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Oh. My. God. Panic! at the Disco at Nokia Theater here in New York was SO MUCH FUN!
Nora asked me how old Brendon Urie was and I exclaimed, “19 or something like that,” to which she responded, “Ok legal!” (Unlike YOU Teddy Geiger!) Ryan Ross and his adorable little painted harlequin face and rose-encrusted vest was so cute I wanted to put him in my pocket and take him home. I think this girl I spotted in the front row of the crowd (below) would agree with me when I say “Ryan Ross 4eva!”
As I’m sure you already know, Panic! is touring with the Lucent Dossier as a part of their act (below). These vaudvillian performers dance, disrobing, and cause general freakish sexiness onstage at any given time during the act. There was a LOT of stripping and leg spreading…at times I kinda wanted to cover some of these young kids’ eyes!
During the intermission they told “secrets” about the band members, including telling the crowd that Brendon is still a virgin…which prompted a weirdish enthusiastic squealing from the sea of girls in the audience. They also distributed Polaroids of the band members to the lucky kids at the front of the crowd. When they jokingly said that you could have the Polaroid for only 1 dollar, I saw about 500 teenage girls start thrusting dollar bills into the air, reaching over the barrier, waving their Washingtons like they were at some kind of pre-teen stripper joint. I have never in my life heard a group of young girls screaming SO LOUD in my ear.
Maybe they were shrieking so much because I kept singing along to all the songs. I could just hear them mentally asking each other, “um, who’s that old lady singing all the words? Umm.. SCARY!” I heard a seasoned 16 year-old complaining that she was “too old for all of this” and about all the 13 year-olds who were pushing in the crowd. It was like looking into a mirror of my own grumpiness!
Brendon is an excellent front man, gliding from one stage to another with elegant dance moves, looking mighty fine in his slim-fit pants and white ruffled shirt. His voice sounded great, just like how it does on the album. When he started the choreographed dancing with Lucient Dossier toward the end of the set I almost died inside. And do I even need to mention he’s quite the looker? Nope, didn’t think so.
In the last five minutes of the concert, all hell broke loose, with security guards rushing to the middle of the crowd for some unknown reason, then a dude somehow getting onstage, and doing a stage dive as one of the stage crew guys ran after him, then Brendon Urie jumping into the crowd–all in a span of 60 seconds. When Brendon finally got back on stage, his suspenders had been ripped from his body. It’s like someone passed around some crazy pills and everyone took them all at the same time.
I stood right next to the stage the whole time and almost lost my crap while dancing with Nora to “I Constantly Thank God For Esteban”.
Nothing could have made this show any better…except maybe a $20,000 windmill which couldn’t fit in Nokia Theater.
Here’s the setlist according to the email I received after texting Wiredset:
1. Introduction 2. The Only Difference Between Martyrdom And… 3. Time To Dance 4. London Beckoned Songs About Money Written… 5. Karma Police (cover of Radiohead) 6. Camisado 7. Nails For Breakfast, Tacks For Snacks 8. Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without… 9. Intermission 10. Cabaret 11. I Write Sins Not Tragedies 12. Tonight Tonight (cover of Smashing Pumpkins) 13. There’s A Good Reason These Tables Are… 14. I Constantly Thank God For Esteban 15. Fav Things
The Dresden Dolls (below) and the Hush Sound opened up as the support band for Panic!
[...] Tonight I went to see Panic! at the Disco at Nokia Theater. Read more about the show (and see more photos) over at SoMoreScene.com. [...]
great review, and awsome pictures… thank you
by the way, does Ryan do any kind of guitar soloing? (maybe in ‘…Esteban’?)
lovely photos laura!
that 4th one is crazy good
I heard a seasoned 16 year-old complaining that she was “too old for all of this” and about all the 13 year-olds who were pushing in the crowd. It was like looking into a mirror of my own grumpiness!
…That would be me. I also shouted at the awful people who were rude during the Dolls. My lord, do I really come across as sixteen? (I’m a good deal older than that; I’ve earned my bitter scene queen bitchiness, goddamn it!)
In any case, I was linked to this review, and as a fan who feels a bit like she’s slumming it at a Panic show, even I know the Ryan Ross love cannot be denied.
i felt way, way way too old to be there. i managed to get free passes from a friend, but i seriously enjoyed myself… though i had to leave after the smashing pumpkins cover… terrible
Did you go on the 28th or the 29th? I saw them on the 28th, and I’m pretty sure that was the set they played. But oh my gosh, how amazing were they? I was lucky enough to squeeze into the second row toward the middle, but somewhat far away from Ryan :(.
