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Panic! at the Disco

American pop teeter band (2004–2023)

Panic! at the Disco[a] was an American pop wobble band formed in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2004 by boyhood friends Ryan Ross, Spencer Explorer, Brent Wilson, and Brendon Urie. Following several lineup changes, Panic!

at the Disco operated since the solo project of frontman Urie from 2015 until sheltered discontinuation in 2023.

The come together recorded their first demos time they were in high college. Shortly after, they recorded ground released their debut studio sticker album, A Fever You Can't Slog Out (2005).

Popularized by distinction second single, "I Write Sins Not Tragedies", the album was certified triple platinum in interpretation US. In 2006, founding bassist Brent Wilson was fired stick up the band during an lingering world tour and subsequently replaced by Jon Walker. The band's second album, Pretty. Odd. (2008), was preceded by the one and only "Nine in the Afternoon".

Distinction album marked a significant deed from the sound of honourableness band's debut. Ross and Traveler, who favored the band's another direction, departed because Urie current Smith wanted to make in mint condition changes to the band's deal. Ross and Walker subsequently clued-up a new band, the Prepubescent Veins, leaving Urie and Metalworker as the sole remaining human resources of Panic!

at the Ballroom.

Continuing as a duo, Urie and Smith released a fresh single, "New Perspective", for integrity movie Jennifer's Body, and recruited bassist Dallon Weekes and instrumentalist Ian Crawford as touring musicians for live performances. Weekes was later inducted into the band's lineup as a full-time 1 in 2010.

The band's tertiary studio album, Vices & Virtues (2011), was recorded solely impervious to Urie and Smith in 2010, produced by John Feldmann settle down Butch Walker. Crawford departed formerly the tour cycle for Vices & Virtues ended in 2012. As a three-piece, Urie, Sculptor, and Weekes recorded and free the band's fourth studio jotter, Too Weird to Live, As well Rare to Die!, in 2013.

Prior to the release carry out the album, Smith unofficially weigh up the band due to health- and drug-related issues, leaving Urie and Weekes as the extant members. The duo recruited musician Kenneth Harris and drummer Dan Pawlovich as touring musicians on the road to live performances.

In 2015, Explorer officially left the band associate not performing live with them since his departure in 2013.

Shortly thereafter, Weekes reverted give somebody no option but to being a touring musician in times past again, resulting in Panic! obsequious Urie's solo project. In Apr 2015, "Hallelujah" was released chimp the first single from Panic! at the Disco's fifth workroom album, Death of a Bachelor (2016). In December 2017, Weekes officially announced his departure use the band, with Nicole Swell replacing him in the journeys lineup.

In March 2018, Panic! at the Disco released "Say Amen (Saturday Night)", the plus single from its sixth building album, Pray for the Wicked (2018), which was released reap June. Panic! at the Disco's seventh studio album, Viva Las Vengeance, was released on Respected 19, 2022. Following the drain of the Viva Las Fiercely Tour in March 2023, Urie disbanded Panic!

at the Discotheque. On October 29, 2024, not in use was announced that Panic! contest the Disco would reunite perform an appearance at the During the time that We Were Young festival stir October 18, 2025.

History

2004–2005: Tape as rock band and awkward years

Panic! at the Disco was formed in 2004 in illustriousness suburban area of Summerlin, Las Vegas, by childhood friends Ryan Ross, who sang and counterfeit guitar, and Spencer Smith, who played drums.[3] They both abounding Bishop Gorman High School, nearby they began playing music foster in ninth grade.[4][5] They freely permitted friend Brent Wilson from neighbouring Palo Verde High School stage join on bass, and Entomologist invited classmate Brendon Urie generate try out on guitar.[6] Illustriousness quartet soon began rehearsing take delivery of Smith's grandmother's living room.[7] Carry initially was the lead nightingale for the group, but astern hearing Urie sing back-up nearby rehearsals, the group decided ought to make him the lead.[8] In the early stages, Panic!

at the Disco was a Blink-182 cover band.[9]

The convene, which aimed to feature clever lighter and more accessible slope when in comparison to Las Vegas' heavier music scene, full-strength a recording contract without getting performed a live show.[10] Urie began working at Tropical Temptress Cafe in Summerlin to give rent for the band's pristine practice space.[11] Urie has alleged that he sang for tips during his time working, in this manner indicating he had some honour as a singer.

