Grammy-nominated band Panic! At The Disco has shared a new music video for track โDancingโs Not A Crimeโ, off their latest album Pray For The Wicked. Directed by Brandon Dermer, the video stars frontman Brendon Urieโs puppet alter ego , who first appeared in the bandโs music video โHey Look Ma, I Made Itโ, and has gone on to amass over 250,000 followers on Instagram. Watch the video HERE.
The video arrives as the bandโs current single โHey Look Ma, I Made Itโ continues to ascend both the Alternative and Pop radio charts. The song made its national television premiere on the season finale ofNBCโs The Voice and has already amassed over 100 million streams worldwide to date. โHey Look Ma, I Made Itโ is the third single off of Panic! At The Discoโs critically acclaimed sixth album Pray For The Wicked is available digitally and physically via Fueled By Ramen/DCD2 Records. Pray For The Wicked was released in June 2018 and earned the band their second consecutive #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart. The album debuted at #1 on iTunes in 22 countries and was recently certified GOLD by the RIAA.
The albumโs second single โโ is a bonafide smash, simultaneously hitting #1 across three different radio formats including Pop, Alternative, and Hot AC, where it broke the record by topping the chart for 14 weeks, the longest run in 15 years. Certified 2x-PLATINUM by the RIAA, โHigh Hopesโ also peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, surpassing the 2006 breakout โI Write Sins Not Tragediesโ as Panic! At The Discoโs highest-charting song to date. Sirius XMโs Hits 1 alone played the song a remarkable 4000 times. Lead single โโ was also certified GOLD and peaked at #1 on Billboardโs Alternative Songs Chart. The band took hold of the American TV airwaves around album release, performing the song on , , NBCโs The Voice, and NBCโs Today.
Last month, Panic! At The Disco wrapped the second North American leg of their Pray For The Wicked Tour. The 28-city leg, which sold out numerous arenas, received critical praise including, โ[Urieโs] got the charisma, musical talent and stamina to be one of musicโs longest-lasting leading men,โ (Variety), โBrendon Urie embodies on-stage theatrics like few other frontmen,โ (SF Weekly), and โFrom dancing fire to a flying piano, Panic! At The Disco puts on a wild showโ (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel). This evening, Panic! At The Disco will kick off a run of sold out shows on the tourโs European leg โ overall the tour has sold out 85 shows globally. Later this year, the band is scheduled to appear at numerous US and international festivals including a headline performance at Firefly Music Festival. A complete list of upcoming live dates and ticket information can be found .
PRAY FOR THE WICKED INTERNATIONAL TOUR DATES:
03/18/2019 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – AFAS Live – SOLD OUT
03/19/2019 – Paris, France – Zenith – SOLD OUT
03/21/2019 – Antwerp, Belgium – Lotto Arena – SOLD OUT
03/24/2019 – Glasgow, United Kingdom – SSE Hydro – SOLD OUT
03/25/2019 – Cardiff, United Kingdom – Motorpoint Arena – SOLD OUT
03/26/2019 – Birmingham, United Kingdom – Arena Birmingham – SOLD OUT
03/28/2019 – London, United Kingdom – The O2 – SOLD OUT
03/29/2019 – London, United Kingdom – The O2 – SOLD OUT
03/30/2019 – Manchester, United Kingdom – Manchester Arena – SOLD OUT
04/01/2019 – Dรผsseldorf, Germany – ISS Dome – SOLD OUT
04/03/2019 – Berlin, Germany – Mercedes-Benz Arena
04/04/2019 – Hamburg, Germany – Barclaycard Arena
About Panic! At The Disco
Panic! At The Disco released their #1 album “Pray For The Wicked” in June (via Fueled by Ramen/DCD2 Records) off the heels of their critically acclaimed fifth album, “Death Of A Bachelor.โ “DOAB” debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 Chart and was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 2017 GRAMMYยฎ Awards. The RIAA platinum selling release was the highest selling rock album and fourth-highest selling album released in 2016, according to Nielsen Soundscan. “DOAB” has also spawned RIAA certified gold singles โHallelujah,โ โLA Devotee,โ Donโt Threaten Me With A Good Time,โ and platinum singles “Death Of A Bachelor,โ “Emperor’s New Clothes,โ and โVictorious.” Panic! At The Disco have been nominated for multiple awards, including the GRAMMYS, Teen Choice Awards, Alternative Press Music Awards, Kerrang! Awards and VMAs. At the 2006 VMAs they won “Video of the Year” for their smash “I Write Sins Not Tragedies.โ Urie recently took on Broadway, first starring as Charlie Price in the critically acclaimed, TONY Award-winning, Broadway hit Kinky Boots and then receiving a 2018 TONY Award nomination for โBest Original Score Written For Theatre” for the song he wrote called โSimple Spongeโ for SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical. P!ATD currently wrapped up the first leg of their headline arena Pray For The Wicked Tour and will headlined Reading & Leeds Festival before taking on the second leg of the tour which will kick off in January 2019. Outside of music, Urie has founded the Highest Hopes Foundation – an umbrella fund which supports the efforts of non-profit organizations that lead, develop, and advocate support for human rights for all people and communities subject to discrimination or abuse on the basis of gender, race, religion, sexual orientation and gender identity. Last June, Urie named GLSEN the foundationโs first beneficiary and pledged $1 million donation to the LGBTQ non-profit.
