Octo-Drive” last year), penning a series of odes to one another that mentioned “crazy-ass sandwiches” and, more notably, some mysterious new songs the two were collaborating on.

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By William Goodman

Fall Out Boy is on indefinite hiatus, but drummer Andy Hurley is busier than ever!

In addition to the Damned Things, his heavy metal band with members of Anthrax and Every Time I Die, the 29-year-old sticksman is working on another project: Burning Empires, a hardcore quintet featuring Stuart Ross, Ryan Morgan, and Kyle Johnson of Misery Signals, plus Matt Mixon, formerly of 7 Angels 7 Plagues. They’re all Milwaukee natives (and housemates!) with one ambition: to deliver their political message hard, fast, and loud.

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