Nothing Rhymes With Circus Tour 2006
Photography by Thomas Conrad

Alternative Press – March 2007

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Bloc Party star Matt Tong’s collapsed lung couldn’t have come at a better time for the British rockers – because it gave them a reason to pull out of Panic! At The Disco’s US tour.

The group members admit they didn’t feel comfortable supporting the young American glam rockers and wanted to ditch the tour, just as the extent of Tong’s illness became clear.

Frontman Kele Okereke admits, “We knew the sort of fans they had, and we knew it would be a challenge. I thought they were going to have a gothic teenage fan base. There were lots of really young kids, really young girls. We didn’t have much experience with that… (but) the band seemed like very nice people… We only played three songs.”

But Tong is less diplomatic: “Panic! probably wouldn’t be offended if we said we’d probably misjudged their fans.”

Source: postchronicle.com

After a successful headlining summer tour, where they previewed tracks from their forthcoming A Weekend in the City, Bloc Party decided to broaden their appeal to emo fans by accepting the opening slot on Panic! at the Disco’s fall theater tour.

After only three shows, Bloc Party pulled out because drummer Matt Tong’s lung collapsed. And while any fan of Silent Alarm could have predicted that touring with the ultra-popular emo-pop stars would be a mistake, the members of Bloc Party seem to have come to that realization only recently.

Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke told MTV News, “The preferred course of action would’ve been to finish the tour, because we would’ve warmed into it…We’ve only done one support tour before…It was a challenge, and so we tried to step up. I don’t know, we got lots and lots of MySpace friend requests because of it. But to be honest, I’ve never heard any of [Panic's] music,”

Tong was not as diplomatic, saying, “I’d like to think those who saw us on [the Panic tour] did take it into their hearts and were concerned with the intention of the lyrics, but I do know that to some people it’s just about hearing a song on the radio or having it on their phone.”

Let the mudslinging begin.

Source: rollingstone.com

Barely making the age requirements and the deadline, Alison Hillard of Frederick was recently named the winner of a national YouTube.com video contest.

Presented by Atlantic Records in association with the independent music label Fueled by Ramen, the theme of the contest was based on the rock band Panic! At the Disco’s hit song “Lying is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off.”

The band asked fans how they could best answer the question “What’s the most fun you can have without taking your clothes off?”

The grand prize: An all-expenses paid trip to see the final show of the band’s world tour in Las Vegas.

While surfing the Web, Ms. Hillard, 14, discovered she could broadcast herself online for a chance to hear the band play live in concert. She knew right away she wanted to participate. Read the full article »

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Panic! at the Disco perform at Day 2 of 106.7 KROQ’s “Almost Acoustic Christmas” at Gibson Ampitheater at Universal Studios in California. December 10, 2006.

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Panic! at the Disco perform at the Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, AZ. December 7, 2006.