They’re really so amazing. I was somewhat annoyed by the screaming 15-year old girls, though. I mean, they have lyrics making fun of teenyboppers, and here they are singing along with them and chanting. God, it was bizarre…but still amazing.
i went last night, Thursday the 29th of June.
would #15 on the setlist be “build god, then we’ll talk” ?? and #10 be “but it’s better if you do” ?? just asking
wow kool photo’s and sounds like u had a nice time!! lol and the (I SWARE I AM NOT A TEENIE!!) thing about brendon still b-ing a …. well wow haha isn’t he only 18? haha well then i can see!! i am listening to p!atd rite now so…..YAY!! lol
as a 16 year old too, i definitely feel the same way the other one did. it was worth it to stare at ryan but i thought the crowd was for sure excessively out of control. these guys behind me were recounting the story of a girl whose foot got broken in the crowd. and especially towards the front middle there were a couple of guys who were just being rude for no reason.
eeek! glad to hear that Panic! has up’d the volume on their live show. I saw them while touring with TAI (300 scene points for using an obxoxoius band averiation) and i fully bummed out at the showmenship. i definetly pictured this kind of show to go along with the tunes….eeek! glad to hear that Panic! has up’d the volume on their live show. I saw them while touring with TAI (300 scene points for using an obnoxious band abbreviation) and i fully bummed out at the showmanship. i defiantly pictured this kind of show to go along with the tunes…..
Hey! uhmm yea so i’m not a teen but i would die to go c panic! on the 15th july. Is it like too sexc for me to c? like i adore panic! and i really really wanna go c them at molson amphitheatre. plz e-mail soon.
KASHANE
Wow, that looks amazing.
I love the Dresden Dolls, and P!ATD covered Karma Police, one of my favourite all time songs! Awesome.
Can’t wait till they come out to Aus.
xxx
HAHAHAHA THAT GIRL IS MY BEST FRIEND MEGAN, AND THATS MY SHOULDER.
OH! and the girl who asked, yeah thats the setlist. haha i went on both nights. 6/28 and 6/29 and got the setlist the first night.
i was SO happy to see panic covering the smashing pumpkins and radiohead. O.K. computer is an amazing album.
I’m going to be obnoxious here with a third comment, but I just can’t contain myself! Great post by the way. And to ‘Christina’: I am 14 years old and NOT a teeny bopper. So I am really offended when people use that term with my age.
Hey great pictures! I LOVE panic! at the disco! I think Brendon is soooooo cute!
what r u talking about a windmill?
Myself, being 20 years old, probably the oldest one in the crowd had the time of my life this show. I went on the 28th and I was standing to the right of Megan (in the photo above).
Amazing, amazing, amazing
Haha I look gross in that picture.
YOUR GAY
AND YOU SUCK DIIICKKKKKKK
Hey! I think P!ATD is amazing! They have a sound that you don’t really hear everyday and I think that’s great. I am 15 but definitly not a teenybopper. I want to see them in concert sooo bad but I am always the last one to know about everything. *shrugs* Sounds like you had fun though. Those dancers and their decor and everything reminds of Moulin Rouge, you know?
hey, i went to the show as well and loved it.
i have a question though, how were you able to take such brilliant pictures? i havent had much luck in the photo pass department and was wondering if you talked to their publicist or something? i know it sounds naive but i’ve been interested in photographing Panic! for a while now.
thanks
The Dolls fucking rock.
And as my friend said, Amanda must have done Ryan’s makeup.
shut up. the dolls suck ass.
I reiterate: The Dolls fucking rock.
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amanda is an ugly bitch
I reiterate: The Dolls fucking rock.
:] :]
I reiterate: The Dolls fucking rock!
:] :]
[...] Ok please tell me that there’s some crazy intern at RCA writing these MySpace posts and not The Strokes creating these messages themselves. Please tell me the Strokes are not “skimming” MySpace to see how popular they are. Since when do rock ‘n’ roll bands care about being on the MySpace Top 100 Artists page? Hellz, I didn’t even know such a page existed. (Although I’m happy to see Panic! up there at number 2…uh…”indie”. HAhaha! And FOB at 12 “major”.) [...]
The concert (in Toronto) was amazing. They brought the windmill, but not Hush Sound. Supposedly they got stuck at the border :(.