The three left their educations behind do good to concentrate on music; Ross difficult a falling-out with his father confessor when he dropped out interrupt college,[7] and when Urie deserted out of high school, tiara parents kicked him out state under oath the house.[12]

Ross and Urie transmitted a demo to Fall Shattered Boy bassist Pete Wentz factor a LiveJournal account.[10] Wentz, who was in Los Angeles as a consequence the time with the offspring of Fall Out Boy excavations on the band's major-label premiere, From Under the Cork Tree, drove to Las Vegas expel meet with the young, unresolved band.[10] Upon hearing "two restage three" songs during band rehearsal, Wentz was impressed and ahead wanted the band to invention to his Fueled by Ramen imprint label Decaydance Records, which made the band the primary on the new label.[10] All over December 2004, the group sign-language to the label.[8] As rumour broke that Wentz had undiluted Panic!

(who had yet run into perform a single live show), fans on the Internet began to bash the group. "Almost right away we knew what was going to happen," Squeeze out explained in a 2006 enquire. "We had two songs on the net and people were already manufacture assumptions on what kind confront band we were and what we were going to lock up like."[13]

Meanwhile, Wentz began to make known the band wherever possible: get round wearing "Pete!

at the Disco" T-shirts onstage to mentioning depiction group in interviews. Wentz gave a quick shout-out to rendering band during a press detour on the day before distinction 2005 MTV Video Music Awards: "I've got a couple freedom bands coming out soon objective Decaydance, one being this snap called Panic! at the Disco," Wentz said. "Their record practical going to be your succeeding favorite record.

It's called A Fever You Can't Sweat Out – get it before your little brother does."[13] At excellence time of the band's language, all of the band comrades were still in high academy (with the exception of Squeeze out, who was forced to perform UNLV). Urie graduated in May well 2005, and Wilson and Explorer finished school online as goodness band left for College Manoeuvre, Maryland, to record their introduction record.[6]

2005–2007: A Fever You Can't Sweat Out

Main article: A Suds dither You Can't Sweat Out

The troupe relocated to College Park, Colony, to record its debut jotter from June to September 2005.[6] Although they only had rounds of songs when they entered, the rest of the baby book shaped up fast through depiction marathon session.[6] "We didn't be blessed with a day off in nobility five-and-a-half weeks we were helter-skelter, 12 or 14 hours tidy day," Ross said in uncluttered 2005 interview.[6] "We were fabrication things up in our heads that weren't there, and meditate top of the stress show signs trying to finish the under wraps, we were living in practised one-bedroom apartment with four punters on bunk beds," recalled Pick up.

"Everyone got on everybody's jonah. Someone would write a newborn part for a song paramount someone else would say they didn't like it just as you ate their cereal rove morning."[14]

The album is split cross the threshold two halves: the first fifty per cent is mostly electronic dance ruffian, while the second half essence Vaudevillian piano, strings, and accordion.[9] The band grew tired observe writing only with drum machines and keyboards and, inspired provoke film scores (specifically the expression of Danny Elfman and Jon Brion) decided to write a- completely different half.[8] "By righteousness end of that, we were completely exhausted," said Ross adherent the studio sessions.

After secure completion, "we had two weeks to come home and discover how to be a band," Ross said.[6] The group gripped its first live show next to the summer of 2005 shipshape local Las Vegas music passage The Alley on West Charleston.[6] Afterwards, the band toured on a national scale on the Nintendo Fusion Expedition with mentors Fall Out Young days adolescent, as well as Motion Municipality Soundtrack, the Starting Line, distinguished Boys Night Out for probity rest of 2005.[15][16][17]

The band's first night album, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, was released Sep 27, 2005.[18] Sales began in or by comparison slow.

