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March 2019

  • Brendon Urie with Panic! at the Disco, at SSE Hydro, Glasgow.

    Panic! at the Disco review – ballads, backflips and big-top emotion

    Velveteen-voiced showman Brendon Urie’s joyful, muscular maximalism is a tonic for our times

August 2018

  • Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy, with his flamethrowing bass guitar.

    Reading and Leeds festival review – glittery GCSE blowout has most diverse lineup yet

    From Dua Lipa’s choreographed pop to Kendrick Lamar’s rap blitzkreig, R&L expanded beyond the indie faithful – but Sex on Fire still got the biggest singalong

June 2018

  • Panic! At The Disco Perform At O2 Academy Brixton In London<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 12: Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco performs live on stage at O2 Academy Brixton on January 12, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Burak Cingi/Redferns)

    Panic! at the Disco: Pray for the Wicked review – a parade of emo-pop pizzazz

    Now comprised of sole member Brendon Urie, PATD’s new album sounds very much like a musical on the theme of the trials of success

July 2016

  • Panic! At the Disco's Brendon Urie

    30 minutes with …

    Brendon Urie: ‘Everybody wanted out from Panic! at the Disco’

    As the only remaining member of the band, the singer no longer has to compromise – whether that’s about making music or being naked

January 2016

  • Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco

    Panic! at the Disco: Death of a Bachelor review – hollow and shapeless

    Brendon Urie has lost two band members – and his operatic pop-punk is now a hollow affair

  • 106.7 KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas 2015<br>INGLEWOOD, CA - DECEMBER 13: Singer Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco performs onstage at The Forum on December 13, 2015 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/WireImage)

    Panic! at the Disco: Death of a Bachelor review – wide-eyed, slickly produced gusto

    Brendon Urie’s powerful, screechy vocals are wielded like a hammer in songs about a disillusioned charmer

  • Panic! At The Disco Brixton kenneth harris brendon urie

    Panic! at the Disco review – emo pop for a teen rebellion

    Brendon Urie’s slick act carries enough commitment to edge it away from corniness

March 2011

  • Panic! at the Disco: Vices & Virtues – review

    What happens when you lose your main songwriter? You're not as good. By Dave Simpson

August 2009

  • The guidelines

    The guidelines: random notes from pop culture

    This week: nonsensical pop lyrics rejigged by Jon Blyth

June 2008

  • Growing up is hard to do

    Once the darlings of gloomy emo teens, Panic at the Disco have discovered the joys of 60s rock, love songs and 'orchestral' numbers. Dave Simpson finds out what cheered them up

March 2008

  • Panic At the Disco

  • Rock and pop preview

August 2006

  • Reading fans show a lot of bottle - as usual

    In 2004, 50 Cent was booed offstage in a rain of plastic bottles. This year, Brendan Urie, frontman of the band Panic! At the Disco, was hit by a bottle seconds into his set on the main stage at Reading Festival.