Wentz: 'Management thought I would die'

Pete Wentz has revealed that his management company feared he would die aged 27.

The Fall Out Boy bassist's manager was so convinced he was going to pass away that he phoned frontman Patrick Stump on his 28th birthday party to celebrate.

"There was a countdown clock and everything," Stump told Bang Showbiz. "I remember, our manager called me up on Pete's 28th birthday and screamed, 'We made it!'"

Wentz commented: "I spent most of the year I was 27 toxic, just completely over-medicated. I was stoked to make it past 27.

"Everyone was really worried. My management company were panicked, because I was out of the office, and 'pharmaceutically engaged'."

Musicians including Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain died aged 27.