Alternative Press – October 2011

Here’s an old picture of Panic! At The Disco receiving their Platinum Album awards for A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out on August 30, 2006 — the album was officially certified Platinum (1 million copies sold) on July 10, 2006. The picture was published on AP’s feature on Fueled By Ramen’s 15th Anniversary.

Nylon – June/July 2011
Credit: panicomg/thesameband @ lj.

Brendon and Butch Walker are featured in the latest issue of Nylon magazine which can be downloaded for free on your iPad. Head over to iTunes and get your copy to watch an exclusive video and listen to a snippet of ‘Every Day I Write the Book”, an Elvis Costello cover recorded during this shoot.

Kerrang! – May 18, 2011
Thanks to Sami R.

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Panic! At The Disco are back on UK soil this month on the European leg of their Vices and Virtues tour, playing their first British dates in three years. Only two members of the original line-up that hit the scene way back in 2005 remain, but that hasn’t stopped Brendon Urie and Spencer Smith pull a brand new album out of the bag and embarking on a multi-leg, international tour spanning from the US all the way to Japan and Australia. The new album sees the return of a more recognisable Panic! sound, after the band speared off and dabbled in baraque rock in their last record Pretty.Odd. Following this; in 2009 Ryan Ross and Jon Walker left the band on a mutual agreement from all sides. A new line up, a new evolution on the trademark Panic! sound, a new outlook and potentially – a whole new generation of fans.

The first Panic! At The Disco UK dates in three years are therefore, going to redefine their British audience. New fans savouring their live Panic! experience will mingle with old fans, and Spencer sees crowd interaction and smaller venues as a main highlight of UK gigs.

“We haven’t been here in around three years, and the last time I think we were playing the festivals too, so it’s been a while since we have been in the clubs. Rock music is a lot more prevalent here in the mainstream, and the crowds are always really enthusiastic, it’s a different thing for us, there are a lot more smaller music clubs here than in the US.” Read the full article »

Alternative Press – May 2011

Panic! At The Disco’s new album, Vices and Virtues is in stores today, so it’s a perfect time to catch up with frontman Brendon Urie, who dishes on the band breakup, Mona Lisa being revealed as a man, his biggest vice and virtue, and living through tough times to get to rock heaven.

The Las Vegas group first caught my ear in 2006 with their song I Write Sins Not Tragedies, but that was then, and this is now. Since that time, they released 2008’s Pretty. Odd. and Brendon and drummer Spencer Smith parted ways with bandmates Ryan Ross and Jon Walker, which influenced their third album.

“We lost a couple buddies, so for a couple months, it was a little weird, but writing all this stuff was therapeutic,” Brendon, 23, tells me as he’s driving home to Santa Monica after a business meeting. “Writing all this stuff down and how it made us feel and how we could mask that in lyrics … those things had to be talked about. We wanted to talk about that stuff.” Read the full article »

Last month Panic! played the most important show of their lives in New York to launch new album ‘Vices & Virtues’. ROCK SOUND was there every step of the way…

February in New York is definitely not the time to be exposing yourself to the elements but for the hundreds of fans lining up outside the Bowery Ballroom, the return of Panic! At The Disco is more than enough reason to go against medical advice. Despite the freezing rain, ice and sub-zero temperatures, a number of the most loyal acolytes have been waiting since noon to get a close-up glimpse of the Las Vegas duo before they play their first major gig in over two years. This could be their most important show ever – the scene from which they came has disintegrated in the wake of constant speculation over the band’s future, and many questioned whether Panic! would be able to make as dramatic a return as this. It’s a sink-or-swim situation, because if tonight’s show is a dud then by the time the rest of the world wakes up everyone’s news feeds will be full of chat about how no one cares any more; the very public outpouring of support, however, is warming the band’s collective’s hearts.

“I went up to some of the fans when we got here and I couldn’t believe it,” admits singer Brendon Urie inside the cosy dressing room. “They’d been out there for hours; their hands were freezing, but they all looked so excited about the show. It was pretty humbling to see what they’re putting themselves through for us.” Read the full article »

Rock Sound (UK) – April 2011
Thanks to Sami.

Kerrang! (UK) – February 16, 2011
Thanks to Sami!

Panic! At The Disco
Title: TBC
Due: March
Album Number: 3
Follow-Up To: Pretty Odd (2008)

It’s been a little while…
Brendon Urie (Vocals) “It has been, yes. It took Spencer [Smith, drums] and I a year to figure out what we were doing after the band split [guitarist Ryan Ross and bassist Jon Walker left in 2009 to form The Young Veins]. We were confused. But we eventually realised that this band was now just the two of us and that we needed to spearhead things from now on. So I took the initiative and started writing.”

How did you feel after the band split?
“I think the split was a few months in the making: we were getting very tired of being on tour, we weren’t seeing eye to eye musically and we weren’t agreeing on the direction we should go. We had been playing with each other everyday for four or five years and we needed a break. We still talk and we’re still friends, but I think the split needed to happen. It’s been a learning experience, but it’s worked out for the best.” Read the full article »