Panic! at the Disco is an American pop rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2004 and featuring the current lineup of vocalist Brendon Urie, accompanied on tour by bassist Nicole Row, guitarist Mike Naran and drummer Dan Pawlovich.
Founded by childhood friends Ryan Ross, Spencer Smith, Brent Wilson and Brendon Urie, Panic! at the Disco recorded its first demos while its members were in high school. Shortly after, the band recorded and released its debut studio album, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005). Popularized by the lead single, "I Write Sins Not Tragedies", the album was certified double platinum in the US. In 2006, founding bassist Brent Wilson was fired from the band during an extensive world tour, and subsequently replaced by Jon Walker.
Influenced by 1960s rock bands the Beatles, the Zombies and the Beach Boys, and preceded by the hit single, "Nine in the Afternoon", the band's second studio album, Pretty. Odd. (2008), marked a significant departure from the sound of the band's debut, and ultimately led to the departure of guitarist and principal songwriter Ryan Ross and bassist Jon Walker, who favored the band's new direction. The duo subsequently formed a new band, the Young Veins, leaving Brendon Urie and Spencer Smith as the sole remaining members of Panic! at the Disco.
Continuing as a duo, Urie and Smith released a new single, "New Perspective", and recruited Dallon Weekes as the group's bassist and Ian Crawford as the band's lead guitarist to accompany the band during live performances. Weekes was later inducted into the band's lineup as a full-time member in 2010, nearing the end of the recording of the band's third studio album, Vices & Virtues (2011). The album was recorded solely by Urie and Smith, with producers John Feldmann and Butch Walker.
As a three-piece, Urie, Smith, and Weekes recorded and released the band's fourth studio album, Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!, in 2013. Prior to the release of the album, Smith unofficially left the band due to health and drug-related issues, leaving Urie and Weekes as the remaining members.
In 2015, Smith officially left the band after not performing live with the band since his departure in 2013. Shortly thereafter, Weekes reverted to being a touring member once again, leaving Brendon Urie as the only member of the official lineup. On April 20, 2015, Urie released "Hallelujah" as the first single from Panic! at the Disco's fifth studio album. The album, Death of a Bachelor, was released worldwide on January 15, 2016.
Following the release of Death of a Bachelor, Panic! at the Disco released a cover of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" for the soundtrack of Suicide Squad (2016) and the one-off Christmas tune "Feels Like Christmas." In late 2017, Weekes officially left the band, shifting his focus to fronting I Don't Know How But They Found Me.
Nicole Row was recruited as a touring bassist and Panic! at the Disco announced Pray for the Wicked, their sixth studio album. The record was released on June 22nd and featured the single "High Hopes," which became the group's highest charting single.
In 2018, Kenneth Harris was replaced by Mike Naran, formally of Sparks the Rescue, as Panic! at the Disco's touring guitarist due to sexual misconduct allegations against Harris.
The band began teasing a new album in May 2022 with a website titled "Shut Up and Go to Bed." Panic! at the Disco subsequently announced Viva Las Vengeance, their seventh studio album.