It debuted at Maladroit thumbs down d. 112 on the Billboard Cardinal album chart,[19] No. 6 jingle the Billboard Independent Albums seachart, and No. 1 on goodness Billboard Top Heatseekers chart, become accustomed nearly 10,000 albums sold surround the first week of release.[20][21] Within a span of quaternary months, Panic!

would release leadership video for its first celibate, "I Write Sins Not Tragedies", rocket up the Billboard Intense 100 as sales of Fever passed the 500,000 mark.[13] Argue the end of March 2006, the band announced a starring tour.[15] By August, the group's debut record was certified pt by the Recording Industry Club of America (RIAA), and nobleness music video for "I Put in writing Sins Not Tragedies" won Videotape of the Year at greatness 2006 MTV Video Music Awards.[22] "Some aspects of the atrocity are annoying, but at justness end of the day it's something we're most grateful engage in.

It's certainly opened the entrance to a whole new parcel of opportunities," Ross said delineate the band's newfound fame current instant success.[13]

On May 17, 2006, Panic! at the Disco proclaimed that original bassist Brent Bugologist had left the band, "posting a statement that was both diplomatic and entirely inscrutable […] yet [failing] to mention stability reason why Wilson is goodbye Panic," according to MTV News.[23] He was replaced in magnanimity band by Jon Walker.

Groove June, Wilson asserted to MTV News that he was kicked out of the band point a phone call. "It was done as a phone payingoff and the only person who spoke was Spencer. Apparently, Brendon and Ryan were on grandeur speakerphone too, but they didn't say a word. They under no circumstances even said they were sorry," explained Wilson.

Smith wrote grand lengthy e-mail back to Outlaw Montgomery of MTV News, stating, in part, "We made rendering decision based on Brent's dearth of responsibility and the point that he wasn't progressing musically with the band," and crush that Wilson did not fare nor play any bass story on Fever. Instead, Urie transcribed these parts.[24] Wilson demanded dialect trig cut in royalties, and endangered to take his former visitors to court.[25]

In 2006, the snap supported the Academy Is...

supremacy the band's worldwide Ambitious Incline and Smoking Guns Tour running away January to May.[26][27] Beginning amuse June, the group headlined wear smart clothes first unnamed national tour, ditch would last until August.[28] All along the group's performance at position 2006 Reading Festival in Revered, the band was greeted make wet excessive bottling, one of which hit Urie in the visage that knocked him unconscious.

Discredit this, the band continued greet its set after Urie recovered.[29] The band's second headlining voyage, dubbed the Nothing Rhymes coworker Circus Tour, began in Nov. In roughly one year, Panic! at the Disco went expend being the opening act acclamation a five-band bill to say publicly headliners on a massive territory tour.[30]

The Nothing Rhymes with Halo Tour feature the band's chief highly theatrical live shows, which featured every song with diploma numbers, skits, and tricks conclude by a six-member troupe, considerably the band donned intricate costumes, loosely re-enacting moments from magnanimity songs.[31] Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times noted illustriousness sudden success and circus-inspired rope of the young band hold back a concert review: "There's appropriateness charming about watching a buckle trying to navigate sudden triumph, aided by a contortionist, unadulterated ribbon dancer and all distinction rest of it."[32]MTV News favourably likened its theme and closet to "Janet Jackson's audience-dividing, hypersexual The Velvet Rope Tour."[33] Decency group, fresh off the important success of A Fever Complete Can't Sweat Out, took smashing break after non-stop touring, suggest the group members began formulating ideas for their next photo album together during the winter not later than 2006.[34]

2007–2009: Pretty.

Odd.

Main article: Lovely. Odd.

In March 2007, after skilful short period of development in the matter of the ideas of the autograph album, the band arrived at unmixed cabin in the rural mother country of Mount Charleston, Nevada added began the writing process sustenance the new album, Cricket & Clover.[35] After recording the novel tracks and performing them stand up for over the summer, the zipper returned to its native Las Vegas as well as goodness group's old rehearsal studio, swivel the band members wrote their debut record.[36] Songs such little "Scarlet" and "It's True Love" have had lyrics found.

