Panic! At The Disco Scores First #1 Album

By: Jan. 25, 2016
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Panic! At The Disco landed its first #1 album today with Death Of A Bachelor (DCD2/Fueled By Ramen/Crush Music). The album, released on January 15th, debuted atop the Billboard 200 Chart with 190,000 album equivalent units earned. Death Of A Bachelor is also the week's top-selling release scanning 169,000 albums, marking 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 already generated significant steam - current single "Victorious" rocketed to #1 on iTunes Top Songs chart, # 1 on Billboard + Twitter's Trending 140 chart, while also trending worldwide on Tumblr and Twitter. The album has also produced four additional top 15-charting hits on the Hot Rock Songs chart with "Hallelujah," "Victorious," "Emperor's New Clothes," "LA Devotee," and "Don't Threaten Me With A Good Time."

In celebration of the album, Panic! At The Disco performed "Victorious" live on "Good Morning America" on January 15th. Tonight, January 25th the band will return to the outdoor stage at "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" On February 4th the band will make their debut appearance on the "Late Late Show with James Corden."

Panic! At The Disco will also 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.

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."

The Weezer + Panic! At The Disco Summer 2016 Tour Dates
June 10 - The Woodlands, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
June 11 - Corpus Christi, TX @ Concrete Street Amphitheater*
June 12 - New Orleans, LA @ Bold Sphere Music at Champions Square
June 14 - Miami, FL @ Bayfront Park Amphitheater
June 15 - Tampa, FL @ Midflorida Credit Union Amphitheater
June 16 - Atlanta, GA @ Lakewood Amphitheatre
June 19 - Daniel Island, SC @ Volvo Cars Stadium
June 20 - Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion
June 21 - Raleigh, NC @ Walnut Creek Amphitheater
June 22 - Virginia Beach, VA @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
June 24 - Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live
June 25 - Canandaigua, NY @ Constellation Brands - Marvin Sands PAC
June 26 - Scranton, PA @ Pavilion at Montage Mountain
June 28 - Gilford, NH @ Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion at Meadowbrook
June 30 - Wantagh, NY @ Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
July 01 - Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center
July 02 - Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
July 05 - Camden, NJ @ BB&T Pavilion
July 06 - Toronto, ON @ Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
July 08 - Clarkston, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
July 09 - Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest - Marcus Amphitheater
July 10 - Tinley Park, IL @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
July 12 - Noblesville, IN @ Klipsch Music Center
July 13 - Nashville, TN @ Ascend Amphitheater
July 15 - Dallas, TX @ Gexa Energy Pavilion
July 16 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Zoo Amphitheater*
July 17 - Rogers, AR @ Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion
July 19 - Maryland Heights, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
July 20 - Kansas City, MO @ Starlight Theatre
July 22 - Brandon, SD @ Badlands Motor Speedway*
July 23 - Council Bluffs, IA @ Harrah's Hotel & Casino Council Bluffs - Stir Cove*
July 24 - Englewood, CO @ Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
July 26 - Salt Lake City, UT @ USANA Amphitheatre
July 28 - Burnaby, BC @ Festival Lawn at Deer Lake Park
July 29 - Redmond, WA @ Marymoor Park
July 30 - Troutdale, OR @ Edgefield
July 31 - Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre*
August 02 - Phoenix, AZ @ AK-Chin Pavilion
August 03 - Chula Vista, CA @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre*
August 05 - Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl
August 06 - Irvine, CA @ Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre

* Weezer and Panic! At The Disco only

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.


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