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No one is knocked out as band debut new songs
A member of Panic! At The Disco was bottled for a second year running on the main stage at the Carling Weekend: Reading Festival today (August 25).
Last year frontman Brendon Urie was briefly knocked out seconds into the band's first song on the main stage by a bottle thrown from the crowd.
This time, the band took the stage to an ineffectual barrage of bottles none of which threatened the singer as they opened with 'The Only Difference Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press Coverage'.
"Alright, this is going better than last year," joked guitarist Ryan Ross. "We made it through the first one."
However he spoke a little too soon.
During 'Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes' - which Urie introduced telling the crowd: "So this one is a little sexier, so if you guys are horny this one is about ********!" - bassist Jon Walker was hit in the head by a bottle.
Seemingly unbothered by the blow his singer consoled him afterwards "I know how you feel", although the bassist laughed it saying "I didn't get knocked out, I got off lightly."
The band then followed this with the first of two new songs that were so fresh, the group confirmed to NME.COM they hadn't even sorted the titles out yet.
The first new song they played had the working title 'Nine In The Afternoon' and sounded more jaunty and piano led then their beat-enhanced earlier tracks.
After crowd favourites 'But It's Better If You Do' and 'I Write Sins Not Tragedies', the band then covered The Band's track 'The Weight'.
Panic! At The Disco then played a pumped-up version of the classic.
The band then played their second new track, again with a working title, 'Middle Of Summer' which proved a rocky keyboard led stomper.
Thanking the crowd for being "so well behaved" Urie and co then wrapped their set up with 'Build God, Then We'll Talk'.
A member of Panic! At The Disco was bottled for a second year running on the main stage at the Carling Weekend: Reading Festival today (August 25).
Last year frontman Brendon Urie was briefly knocked out seconds into the band's first song on the main stage by a bottle thrown from the crowd.
This time, the band took the stage to an ineffectual barrage of bottles none of which threatened the singer as they opened with 'The Only Difference Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press Coverage'.
"Alright, this is going better than last year," joked guitarist Ryan Ross. "We made it through the first one."
However he spoke a little too soon.
During 'Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes' - which Urie introduced telling the crowd: "So this one is a little sexier, so if you guys are horny this one is about ********!" - bassist Jon Walker was hit in the head by a bottle.
Seemingly unbothered by the blow his singer consoled him afterwards "I know how you feel", although the bassist laughed it saying "I didn't get knocked out, I got off lightly."
The band then followed this with the first of two new songs that were so fresh, the group confirmed to NME.COM they hadn't even sorted the titles out yet.
The first new song they played had the working title 'Nine In The Afternoon' and sounded more jaunty and piano led then their beat-enhanced earlier tracks.
After crowd favourites 'But It's Better If You Do' and 'I Write Sins Not Tragedies', the band then covered The Band's track 'The Weight'.
Panic! At The Disco then played a pumped-up version of the classic.
The band then played their second new track, again with a working title, 'Middle Of Summer' which proved a rocky keyboard led stomper.
Thanking the crowd for being "so well behaved" Urie and co then wrapped their set up with 'Build God, Then We'll Talk'.
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'We were quite scared' admit band
Panic! At The Disco have spoken to NME.COM after their return to the Carling Weekend: Reading Festival today (August 25).
Last year frontman Brendon Urie was briefly knocked out five seconds into their main stage set after being hit by a bottle thrown from the crowd, and today bassist Jon Walker came under fire got a bump on the head, but the group admitted they loved every bit of it.
"We were quite scared for the first four songs but after that it calmed down," said guitarist Ryan Ross speaking in a video interview. "But although we had the bottling last year, we actually really enjoyed the festival. It was biggest gig of our lives and the time and the biggest crowd we'd ever played to."
Speaking about today's impact, bassist Walker said this year's bottling wasn't too serious.
"A bottle shaved my head," he said, "but I was happy to take one for the band."
The full video interview will be live on NME.COM soon so stay tuned.
Panic! At The Disco have spoken to NME.COM after their return to the Carling Weekend: Reading Festival today (August 25).
Last year frontman Brendon Urie was briefly knocked out five seconds into their main stage set after being hit by a bottle thrown from the crowd, and today bassist Jon Walker came under fire got a bump on the head, but the group admitted they loved every bit of it.
"We were quite scared for the first four songs but after that it calmed down," said guitarist Ryan Ross speaking in a video interview. "But although we had the bottling last year, we actually really enjoyed the festival. It was biggest gig of our lives and the time and the biggest crowd we'd ever played to."
Speaking about today's impact, bassist Walker said this year's bottling wasn't too serious.
"A bottle shaved my head," he said, "but I was happy to take one for the band."
The full video interview will be live on NME.COM soon so stay tuned.
gonk Oh, gosh. Our society is sad. Poor Jon.
Who's next? Ryan?! Spencer?
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Bbc.co.uk posted an interview with Panic! At The Disco at the Reading festival. Check it out here. (just scroll down to the Panic! At The Disco little section.)
Who's next? Ryan?! Spencer?
Edit
Bbc.co.uk posted an interview with Panic! At The Disco at the Reading festival. Check it out here. (just scroll down to the Panic! At The Disco little section.)