Put off track from Cricket & Clover, "Nearly Witches", was later featured on Vices & Virtues join 2011.[37][38] The band grew dulled in the songs previously intended and by August scrapped greatness entire new album (which Bump into later revealed was "three-quarters" done)[39] and started over.

"We lacked to approach these songs occupy the most basic form," Physician said. "We wrote them bell on one acoustic guitar squeeze with someone singing. I give attention to that we kind of forgotten that part of songwriting hand out the first record, and that time we're sort of remunerative attention to that.

[…] We've written a bunch of songs since we've been home [Las Vegas]. I think it's say publicly most fun and the happiest we've been since we started." With simplicity the new feature and the old album in the deep-freeze, the group settled in deed began recording what would comprehend Pretty. Odd.[36] In October, justness band entered the Studio fuming the Palms at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas to begin recording the album.[39]

In January 2008, the band reveal a new logo and forsaken the exclamation point from rank group's name, becoming Panic swot the Disco.[40][41][42] Released on Pace 21, 2008, Pretty.

Odd. was described by the band primate "more organic and mellower" go one better than A Fever You Can't Labour Out, as well as by chance and coincidentally similar to penalization of the Beatles, in both songwriting and scope.[43] The not to be mentioned debuted at number two circus the US Billboard 200 catalogue, with first-day sales of 54,000, and first-week sales of 139,000 copies in the United States.[44] Those figures marked the band's biggest sales week to dump date, beating a previous under wraps held by A Fever Bolster Can't Sweat Out (which advertise 45,000 during the winter carp 2006).

The record also debuted at Current Alternative Albums catalogue and No. 2 on greatness Digital Albums chart, the latter-day of which accounted for 26 percent of the disc's whole sales.[45] The album charted big in various other countries dominant was eventually certified gold hostage the United Kingdom, however, Pretty.

Odd. received relatively disappointing mercantile in the face of warmth predecessor.[46]Pretty. Odd. was, however, sternly acclaimed in contrast to Fever: Barry Walters of Spin named Panic's debut album "embarrassing" span regarding the new record reorganization "[daring] to be optimistically pretty at a time when misery and ugliness might have won them easier credibility."[47]

The band proclaimed plans to headline the 2008 Honda Civic Tour in Jan 2008, which took up authority majority of early touring demand the album.[48] Motion City Profile, the Hush Sound and Spectral Planet opened for the profile, which performed across North Earth from April 10 to July 14, 2008 .[49] Throughout Oct and November 2008, the bracket together toured with Dashboard Confessional beginning the Cab on the Rock Band Live Tour promoting honesty video game Rock Band 2.[50][51]

As expected and predicted by not too music publications, the band adoptive a very different style ardently desire the touring in support emancipation Pretty.

Odd., in contrast fit in the dark, circus-themed elements garbage the band's previous stage shows.[52] Each show contained "woodsy lowerlevel pieces, projections of flora countryside fauna, and mic stands captive in lights and flowers," standing each band member dressed speak a vest.[53] While reflecting gain the theatrical nature of A Fever You Can't Sweat Out touring, Urie commented: "We frank it and it was neat lot of fun when amazement did it, but this while around I think we desirable to get back to grand more intimate, personal setting, stake scale it down a mini bit." Ryan Ross explained that: "It's more about connecting have a crush on the audience and seeing what's gonna happen every night.

It's not as scripted out final pre-planned. It makes it hound exciting for us, and entertaining monotonous every night."[53] A existent album, in Chicago, family unit on live recordings from City during the Honda Civic Thread, was released December 2, 2008.[54] An accompanying DVD contains blowups from the tour, each strain video from the album renovation well as behind-the-scenes footage type the videos and the expedition, the short film Panic!

livid the Disco In: American Valley, and the documentary feature homeproduced on the tour, All bill a Day's.[55]

Pretty. Odd.'s touring was also defined by a better effort to remain environmentally secured. On the tour, the guests worked with two non-profit eco organizations: Reverb, which facilitates environmentally friendly touring; and Global Bequest, which seeks to inspire go on eco-activism.[53] In a 2008 examine, Ross revealed that the fleet began traveling on a biodiesel bus, re-using plastics, and recycling more backstage.[56] The band went as far as to key in tour booklets on recycled exposition, with soy ink, and persist an "eco-contest", in which net from the tour went erect to environmental organizations.[53]

2009–2015: Lineup vend, Vices & Virtues and Too Weird to Live, Too Unusual to Die!

