Zack Hall posted online a few pictures from the band’s trip to China (so far).

Brendon with his new SJC custom drum kit. July 2010.

Panic! At The Disco will perform at the Coke Live Music Festival on August 21st in Kraków, Poland. Visit livefestival.pl for more information. Thanks to amputeee!

Panic! at the Disco got famous the easy way. Seriously. A few American high school kids from Las Vegas put together a demo and sent it to bassist Pete Wentz from Fall Out Boy. He was impressed and came to meet them. The rest is Top-40 history.

Now in the midst of putting together their third album, the guys have two China dates on their summer roster. After Saturday’s show, they’ll go to Zhabei to play InMusic Festival.

Lead singer Brendon Urie, 23, answered a few questions for That’s Shanghai on his fans, his fears, the zombie apocalypse – plus band stuff.

Tell me about the next album

We’ve had a collection of many songs for about a year and a half, but have actually been recording our third album for only six months. We feel it sounds much different than both our previous records. I think that’s always been a goal of our band; challenging ourselves to do something we haven’t before. We’ve recorded all the music and are preparing for mixing. We hope to see it released early next year. Read the full article »

Listened to a lot of the new Panic record last night. SO good. Like nothing they have done before/The Panic you know and love. Be excited! — Dallon Weekes 07/27/10

new panic at the disco record sounds fucking great. really stoked for those dudes. good people. — Martin Johnson (Boys Like Girls) 07/20/10

July 26, 2010

Brendon

#1 -  @DallonBrobeck @TheIanCrawford thought about making laminates before we head to China. any ideas? I’ll start: the Alotta Vachina Tour Oh-Ten  — 2:30PM via Twitter for iPhone

Pete Wentz will be the first one to tell you that no matter what he does from here on out, he’ll always be known as “the dude from Fall Out Boy.” So as he prepares to launch his first post-FOB project — a group he’s calling Black Cards — he’s not shying away from talking about his (former?) band, as well. He knows the comparisons between the two are inevitable.

[...] Last week, he revealed to Rolling Stone the identity of his mysterious frontwoman: Her name is Bebe Rexha. And on Tuesday (July 20), he decided to dispel some rumors about who isn’t in the group, namely former Chiodos frontman Craig Owens, who’s signed to Wentz’s Decaydance label, or Panic! at the Disco’s Brendon Urie.

“I can confirm [that] neither Craig — who has amazing new songs and a new record soon — or Brendon — who is working on Panic! in between beating the sh– out of me at ping-pong — are in the group,” Wentz wrote. “The other guys, some people may recognize, but no one who people will be like, ‘Oh My God, they got that guy???’ As soon as we figure out everyone’s role, we’ll announce them. Expect some news in the next week or so.”

So, it looks like we’ll just have to wait for more information. Like we said, he’s got to keep moving forward. — MTV.com

Here’s a shot of Brendon and Pete Wentz on what appears to be a scene from Blink-182′s upcoming documentary entitled “The Blinkumentary”.

July 16, 2010

Brendon

#1 – I’m thinking it might be the zombie apocalypse… or the second coming… man, I’m hungry.  — 3:26AM via Twitter for iPhone

#2 -  #blackout http://twitpic.com/25pwju — 3:26AMvia Twitter for iPhone

July 14, 2010

Brendon

#1 – how can you tell someone shipped a package from fedex? look no further than the hands. damn those pens! http://twitpic.com/25atv8 — 4:52PM via Twitter for iPhone