Panic! At The Disco Announce Fourth Studio Album 'Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!'

Fueled By Ramen/Decaydance recording group Panic! At The Disco has announced early details of their anticipated new album. "TOO WEIRD TO LIVE, TOO RARE TO DIE!" arrives in stores and online on October 8th. The album Panic! At The Disco's fourth studio effort, and first new release since 2011 is preceded by the first single and video for "Miss Jackson," all available today. The darkly anthemic track is on sale now exclusively on the iTunes Store. The "Miss Jackson" companion video directed by Jordan Bahat (Grouplove, Fitz and The Tantrums) and featuring actress Katrina Bowden (30 Rock) is also now streaming exclusively at Panic! At The Disco's newly relaunched www.panicatthedisco.com as well as their official YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/user/PANICatthedisco.

Panic! At The Disco will herald "TOO WEIRD TO LIVE, TOO RARE TO DIE!" with a tour of intimate venues across North America, kicking off August 4th in Norfolk (see below). The brief headline run will then be followed by a major North American trek supporting their longtime friends, Fall Out Boy. The "Fall Out Boy Save Rock And Roll Arena Tour 2013" also featuring fellow Fueled By Ramen recording group twenty one pilots gets underway September 5th at Uncasville, Connecticut's Mohegan Sun Arena and then continues through the month.

Produced by Butch Walker (Fall Out Boy, Weezer), "TOO WEIRD TO LIVE, TOO RARE TO DIE!" sees the band paying homage to their Las Vegas roots via a glittery sonic approach inspired by their ever-increasing collection of vintage and modern synthesizers. While jam-packed with high-energy songs like "Vegas Lights" and "Nicotine," the album also features Urie's most open and introspective songwriting to date, with highlights including the tender paean that closes the collection, "The End Of All Things." Simultaneously celebratory and cathartic, "TOO WEIRD TO LIVE, TOO RARE TO DIE!" is Panic! At The Disco at their distinctive best personal, potent, and utterly irresistible.

"I had these sounds in my head," says Urie, "I just had to figure out how to get them out. So I just kept writing, writing, and writing until eventually we had all these songs and I was like, 'This is it. This is the record I want to make.' I knew it would happen, and finally it's here."

Pre-orders for "TOO WEIRD TO LIVE, TOO RARE TO DIE!" begin today at www.panicatthedisco.com.

Released in 2005, Panic! At The Disco's 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."

Panic! At The Disco 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.

For further news and information, please visit: www.panicatthedisco.com, www.facebook.com/panicatthedisco, www.myspace.com/panicatthedisco, and www.twitter.com/panicatthedisco. Additional info can be accessed at www.fueledbyramen.com and www.decaydance.com.

(TOUR ITINERARY BELOW)

PANIC! AT THE DISCO
On Tour 2013

8/1-8/24 PANIC! AT THE DISCO HEADLINE SHOWS
*denotes radio shows on 8/1 and 8/3

9/5-9/29 FALL OUT BOY SAVE ROCK AND ROLL ARENA TOUR 2013

AUGUST
1	Boston, MA	WBOS Radio Show*
3	Philadelphia, PA	WRFF Radio Show*
4	Norfolk, VA	WROX Presents		Jewish Mother
5	Richmond, VA	WRXL Presents		Canal Club
7	Nashville, TN	WBUZ Presents		12th & Porter
9	Jacksonville, FL	WXXJ Presents		Jack Rabbits
10	Tampa, FL	WSUN Presents		Jannus Live
12	Cincinnati, OH	The Project Presents		20th Century Theatre
13	St. Louis, MO	KPNT Presents		Firebird
14	Indianapolis, IN	WRZX Presents		Radio Radio
17	Rochester, NY	WZNE Presents		Rochester Main St. Armory
19	Bakersfield, CA	KRAB Presents		B-Ryders
20	Santa Barbara, CA	KJEE Presents		Velvet Jones
21	Fresno, CA	KFRR Presents		The New Starline
22	Reno, CA	KRZQ Presents		Alley
24	Salt Lake City, UT	X96 Presents		Gallivan Center

SEPTEMBER
5	Uncasville, CT	Mohegan Sun
6	Lowell, MA	Tsongas Arena
7	Brooklyn, NY	Barclays Center
8	Philadelphia, PA	Liacouras Center
10	Fairfax, VA	Patriot Center
11	Cleveland, OH	Wolstein Center
14	Auburn Hills, MI	Palace of Auburn Hills
15	Toronto, ON	Echo Beach at Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
18	Broomfield, CO	First Bank Center
20	Anaheim, CA	Honda Center
21	San Francisco, CA	America's Cup Pavilion
22	San Diego, CA	Valley View Casino Center
25	The Woodlands, TX	Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
26	Grand Prairie, TX	Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
27	Memphis, TN	Mud Island Amphitheater
28	Alpharetta, GA	Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore
29	Tampa, FL	USF Sun Dome

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