MUSIC NEWS - FALL OUT BOY members PETE WENTZ and PATRICK STUMP were nearly arrested on Monday, Dec 15 in NYC after they attempted an improptu acoustic concert to promote FOB's new Folie a Deux album. They set up gear in Greenwich Village's Washington Square Park in NYC and thrilled passers-by with an unplugged set of FALL OUT BOY hits. But their performing wasn't received well by the NYPD; they were told to stop by police, and were threatened with arrest if they continued to play without first obtaining a street performance permit. According to NYC column PageSix, Wentz considered ignoring the threat, but was advised by his advisors to obey the cops. The publication reports, "They improvised and did one song with Patrick singing a cappella and Pete Wentz doing air guitar. The crowd was into it. "After they sang the a cappella song, Pete went over to his guitar case like he was going to say 'Screw it' and just get out his guitar and start playing, but his manager, or his security, or some man on his team told him, 'No, Pete, don't do it - you can't ! The guys were allowed to sing without instruments (guess that's still legal to do in NYC), so the publicity stunt show went on, briefly though, as planned. Folie a Deux was released this week, to mixed reviews (LA Times, 2 1/2 stars) and is available from MNN.