Panic at the Disco
Where: Vector Arena, Auckland
When: Saturday, August 30

There was drama before Panic at the Disco actually made it onstage.

Before the band came out fans were pushing to the front of the crowd to get a prime spot, prompting organisers to come out and plead with the sea of people to step back.

“We’re pulling people out unconscious,” said the man on stage, “so we’re going to hold off starting for a while.”

When the lights did go down, the roar from the crowd was deafening.

The band opened with We’re so starving off their second album Pretty Odd against a massive screen before moving quickly into current hit song Nine in the Afternoon.

If there were times when the vocals of lead singer Brendon Urie couldn’t be heard clearly, it didn’t matter – the audience filled in the blanks.

This was the last show on their current tour and also the birthday of guitarist and founding member Ryan Ross, and the audience needing no cajoling to sing him a rousing rendition of Happy Birthday.

The band played their way through tracks off their second album as well as tried and tested hits like Lying is the Most Fun off debut album A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out.

The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide is Press Coverage turned Vector into a mass of seething energiser bunnies.

Panic At The Disco made a name for their stage shows featuring contortionists and circus performers, but not this show.

For this show there were clouds of bubbles and quirky Monty Python-esque graphics on the screen behind them.

The band dedicated Behind the Sea to the audience, with Urie saying, “We’re pretty envious that New Zealand is surrounded by the ocean.”

The boys seemed to have a blast on stage, and on Folkin’ Around showed their jazzier side.

Throughout the gig the guys had the audience eating out of the palm of their hand – each song’s intro was accompanied by excitable screams.

On ballad Northern Downpour Vector became a sea of multi-coloured lights.

The band bounded off stage after just over an hour to return to play three more songs to more bubbles and more screaming from the enthusiastic crowd.

If you come across someone in the next few days who has mysteriously lost their voice, chances are they were at Vector on Saturday night.

Source: stuff.co.nz

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