Brendon actually came out when the Dresden Dolls were performing and sang Hit Me Baby One More Time. When they said Brendon was a virgin, I swear I heard “just kidding”..hard to tell due to the screaming though.
hey guys he is not ugly or anything and i love him and whatever he is hot and he is nice and he is also hot and charming he dosen’t love anyone i don’t think but Brendon hasn’t seen me before and i wish he would go out with me and well thats all i have to say and well see ya!!! love the sexy angel girl
i hate to say it but ryan and brendon are gay. i saw a picture of brendon all up on ryan. i think everyone in a way is bisexual. i guess most guys want to know what it feels like to make-out with another guy. same way for some girls. i probaly sound so naivebut it’s true.anyway, the concert was great.
well…it’s not a FACT that they are gay….but…they act like it….look at the way brendon acts..and how he dresses…i mean…i don’t care if he’s gay because he’s amazing…but…he kinda makes it an obvious thing that he could be gay
No one really knows if he is gay hay I know guys that arent gay but wouldnt mind kissing Ryan I mean Who could blam him he is hott
Haha, you heard a ‘just kidding’ when they said Brendon was a virgin? I believe that he is. I wanna go to the concert so bad. P!ATD is my favorite band. I’m 15 & not a teeniebopper, by the way. This band is amazing. The sound, the lyrics, the performance…they’re definitely awesome. Those pictures look great! A lot of people don’t get good pictures, but you did. That’s awesome. =]
i love u all u r so hot we need to meet one time
[...] Lead singer Brendon Urie was doing the same over-the-top acting/singing that kinda disturbed me during the MTV VMA’s. (Thankfully there wasn’t a reapperance of that RIDIC black and red Mad Hatter’s hat. I don’t remember his singing being so dramatic when I saw Panic! earlier this year at Nokia Theater, so methinks maybe all that singing on the road may have taken a toll on his voice. [...]
ryan is the hottest person on the earth i would do anything 4 him
Okay, about the gay comments. In general, with rock music, there is the hint, or undertone of sexual ambiguity, or, bisexuality. ^_^ and, P!ATD rox my proverbial sox.
[...] Who would have thunk it possible, but as you can tell by the photos, the boys have gotten even MORE ostentatious and elaborate in their costumes and set design for this tour. Whereas the last time I saw them in full concert at the Nokia Theater, the overall theme was Moulin Rouge meets harlequin dolls, this time it was all Revolutionary War hero meets Victorian circus, with tasseled coats, elaborate waistcoats, buttons, and (of course) ruffles. [...]
you are all gay
well… i love P!ATD…
but ryan is so cute…
=PPP
hapy new saint valentines day my sweety ryan!!
I luv U!
happy valentin to my cute Brendon
im really really like panic.
well,im really,really like P!ATD
because RYAN ROSS is very cute.AMAZING.
p!atd is my favorite group like fall out boy id do anything for them oh my god I LOVE RYAN is so cute hes the hottest person of the world want to look-like him hes so cool and es sing well just as Brendon oh my god guys plz come to Quebec people LOVE u there and i want to see u soooooooo but once i just want to know if its true that Ryan n Brendon???
ooops sorry i just want to know if its true that Ryan n Brendon are gay…..
i hate u,u bitch u stole my bf!
Oh i love the guys but Brendon is the cutest!!
Oh but is it true that he lost his… yeah… you know…
bye alex
omg ryan looks sooooooooooooooooo hot an dso does brendo i love them so much and you were so lucky to be able to be at there concert xoxox
well brendon and ryan look really hot but i would have wanted to seen pictures of spencer and john still love them and these pictures. anyway im in love with pete wentz so anyone who agrees he and brendon are hot write yes. love yah FOB and PATD ROCK duh!
panic at the disco is the best and brendon and ryan are the extremely hot i love them so much
i happen to like teddy gegiger thank you
omg hot or wot
LOL that’s me in the first picture. worst picture taken of me in the history of…forever. i look disgusting!! hahahah
add me on myspace! http://www.myspace.com/megansup
and ps:: brendon and ryan are not gay. that picture of “them” hooking up are just two look alikes. and the DRESDEN DOLLS RULE
I’m a Ryan Ross fan MAN he is soooo hot and cute i wanna give him a big bear hug and lots of kisses if i eva meet him he sings great and plays the guitar really well GO RYAN YOU ROCK!!!
when is panic! coming to toronto and when and where can i get tickets!!!!!!!! i herar they’re comin sometime this summer in july.. is it true?
I love Ryan Ross
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