Watch a preview of Fall Out Boy’s “Watch A Catch, Donnie” music video featuring cameos by Brendon and Spencer. The video will premiere on MTV, MTV2, MTV Hits, MTVu and MTV.com on August 6, 2009.

July 31, 2009

Brendon

#1 – is it because we got the ’89 vision? whoa no! and is it because it’s a unanimous decision? who knows? — 12:13AM from web

#2 – oh, easily excitable me. — 12:45AM from web Read the full article »

It was the one question that dogged Panic! at the Disco the entire time they were promoting 2008′s Pretty. Odd. album: Why did they decide to drop the exclamation point from their name?

In retrospect, it seems like a pretty dumb thing to focus on — especially since Pretty. Odd. was pretty great — but when Panic! became plain, old Panic, it turned into one gigantic, yearlong headache for the guys in the band.

“It’s amazing because we never necessarily got asked about it that much when it was in there,” drummer Spencer Smith told MTV News. “And then all of a sudden, we decided to take it away for Pretty. Odd., and we were asked about that in, I think, every interview for a couple months.” Read the full article »

Northern Downpour will have meet & greets for selected dates of the upcoming Blink-182 Tour, check the fanclub’s main page for information on how to sign up.

According to Pete Wentz, Fall Out Boy’s music video for “What A Catch, Donnie” will premiere in the first week of August. Both Brendon and Spencer make cameos in the video.

July 30, 2009

Brendon

#1 – i love curb your enthusiasm. if you haven’t seen this show yet, you might be missing out. but, then again, you might not. — 12:13AM from web

#2 – “stop. the love you save may be your own. darling, take it slow. or someday you’ll be all alone.” — 12:57AM from web

Spencer

#1 – Another interview! http://bit.ly/bGDFw — 10:15PM from TweetDeck

For two weeks, Spencer Smith sat idly by while his former bandmate, guitarist Ryan Ross, spoke at length about leaving Panic! at the Disco and venturing out on a career of his own. Late Wednesday (July 29), that all changed.

Smith spoke with MTV News about splitting with Ross and bassist Jon Walker — echoing Ross’ sentiments, he called the decision “beyond amicable” — and his and Brendon Urie’s decision to carry on under the Panic! at the Disco mantle.

“I suppose it’s inevitable that our two bands will always be linked now … sort of like what happened when Blink-182 split, with Angels & Airwaves and +44, or At the Drive-In split into Sparta and the Mars Volta,” Smith said. “But that’s just a media thing, really, a way to add something to the story. Brendon and I are still friends with Ryan and Jon, we really like their new band [the Young Veins], they really like our band, and we hope fans like both of them. There’s thousands of songs on my iPod, there’s room for both our bands on it. Read the full article »

July 29, 2009

Brendon

#1 – “i want da gold! give ME da gold!” not really new, but always funny. http://bit.ly/3aZgm — 1:28PM from web

Spencer

#1 – WOW! Thank you for all your support of ‘New Perspective’, you guys are unbelievable!! — 11:10AM from web Read the full article »

The soundtrack to Jennifer’s Body featuring Panic! At The Disco’s “New Perspective” is coming out on August 25th and the pre-sale started today. The FBR Webstore has the CD for $11.99 and the CD + T-Shirt for $22.00, both come with an instant download of “New Perspective”. iTunes has two versions for pre-sale, the regular version for $9.99 and a deluxe version with three bonus tracks — none of which are Panic!’s. If you don’t want to buy an album for one song, you can always get “New Perspective” for $1.29 on iTunes.

Nearly a month after parting ways with Panic! at the Disco “to embark on a musical excursion of their own,” Ryan Ross and Jon Walker have finally decided on a name for that excursion. They’re calling themselves the Young Veins.

Ross e-mailed MTV News late Monday night to make the announcement, which came two weeks to the day after he told us that he and Walker were at a loss for just what to call their new retro-leaning band. (Of course, we tried to help out the best we could.)

“We’re going with the Young Veins,” Ross wrote. “I hope you’ll check us out.” Read the full article »