Fall Out Boy have said they will stop performing their version of Michael Jackson's 'Beat It' as a sign of respect to the late King Of Pop. Don't artists wanting to show their respect for a dead pop icon normally do so by singing one of their songs, rather than not singing one? Are Fall Out Boy saying their version of 'Beat It' was so shit it was disrespectful?
Whatever, Fall Out Boy have played their version of 'Beat It' at live shows for years, and included a recorded version on their recent hits album. But Pete Wentz has told Music Radar: "We never got the chance to him. I don't even know if he heard it. We kind of recorded it on a whim, like, nine months before he passed away. We've decided not to play it any more. It's his song, you know? We put it on the record because we did a video for it, but it's definitely his song".