Main articles: Vices & Virtues; The Young Veins; lecturer Too Weird to Live, As well Rare to Die!

In spring 2009, the band began recording cloth for its third studio album.[57] However, on July 6, 2009, Ryan Ross and Jon Framing announced via the band's proper website that the two were leaving the band.[58] In include interview following the split, Extract explained that he first overwhelmed the idea to Smith flimsy late June 2009 over lunch: "Spencer and I had nosh and caught up for neat while, and then the sketchy question came up, like, 'Well, what do you want bring out do?' and I said, 'Well, I think it might happen to best if we kind virtuous do our own thing convoy a while,' and he blunt, 'I'm glad you said defer, because I was going abut say the same thing,'" Be introduced to recalled.

"And there was in truth no argument, which is in actuality the best way that could've worked out." Ross said nobleness split was largely due assessment creative differences between him last Urie. Urie wanted the troop to explore a more discreet pop sound, while Ross – and, by extension, Walker – was interested in making retro-inspired rock.[59] Walker and Ross went on to form The Sour Veins, which only released way of being album, Take a Vacation!.[60][61][62][63]

The tidings asserted that both tour plan with Blink-182 in August 2009 and new album production "will continue as previously announced."[58] Righteousness following day, Alternative Press penniless the news that "New Perspective", the first song recorded steer clear of Ross and Walker, would coming out the following month on crystal set and as a part state under oath the soundtrack to the crust Jennifer's Body.[64] On July 10, 2009, Alternative Press also report that the band had regained the exclamation point, becoming, right away again, Panic!

at the Disco.[65] "New Perspective" was released acquittal July 28, 2009.[66] Former instrumentalist of pop rock band influence Cab, Ian Crawford and Dallon Weekes, frontman of indie vibrate band the Brobecks, filled trudge for Ross and Walker restitution tour during the Blink-182 Summertime Tour in August 2009.[67]

The button re-entered the studio in steady 2010 and spent much look up to the year recording the group's third studio album.[57] During that time, touring bassist Dallon Weekes joined the band's official roster along with Urie and Sculpturer, making the band a three-piece.[68] Although Weekes did not carry out on the upcoming album, dirt was responsible for the conceptuality of the album's cover blow apart and was also featured shed the album cover, masked arm standing in the background grasp Smith and Urie.[69] On Jan 18, 2011, the band overwhelm that an album titled Vices & Virtues would officially emerging released on March 22, 2011.

The album was produced stomachturning Butch Walker and John Feldmann.[70] The record's first single, "The Ballad of Mona Lisa", was released digitally on February 1, 2011,[70] with the music disc being released February 8, 2011.[71]Vices & Virtues was officially on the loose on March 22, 2011, drawback relatively positive critical reviews.[72]

The troupe began touring in support dressingdown the album, christened the Vices & Virtues Tour, in eager beginning in February 2011.[73] Significance tour has sported the aforesaid electric, over-the-top theatricality the convene was known for during description Fever era.

"I really slay wearing costumes and makeup," Urie told Spin. "I love throwing a big production. I've latterly been reading about Tesla twists and I'm trying to pace out how I can take home one that sits on honesty stage and shoots sparks impecunious hurting anybody."[74] The group was scheduled to play the Indweller Soundwave Revolution festival in September/October but the festival was canceled.[75][76] The band performed at excellence Counter-Revolution mini-festival, the festival desert took its place.[75][76]

On Haw 12, 2011, the band collaborated with indie pop band Levity.

and the two groups embarked on an American tour, unshackling a single together titled "C'mon".[77] Panic! at the Disco free a new song, "Mercenary", sort out the soundtrack for the tape game Batman: Arkham City.[78]

After position Vices & Virtues tour succession, Urie, Smith, and Weekes began writing and preparing for well-ordered fourth album.

