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Panic! At The Disco are no more…

There's no point exclaiming about it

January 11, 2008 | 21 Comments
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Panic At The Disco are no more the band confirmed yesterday (January 10) – from now on they want to be the exclamation free Panic At The Disco.

The band dropped their punctuations from their name – inspired by The Smiths track ’Panic’ – as they launched their Honda Civic Tour, which will hit the US from April 10.

The band, who release second album ’Pretty. Odd’ on March 24, will play the 45-date tour after talking to last year’s headliners and friends , who headlined year, on how to make this year's tour even better,” declared singer Brendon Urie. “Those guys set the bar pretty high, but we are really looking forward to hitting the road again and are definitely up for the challenge."

See Civictour.honda.com for more information.

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cobbyshambles

Jan 11, 2008

I'll be honest, quite alot of people including myself wouldn't really notice the lack of exclamation mark and it hardly makes a difference.forward russia should follow suit though as alot of people still think they're iForward Russia!

EllyBellyDuck

Jan 11, 2008

Is it just me or they trying to give themselves some much needed hype?

"Everyone look! We have no !"

"Thats nice..." *sigh*

jackradiohead

Jan 11, 2008

I'm a bit upset, I thought they'd split up and stopped polluting the earth with their bilge.

euanmac

Jan 11, 2008

well, i'm pretty gutted... there was me thinking they had gone and split up... and all they have done is removed some punctuation.

yooffella

Jan 11, 2008

i agree, it's a publicity stunt

EmilyVonGrimm

Jan 14, 2008

good for 'em. can't wait for the album.

fadawaybob

Jan 14, 2008

would people stop saying they got their name from "the smiths" - they got their name from a line in a song by the band "name taken" called "panic" - http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Panic-lyrics-Name-Taken/B2E44E266E88006348256E8C002974CF

VickySC

Jan 14, 2008

I'm a big P!ATD fan, but agree this seems an utterly pointless announcement. I too smell a publicity stunt.

SiobhanLouisa7

Jan 14, 2008

I actually whooped with happiness at the prospect of no more panic at the disco contaminating my radio/tv. My little cousin is obsessed and would be thoroughly gutted. But to my disappointment, when clicking on the article, finding they have not split, i actually let out the most annoyed and angry growl, that my dog ran out the room. When is the joyous day going to come when they split? Yes they have made money for the music industry and yes they have fans...but there is plenty of other amazing music out there that they can enjoy.

alan26uk

Jan 14, 2008

Crap, now that they have honda money there will be no stopping them, they truly are worst than a boyband.

ScreamYerHeartOut

Jan 14, 2008

Aww i thought they had spilt.
Nearly made my day that did Â¬_Â¬

And wtf big wow you removed a "!" from your name shock horror...

J D 918

Jan 14, 2008

OMG NME that's evil, please change the title! I got really excited and thought the band had split up!

dunham6418

Jan 14, 2008

actually, they got theyre name from a Name Taken song called "Panic"

mcr-is_love

Jan 14, 2008

i for one am very sad they removed the !
i really liked it,, i know its not a HUGE deal, but srsly.. no ! ? that sucks.

Nikki19

Jan 14, 2008

no exclamation mark, wow. that's almost as bad as when Liberty became Liberty X.

musicfanfatic

Jan 14, 2008

Well, something must be wrong with you people if you don't think that that one little exlamation point is making a difference. Have you seen their websites lately?? Especially their myspace?? EVERYONE IS DEMANDINC BACK THE ! IN THE NAME!!

lipgloss

Jan 14, 2008

this just exaggerates their irrelevance to good music!

chris_axe

Jan 14, 2008

Why stop at the exclamation mark, why don't they drop the whole name. In fact, just stop making their shitty so called 'music' and split up.

newyork92

Jan 14, 2008

double shit, i thought they were breaking up
i agree with alan26uk, they really are worse than a boy band

gunslinger_extraordinaire

Jan 31, 2008

well i really love panic!... or is it just panic now? sigh... the exclamation point was fun, but did it really require a press release?

Mr-Susan

Feb 13, 2008

I dont really see the point of keeping it or removing it
im not a huge fan but they have some good songs
i really dont care about a exclamation mark though it doesnt affect the quality of the band
its just pointless