Radio Interview with Brendon

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Panic! At The Disco Talks Break-Up

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P!ATD's Brendon and Spencer talk exclusively to Music Choice about the band members leaving and how they decided to keep Panic! At The Disco the same... but different for "Vices & Virtues." Watch the full episode of Speaking Of... featuring Panic! At The Disco on Music Choice On Demand in May.

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more pics from Houston

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за ссыль спасибо ВК)

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Pete's twitter.

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more SXSW pictures

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the Hot Seat

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Mind Equals Blown: 'Vices & Virtues' Review

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Rating: 4/5

Amidst drama, questions, and doubts, the great resurfacing of Panic! At The Disco is among us. Though the band's legitimacy and future came into question years ago after key members Ryan Ross and Jon Walker took off after 2009′s Pretty.Odd, the remaining duo of vocalist Brendon Urie and percussionist Spencer Smith proves to be more than enough on their new record, Vices & Virtues.

With the return of their peculiarly-placed grammar comes a resurgence of programming in the music. Listeners will inevitably (and incorrectly) proclaim V&V the return of A Fever You Can't Sweat Out-era P!ATD in a way that disgraces the new album. While synths, bleeps, and bloops are used in both records, the legitimate focus on electronics in the new sound is far different than the full-band-with-accompanying-keys stuff of 2005. On the same note, the styling of Pretty.Odd is gone, but not forgotten, utilizing the smarts and restraint earned through that era. Instead, we get the best of both worlds.

"The Ballad Of Mona Lisa" portrays the band's experience in a big way. Besides easily ranking in the top 5 songs of their catalog, the single showcases how the duo has grown over the years, utilizing the equipment from Fever with the solid structuring of Pretty.Odd. In the band's three year absence, we forgot how easily Urie can captivate an audience, no matter whose lyrics he's belting. There's no doubt that the track will go down as one of 2011′s best singles.

With the next three songs, the emphasis on electronics is more prevalent than ever. Though a crunchy guitar is missed throughout the music, the instrumentation here is some of the most innovative pop music has seen in years, most likely due to Butch Walker and John Feldmann‘s involvement. Combined with inventive melodies from Urie, songs like "Let's Kill Tonight," "Hurricane," and "Memories" really pop in a refreshing manner.

I can't emphasize enough just how fantastic the instrumentation is here. As creative as that first bunch of songs is, it's in "Trade Mistakes," "The Calendar" and "Ready To Go" where a true originality is displayed. Staying true to the V&V-style electronics combined with more conventional instruments makes for some magnificently unique tunes.

Anyone who billed Urie as a singer-for-hire should be sentenced to death by repeated listenings to Take A Vacation! (look it up). For 37 minutes, Urie sweetly and honestly shows his songwriting chops in a way that makes you ask, "Ryan Who?" Rather than the sexy style of Fever or the happy-go-lucky attitude of Pretty.Odd, we are treated to a vulnerable revealing of Urie as the lone face of the band. As previously mentioned, the melodies are top-notch, most notably heard towards the end of the record with the fantastic "Sarah Smiles" and "Nearly Witches." Fortunately for everyone, Brendon shines as brightly as he did in the last decade.

Vices & Virtues is the record we needed from the duo; Honest and rejuvenated with a invigorating, yet unsure demeanor. This is the natural evolution of a band that lacked natural evolution, and the beginning of yet another theatrical era of Panic! At The Disco.

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Wave at Brendon!

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from here NNN backstage
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2 New Pictures

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Brendon's Birthday.

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Процитирую тумблер:
happy 24th birthday, brendon boyd urie!

brendon is seriously incredibly talented, and he inspires me so much. i just have so much respect and love for him. his dedication to music/p!atd alone is so inspiring, and i’m so proud of him and spencer for getting as far as they have (so far). they’re only getting bigger and better, and i’ll never doubt them. neither of them have ever let fame get to their heads, and that’s incredible (and not likely nowadays) considering how far panic! at the disco has come in the past few years. they’re some pretty amazing guys who i’ll never stop supporting. brendon has worked so hard to get to where he is right now, and everything he’s earned is so well-deserved. love you so much. (с)

Не забудьте запостить #HappyBirthdayBrendonUrie на твиттере, а ниже самые лучшие поздравленческие гифки с тумблера.

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Reuters Interview

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680News Interview

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website

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www.panicatthedisco.com/

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Press+1 Interview

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PART I & PART II

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Pictures from the Logo NewNowNext Awards

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MTV News Canada

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Global Grind Interview with Brendon

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Since exploding onto the scene in 2005 with their debut album, "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out," Las Vegas band Panic! at the Disco has experienced a fair amount of drama. Over the three years since the follow up to their debut album, the group experienced somewhat of an identity crisis. This coincided with criticism of their Beatles-inspired follow-up album, the departure of two band members and the overhyped drop of the exclamation point from the band's name.

If the gushing reviews of the duo's new album "Vices & Virtues" released today are any indication, Panic! at the Disco has silenced the critics and given their fans something great, returning with the energy and creativity that made the band so special to begin with.

GlobalGrind had a chance to sit down with Panic!'s lead singer, Brendon Urie, to discuss what goes through his head when he's on stage and nearly enrolling in cosmotology school instead of becoming a rock star.

Check out the interview below.

Global Grind: What was the process like working on your new album? How long did it take you and where did you write/record?

Brendon Urie: We had just moved out to California when the band split, so we took a couple months thinking about the new direction and what we wanted to do and continue in the band. We took a little bit of time for writing. We had a couple of demos, but we wanted to keep writing because we really didn’t have a direction set. So it started with just writing aimlessly, each song got its own respective time and ideas and direction so that continued on until the end of the record process.