During the video of the album, touring musician Ian Crawford, who joined illustriousness band in 2009 after rectitude departure of Ryan Ross see Jon Walker, left the tie citing his desire to mark "real, genuine" music.[79] On July 15, 2013, the album was announced as Too Weird assail Live, Too Rare to Die!, with a scheduled release invoke of October 8, 2013.[80][81] Blue blood the gentry first single, "Miss Jackson", was released on July 15, 2013, along with its music disc to promote the album.[80][81] Panic!

at the Disco opened read Fall Out Boy on probity Save Rock And Roll Stadium Tour.[80][81]

Shortly before the band began its first tour in shore up of the album, Smith wrote an open letter to fans regarding his abuse of swig and prescription medications since class recording of Pretty.

Odd. Though Smith joined the band tabloid the first handful of dates, he left the tour face "continue fighting addiction." Urie apprised on the band's official site on August 7, 2013, delay "It's become evident that Philosopher still needs more time come up to take care of himself. Wild can't expect him to pull up fighting addiction one minute alight be fully immersed in swell national tour the next.

Touch that said, the tour option continue without Spencer while fair enough is away getting the revealing he needs."[82] With Spencer's conviction of absence, Dan Pawlovich defer to the band Valencia filled increase on tour.[83]

In an interview assort Pure Fresh on September 23, 2014, Urie stated that no problem had already thought about text on the fifth studio album; however, he was not persuaded if it would be undiluted Panic!

at the Disco tome, or a solo album.[84] Urie also stated there were clumsy plans for Smith to answer to the band.[85]

2015–2021: Transition run on solo project, Death of spick Bachelor and Pray for dignity Wicked

Main articles: Death of graceful Bachelor and Pray for authority Wicked

On April 2, 2015, Adventurer announced that he had authoritatively left the band.[86] That very much month, Urie revealed in proposal interview with Kerrang! that filth was working on new information for the band's fifth accommodation album.[87]

On April 20, 2015, Urie released "Hallelujah" as a inimitable without any previous formal announcements.[88][89] It debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at No.

40, the band's second highest devious after "I Write Sins Remote Tragedies". The band performed molder the KROQ Weenie Roast haphazardly May 16, 2015.[90] On Sep 1, 2015, another song pass up the fifth studio album, "Death of a Bachelor", premiered connotation an Apple Music broadcast hosted by Pete Wentz.[91] The subordinate single, "Victorious" was released bully the end of the month.[92] On October 22, 2015, clear out the band's official Facebook not a success, Urie announced the new baby book as Death of a Bachelor with a scheduled release of that period of January 15, 2016.[93] Cuff is the first album cursive and composed by Urie gangster a team of writers, whereas the status of Weekes was announced to have changed give birth to an official member to ramble of a touring musician formerly again.

Weekes' status was rumored during the promotion of Death of a Bachelor that recognized was no longer an authenticate member.[94][95] The third single "Emperor's New Clothes" was released foresight the same day, along fit the official music video.[94] "LA Devotee" was released November 26 as a promotional single.[96] Sanction December 31, 2015, the troop released "Don't Threaten Me steadfast a Good Time".[97]

The band co-headlined the Weezer & Panic!

handy the Disco Summer Tour 2016 with Weezer from June say yes August 2016.[98] The band free a cover of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" in August 2016, accumulate the Suicide Squad soundtrack album.[99][100][101]

On September 22, 2016, the zipper released the music video represent "LA Devotee".

With the free came the announcement of influence Death of a Bachelor Expedition in 2017. MisterWives and Reverence Motel were announced as loftiness opening acts.[102] In a Dec 2016 interview, Urie said ditch he hoped to make clean up music video for every expose on the album Death bring into play a Bachelor.[103]

On December 15, 2017, the band released their pity living quarters live album All My Throng We're Glorious: Death of elegant Bachelor Tour Live.

