Panic At The Disco and The Cab are doing a “Lost Show” presented by Hot Topic on October 15th in Boise, Idaho. View the event’s poster on Panic’s MySpace for details on how to attend, the first 200 people to get an entry wristband will also get to meet the bands before the show.

More information on Forgive Durden’s new album — Razia’s Shadow — which features Brendon in two tracks.

From Forgive Durden’s blog…

Whew! Hello everyone! My mouth has been stapled shut for the past months with the news and music of this record begging to eek out. Well I can finally exhale. For those of you who haven’t been following along at RaziasShadow.com, the new record is a musical. It’s entitled Razia’s Shadow: A Musical – and it’s being released on October 28th on FBR. It was co-written by my brother Paul and features 13 of my good friends.. Casey, Lizzie, Max, Chris, Danny, Brendon, Dan, Greta, Nic, Shawn, Kris, John, and Aaron, to be exact (visit raziasshadow.com to hear clips and peep all the art). You can preorder the album starting today and receive “Life Is Looking Up” as a free download! Or you can stream it on our myspace page. I’m so excited for all of you to hear this album! It’s been brewing and stewing inside me for the past few years and I can’t believe it’s finally time to share it with you guys. I couldn’t be happier. Eeee!

From the FBR Webstore…

Fueled By Ramen proudly announces the ambitious new record from Forgive Durden, RAZIA’S SHADOW: A MUSICAL. Composed and conceived by Thomas Dutton, RAZIA’S SHADOW is a full-on piece of musical talespinning, complete with elaborate characters, powerful themes, and a hauntingly beautiful narrative. The album tells the story of a world divided in two by the selfish actions of a powerful and egotistical, yet insecure angel. After generations of darkness, the world is eventually brought back together by the love and sacrifice of a couple brave enough to fulfill their destinies.

The limited edition deluxe version features DVD-sized packaging, plus a full booklet including the entire script and all character illustrations! Read the full article »

Watch the guys discuss video games and being part of Rock Band 2 at GameTrailers.com.

We have a new gallery layout — yup, for real. It took me forever to decide on a picture because I’m picky and there just isn’t a lot of options when it comes to pictures for layouts and I didn’t want to use anything too old so I kept waiting for a new decent photoshoot — it didn’t come. I really like how it turned out though (thanks to Mike for making it!). I know some of the text is really tiny if you’re using certain browsers, but I will fix that later.

Panic At The Disco is nominated for “Best International Rock Artist” at the Los Premios MTV 2008 — the Latin American version of the VMAs. Vote for them at mtvla.com, you need to vote in every category or it will not count. The show will be broadcast in the US on October 16th at 9PM on MTV Tr3s.

Advertisement for Forgive Durden’s new album – Razia’s Shadow – from Alternative Press magazine.

From MySpace…

MTV2 and Panic At The Disco are looking for a top NYC band to open The Rock Band Live Tour in NYC. Go to NYC.MTV2.COM to vote and get exclusive $5 battle tickets. Use ticket code: RBL

September 29th @ Webster Hall
New York City’s East Village

The Canon Logic, Testing For Echo, Lights Resolve, Status Green and Kelsey And The Chaos will take the stage to battle it out for an opening slot for Panic At The Disco and Dashboard Confessional. Each band will perform a 15 minute set that judges Brendon Urie, Ryan Ross and Chris Carrabba will be watching and providing commentary & feedback. Once all five bands have performed, the judging panel will deliberate and select the winning band.

On Monday, MTV News posted an extended interview with Fall Out Boy frontman Patrick Stump , in which he discussed life, celebrity and songs from the band’s upcoming Folie à Deux album.

It was unique, because, well, it was probably the first FOB -related story in history that didn’t contain a single quote from bassist/mouthpiece Pete Wentz. So, not willing to deny you your daily dose of Wentz, we reached out to him for his take on some tracks from Folie, an album that he’s previously compared to AC/DC and hinted would head into decidedly political territory . Clearly, he’d have something to say this time too.

[...] And finally, there’s a song tentatively titled “Mr. Benzedrine,” which seems to be the haziest song on the record … and not just because the title will probably change between now and November. No, from the sound of things, it’s unlike anything Fall Out Boy have attempted before, and it just so happens to be about futuristic desert combat.

“The song that stands out to me the most is called ‘Mr. Benzedrine’ on the dry-erase board in the studio. I am sure the title will change, but the song is intact,” Wentz wrote. “Brendon [Urie] from Panic plays keyboards on this one, which is the most political yet least lucid and self-aware Fall Out Boy song to date. It centers on the idea of Benzedrine and [a] revolving typewriter paper of the beats, musically. The lyrics are about a war in the desert in a far-off time, but maybe not.” – MTV.com

Forgive Durden (FBR) is about to release an album called “Razia’s Shadow” — a musical featuring guest vocals by labelmates on every track. Brendon sings in one of the songs portraying a character named Pallis. Listen to a clip of that track at raziasshadow.com, the second circle on the second row. The album will be released on October 28th. The image above is of Pallis, click to enlarge.

Below is the list of winners from our Rock Battle NYC Ticket Giveaway. Instead of 10 tickets, we were able to give away 14 pairs (28 tickets!). Thanks to MTV2 for making this possible.

Congratulations…

Jill A.
April B.
Jessica B.
Alison C.
Dana D.
Alyssa E.
Caitlin G.
Estefania H.
Zenith H.
Hiroko H.
Daniel L.
Melanie M.
Jessica M.
Margaret W.

Winner need to bring an ID in order to pickup your tickets at the Webster Hall on September 29th. You will soon be receiving an email from me with more details. Update: Emails have been sent!