We got to work with some amazing people, very talented people. In the beginning we were a little nervous that our ideas wouldn’t cut it, but they were great enough to let us lead and supported us in any way that they could. We had out favorite demos and we would show them, and it turned out circumstantially that they happened to like the same demos that we did. So we ended up working on all the songs that we loved. The whole recording process was just over a year. We were writing the entire time we were recording and never really stopped. And we had to tell ourselves to stop recording, it was done!

GG: Why did you decide to go to California?

BU: We just wanted a change of scenery. We all had our hearts set on Cali for a long time. When I was younger one of my favorite bands was Sublime. I’ve always been in love with the ocean, surfing, that whole vibe. There’s just a different feeling when you live by the ocean, a different aura and vibe with people. It’s a perpetual happiness. There’s a lot to do in L.A., many places to go watch bands.

GG: How did you feel about the crowds response to the new songs?

BU: We were so in the moment of playing I don’t know if I could put it into words. It was so exciting to be able to play and unveil the new stuff. That’s always a special moment for us. It was crazy playing "Mona Lisa." Just from the week it had been out, all of our fans in the front were singing all the words. That’s such a special moment when that happens, it’s very emotional. We needed that, so it was good that it came along finally.

GG: What are you thinking about when you are on stage?

BU: When you get a little hyper-aware of the crowd you start to get nervous, but when you look at the fans out in the crowd you are instantly back in the zone. You’re sent to this other world and everything is right again. It’s been such a sacred experience it’s hard to put into words. When we get on stage we transform and when we come off it’s like, what just happened!? That was phenomenal.

GG: When did you know you wanted to be a rock star and when did you realize you became one?

BU: I don’t think I ever knew I wanted to become a rock star per se, but performing is something that feels very natural. I went to talent shows and my parents were really great at raising me and loving music, they never deterred me from my goals of wanting to perform. Music was the best outlet for that. We’re all so fortunate to be able to do this.

GG: Did you have a moment when you realized you were doing what you wanted to do and that was it for you?

BU: When I first met the guys in the band, we were still writing and talking about friends of friends and we were just playing music and writing together. I told them I had plans to go to Arizona, go to recording school, get my cosmetology license to cut hair. But they intervened, and I’m so glad that they did because this is much better than cosmetology school.

GG: Do you have any favorite artists that you’re listening to?

BU: We’ve always been fans of the Arcade Fire. Their new record is phenomenal. It was frustrating listening to it especially during the song writing process, analyzing every piece and then also listening to it objectively and just enjoying it. It’s frustrating and its beautiful because it’s so good, we wondered if we could ever do anything that made us feel that great, but I think we got pretty close toward the end.

GG: Would you say they were an inspiration to you?

BU: Definitely. They are such great musicians. The record, their live show, everything. They have this website that is so cool and interactive with their fans.

GG: Do you have a favorite hip-hop artist?

BU: One of my favorite classic records is Dr. Dre's "Chronic" and "2001," Snoop Dog, "Doggystyle" is always a staple. I really do love Kanye West, his music is fun to listen to, always a good time.

GG: What’s your favorite city to play a show in?

BU: Playing places we’ve never played before is always fun. We just played in Argentina, the setting was amazing. We played on the beach at this festival.

GG: Do you have a favorite restaurant?

BU: We’re actually driving from Philadelphia to Virginia and we got to stop off at Pot Belly. Any time we are in the Mid-West or the East Coast we get to indulge in that.

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Panic! at the Disco To 'Dress Up the Stage' on Upcoming Tour

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Known for its theatrical live presentations, Panic! at the Disco plans to get bigger, albeit in smaller places, when it hits the road this month to promote its new album, “Vices & Virtues.”

Frontman Brendon Urie says he and drummer Spencer Smith “are all about evolving. We had played all these big arenas and done these big shows in the past. Something we hadn’t done in a while was nice, intimate theaters, a good 2,400-capacity room where you can still see everybody in the crowd as far back as it goes.” Those venues, he adds, allows Panic! to “dress up the stage” in an even more elaborate manner than the larger spaces.

“The warehouses and arenas weren’t really conducive to what we wanted to do, creatively and visually,” Urie explains. “We’re able to dress up (the theaters) more. We don’t really want people to recognize the plan when we’re there; we want to take them out of the element and say, ‘You’re in our show now, welcome.’ So it’s going to be exciting.”

And while Panic! doesn’t plan to employ additional stage performers as it has in the past, Urie says that “we’re still going to have some fun stuff to interact with the audience. We’ve still got a couple tricks up our sleeves, as always. I’ve mentioned a few times I want to set myself on fire, but I don’t know how that’s going to go over.”

Urie says he and Smith and their touring bandmates (guitarist Ian Crawford and bassist Dallon Weeks) are “most excited” about playing songs from “Vices & Virtues,” which debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 last month, but the quartet won’t dismiss material from 2005’s platinum “A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out” and 2008’s sophomore effort “Pretty. Odd.” “We are still very proud of our two previous records, and we still will be playing songs from those,” Urie notes. “But, yeah, it’s really fun to showcase the new songs. It’s been so long since we did that I almost forgot what it felt like, but it is really nice.”

Panic! kicks off its tour April 28 in the U.K. and currently has bookings into August. But he also holds open the possibility of working on new music during the tour and even incorporating Crawford and Weeks into the writing process.

“They’re both writers,” Urie says, “so being able to write with them and create stuff for (the live show) is awesome. It feels like a band. We’ve talked about writing, and I want to start writing on tour, so I’m sure we’ll get involved with them. If we happen to (write) a song while we’re on the road, we can release that, maybe put it out on the Internet or something. That’s something we’ve never done before, so why not?”

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Panic! at the Disco Talks Baz Luhrmann

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Pictures from the NCAA Big Dance Concert

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