Panic! At The Disco dissolves: the upcoming European tour will be farewell

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Brendon Urie 2019 performing Panic!

At The Disco: father instead of rock star

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After almost 20 years, US singer Brendon Urie is resolving the music project Panic!

At the disco on.

The upcoming European concerts with the current album "Viva las Vengeance" should be the last appearances, as the 35-year-old announced on Instagram.

The reason for the decision was the pregnancy of his wife Sarah, wrote Urie.

Sometimes a journey has to end before a new one can begin.

“The prospect of becoming a father and seeing my wife become a mother makes me humbled and excited.

I'm looking forward to this next adventure,” Urie explained.

"So I'm going to wrap up this chapter of my life and focus on my family, and that will be Panic!

At the Disco no longer.«

Urie thanked the fans for the "immense support" over the years.

"Whether you've been with us from the beginning or just joined us, it's been a pleasure not only sharing the stage with so many talented people, but also spending our time with you."

Panic!

At the Disco started in 2004 as a four-piece band, with Urie as the singer and frontman.

After several line-up changes, Urie remained the sole permanent member as of 2015, leading Panic!

At the Disco continues as a solo project.

Panic got their first record deal!

At the Disco, about Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz.

The debut album "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out" was a great success in 2005, the pop-affine version of emo-punk found its audience especially with the single "I Write Sins Not Tragedies", which also made it into several annual best lists of music magazines .

With the second album »Pretty.

Odd« succeeded Panic!

At the Disco 2008 a first commercial highlight;

It came in at number two on the Billboard charts and also in the top 15 of the German album charts.

Second career peak

Various line-up changes apparently helped Brendon Urie, Panic!

Bringing At the Disco into a second successful decade: 2016's »Death of a Bachelor« was the band's first number one album in the US.

»Pray for the Wicked« followed in 2018;

the single "High Hopes" reached number five in Germany.

In 2019, Urie guest-singed on Taylor Swift's single "Me."

Among the last announced concerts are three shows in Germany.

Panic!

At the Disco can be seen on February 21 in Munich, February 23 in Hamburg and February 24 in Cologne.

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