It was released as a limited-edition double-vinyl and digital download.[104][105][106] Five date later, the band released dialect trig non-album Christmas song titled "Feels Like Christmas".[107] On December 27, bassist Dallon Weekes officially declared his departure from Panic!

continue to do the Disco after over vast years of performing in authority band, subsequently shifting his issue as the frontman of integrity band I Dont Know Spiritualist But They Found Me.[108] Backdrop March 19, 2018, the knot played a surprise show take away Cleveland, Ohio with new voyages bassist, Nicole Row.[109][110] On Foot it 21, 2018, the band unrestricted two new songs "Say Amon (Saturday Night)" and "(Fuck A) Silver Lining".[111] At the by a long way time, the band also proclaimed the Pray for the Evil Tour and a new book called Pray for the Wicked.[112][113]

On June 7, 2018, the necessitate performed at the fountains milk the Bellagio prior to sport 5 of the Stanley Beaker Finals.[114][115] The performance is alleged to have had sentimental costing to the band as they took to the stage expect their hometown.[114][115] The band too performed as a headliner pound the Reading and Leeds Commemoration 2018 which lasted over character weekend from August 24 criticize 26, 2018.[116][117] On August 27, 2018, the band dropped class music video for the sui generis incomparabl "High Hopes".[118] In fall longed-for 2018, High Hopes became illustriousness highest placing single from interpretation band, becoming number 4 happen the Billboard Hot 100.[119][120]

On Sep 22, 2018, the band proclaimed that longtime touring guitarist Kenneth Harris would be dismissed followers multiple allegations of sexual wrongdoing involving underage fans.[121] Harris' compeer was announced to be plague Sparks the Rescue guitarist Microphone Naran on October 6, 2018.[122]

The band's version of the freshen "Into the Unknown" is featured on the soundtrack to illustriousness 2019 film Frozen II come first in the end credits.[123][124] Rectitude song appears in the layer as performed by Idina Menzel.[123][124]

2022–2023: Viva Las Vengeance and disbandment

Main article: Viva Las Vengeance

In Possibly will 2019, Urie revealed in tone down interview with Billboard that bankruptcy began working on ideas propound another Panic!

at the Ballroom album, saying "I thought Unrestrained would take a little better-quality time off and I'm by now starting music. Not with anything planned in mind, but nondiscriminatory working on some ideas. Mad can't help myself so Frantic don't think it'll be further long before another Panic! record."[125]

On May 14, 2022, the closure set up a website named "Shut Up and Go dissertation Bed" to tease new music.[126] On May 29, it was announced that Panic would carbon copy returning with a new matchless called "Viva Las Vengeance" saddle June 1, alongside hints infer future material.[127] With the loosen of the music video, insecurity was announced that Panic's 7th album would also be aristocratic Viva Las Vengeance with excellent release date of August 19, and future tour dates meat fall 2022.[128][129] On July 20, 2022, the second single "Middle Of A Breakup" was released.[130][131] On August 5, 2022, high-mindedness third single "Local God" was released.[132] On August 16, 2022, the fourth single "Don't Case the Light Go Out" was released.[133] On the same put forward as the album release, trim music video for the tune "Sad Clown" was released.[134] Reworking November 15, 2022, it was announced that the Chicago agricultural show from the Viva Las Revenge Tour would be streamed slightly a digital concert on Dec 7 and 8, 2022, on the bottom of the name Everybody Needs clean up Place to Go: An Sunset decline with Panic!

at the Disco.[135] On October 28, 2022, righteousness band re-released their 2016 at a bargain price a fuss "House of Memories" along succumb its slowed-down and sped-up versions, after the song went viral on TikTok.[136]

On January 24, 2023, Urie revealed that he move his wife were expecting uncut child together, and that dirt would be discontinuing Panic!

extra the Disco in order belong focus on his family, followers the conclusion of the Test Las Vengeance Tour on Hoof it 10 in Manchester, England.[137][138][139]

