NEWS: Panic! At The Disco To Film Live From The Artists Den Episode on Sunday, March 13th
LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 29, 2016 - Panic! At The Disco will tape an episode of PBS' critically acclaimed television and digital music series Live from the Artists Den in Los Angeles, CA on Sunday, March 13th. Fans can enter to win tickets to attend this Artists Den secret show by visiting www.artistsden.com/panic. The ticket sweepstakes opens today, February 29th at 1:00p EST and closes at 6:00p EST on March 12th. Stay tuned in the weeks ahead for information on the episode's airdate.
Panic! At The Disco landed its first #1 album with Death Of A Bachelor (DCD2/Fueled By Ramen), which was released on January 15th. Death Of A Bachelor marked the band's highest debut in its 10+ year career. It was also #1 on the iTunes album chart in 18 countries around the world.
Produced by Jake Sinclair, Death of a Bachelor marks the first release from Panic! At The Disco in nearly two years, following 2013's acclaimed Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!.The album has produced five top 15-charting hits on the Hot Rock Songs chart with "Hallelujah," "Emperor's New Clothes," "LA Devotee," "Don't Threaten Me With A Good Time," and the album's energetic, lead single "Victorious" which climbs into the Top 10 at Alternative this week and has started its ascent up the Top 40 and Hot AC charts.
Praise for Death of a Bachelor include: THE NEW YORK TIMES: "Evokes both the flamboyant swagger of Queen and the mechanized gleam of Daft Punk." ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: "Glammed up rocker." ALTERNATIVE PRESS: "A remarkably nuanced affair." BOSTON GLOBE: Urie's charm and willingness to maximize his songs' pop-spectacle quotient make "Bachelor" an often-delightful accompaniment to 2016's earliest, chilliest weeks. MTV: "It kicks ass."
Panic! At The Disco will bring their theatric spectacle across the United States this summer as they co-headline an expansive 40+city tour with Weezer. The Weezer & Panic! At The Disco Summer 2016 Tour will feature special guest Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness hitting major markets like Miami, Atlanta, Dallas and many more with several markets already being sold out. For more information on tour dates and to purchase tickets visit panicatthedisco.com/tour.
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ABOUT PANIC! AT THE DISCO: Las Vegas' Panic! At The Disco is an internationally acclaimed rock band. The band's fourth studio album, Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die! made a top 2 debut on the SoundScan/Billboard 200 upon its 2013 release. The album was fueled by the RIAA gold certified single, "Miss Jackson (Feat. Lolo)," and quickly proved a top 10 favorite at Modern Rock radio outlets nationwide. In addition, the song's companion video - featuring actress Katrina Bowden (30 Rock) - scored major rotation at MTV2, mtvU, FUSE, and Logo's "NewNowNext," while earning close to 29 million views. Released in 2005, Panic! At The Disco's double platinum-certified debut, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out remains one of the biggest selling debuts in Fueled By Ramen history. Singles like the 2x-platinum smash, "I Write Sins Not Tragedies," earned the band international acclamation and a fervent fan following around the globe, also receiving a number of major honors including multiple Grammy® nominations and the prestigious MTV Video Music Awards "Video of the Year" prize for the "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" video. Panic! At The Disco's acclaimed second album, Pretty. Odd. arrived in 2008, debuting at #2 on SoundScan/ Billboard 200 album chart upon its initial release. The album's popular success was matched by a wave of critical applause, with NME declaring it "a victory for artistic ambition over cynical careerism, one of the feel-good psych-pop albums of the year." They returned three years later with Vices & Virtues. The album - which features, "The Ballad of Mona Lisa" and "Ready To Go (Get Me Out Of My Mind)" - made a spectacular chart entry upon its March 2011 release, entering the SoundScan/Billboard 200 at #7, while also coming in at #2 on SoundScan's "Alternative Albums" chart.
ABOUT LIVE FROM THE ARTISTS DEN: The Artists Den is a critically acclaimed television and digital music series celebrating its 10th television anniversary. The series is best known for presenting secret concerts by extraordinary artists in non-traditional, often historic settings for the TV show Live from the Artists Den. Live from the Artists Den is one of most popular series on national public television, broadcasting in 270 PBS markets in the United States and internationally in the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Israel, and Latin America.
Featured artists include Adele, Mumford & Sons, Alabama Shakes, Ed Sheeran, The National, Imagine Dragons, Sara Bareilles, The Killers and Vampire Weekend. Featured venues include Graceland, a Masonic temple, a former Archdiocese cathedral, the first art museum in America, a 1930s silent movie theater, the world's oldest merchant sailing vessel, the New York Public Library, the World's Fair, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A full listing of previously featured artists, TV episodes, and venues can be viewed at www.artistsden.com.