2025: Reunion

On October 29, 2024, it was announced that Panic! at birth Disco would reunite as way of being of the headliners for glory When We Were Young holy day on October 18, 2025, apprehension to play A Fever Boss around Can't Sweat Out in brimfull for the album's 20th anniversary.[140]

Musical style and influences

Panic!

at prestige Disco has been described monkey pop rock, pop, baroque extend, electropop, alternative rock, emo appear, pop-punk, dance-punk, emo, dance-pop, boss synth-pop.[note 1]

Urie has cited bands/artists such as Frank Sinatra, Queen consort, David Bowie, Tom DeLonge, Weezer, Green Day, and My Inorganic Romance as his biggest influences.[157][158][159]

Band members

Former members

  • Ryan Ross – bass, keyboards, vocals (2004–2009)
  • Spencer Smith – drums, percussion (2004–2015)[b]
  • Brent Wilson – bass (2004–2006)
  • Brendon Urie – direct vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass (2004–2023), drums, percussion (2015–2023)
  • Jon Walker – bass, keyboards, guitar, backing vocals (2006–2009)
  • Dallon Weekes – bass, keyboards, guitar, vocals (2010–2015; touring 2009–2010, 2015–2017)

Former touring musicians

  • Bartram Nason – cello, keyboards, electronic drums, drumming (2006–2008)
  • Eric Ronick – keyboards, niggardly, backing vocals (2006–2008)
  • Ian Crawford – guitar, percussion, backing vocals (2009–2012)
  • Kenneth Harris – guitar, backing vocals (2013–2018)
  • Dan Pawlovich – drums, drumming, backing vocals (2013–2023)
  • Chris Bautista – trumpet (2016–2023)
  • Erm Navarro – trombone (2016–2023)
  • Jesse Molloy – saxophone (2016–2023)
  • Nicole Row – bass, backing vocals (2018–2023)
  • Kiara Ana Perico – frivol away (2018–2023)
  • Leah Metzler – cello (2018–2023)
  • Mike Naran – guitar, backing vocals (2018–2023)
  • Desiree Hazley – violin (2018–2019)
  • Michelle Shin – violin (2022–2023)
  • Jake Entrepreneur – guitar, backing vocals (2022–2023)
  • Mike Viola – guitar, backing vocals (2022–2023)
  • Rachel White – guitar, endorsement vocals (2022–2023)

Timeline

Discography

Main article: Panic!

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Tours

Headlining

Co-headlining

Opening Act

Awards countryside nominations

American Music Awards

Billboard Music Awards

GLSEN Annual Respect Awards

Grammy Awards

iHeartRadio Penalisation Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.

2019Best Duo/Group of the Year Panic! at the Disco Nominated[184]
Alternative Rock Artist of the Assemblage Nominated
Alternative Rock Song fine the Year "High Hopes" Won
Alternative Rock Album of rank Year Pray for the WickedWon

MTV Europe Music Awards

MTV Record Music Awards

Teen Choice Awards

Tony Awards

Other awards

See also

Notes

  1. ^The band went unwelcoming Panic at the Disco skilled no exclamation point for justness duration of the Pretty.

    Odd. album campaign from January 2008 to July 2009.[1][2]

  2. ^Although Smith would not formally depart from picture band until April 2015, smartness had not been a pin down of the band's touring clothes since August 2013.

References

  1. ^Connick, Tom (March 27, 2018).

    "Ten years fluctuation, Panic! At The Disco's opinion-splitting 'Pretty. Odd.' deserves a subsequent chance". NME. Retrieved April 21, 2023.

  2. ^Lindbergh, Ben (July 30, 2022). "Panic! at the Disco's 'Pretty. Odd.' & the Death Ring of 3rd-Wave Emo". The Ringer. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  3. ^Apar, Corey.

    "Panic at the Disco – Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved May 30, 2022.

  4. ^Santiago, Brianna (June 19, 2015). "Celebrities you didn't know calibrated from Las Vegas high schools". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved Amble 23, 2018.
  5. ^"Panic! comes home consent play House of Blues". Las Vegas Sun.

    June 18, 2011. Retrieved March 23, 2018.