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Panic! At The Disco Earns Second Consecutive #1 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart

By: Jul. 02, 2018
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Grammy-nominated band Panic! At The Disco have earned their second consecutive No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart with their critically acclaimed sixth album, Pray For The Wicked. Debuting at No. 1 on iTunes in 22 countries, the album launched with 180,000 equivalent album units earned, 151,000 of which were traditional album sales. Both figures represent the biggest week for an alternative rock album in 2018, according to Billboard. According to Nielsen Music, the album saw the fifth-largest week for a vinyl effort since the company began tracking sales in 1991. Lead single "Say Amen (Saturday Night) is also currently No. 1 on Billboard's Alternative Songs Chart and current single "High Hopes" is exploding at streaming services. Pray For The Wicked is available digitally HERE and physically HERE via Fueled By Ramen/DCD2 Records.

Produced by Jake Sinclair, Pray For The Wicked was announced in March after a week of cryptic clues that set the internet a buzz. Last Friday, P!ATD continued its hold on American TV airwaves with explosive performances of "Say Amen (Saturday Night)", "High Hopes", and fan favorite "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" on Today Show's Citi Summer Concert Series in New York's Famed Rockefeller Plaza. Leading up to the albums release the band made appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Ellen Degeneres Show, NBC's The Voice.

Frontman Brendon Urie recently launched Highest Hopes Foundation (HHF) - an umbrella foundation created to support the efforts of non-profit organizations that lead, develop, and advocate support for human rights for all people and communities subject to discrimination or abuse on the basis of gender, race, religion, sexual orientation and gender identity. The first of many donations to come, Urie pledged a one million dollar donation to GLSEN to provide resources, training, and support to students working to created student-led GSA clubs in their K-12 schools last week. Panic! At The Disco will be allocating $1 of every ticket from the U.S. dates of the band's headline arena Pray For The Wicked Tour to HHF and in the coming days and months, Urie and the foundation will announce upcoming donations and activations with a variety of charitable organizations.

Next week, Panic! At The Disco will embark on the first leg of their Pray For The Wicked Tour in support of the album, which has sold out multiple venues including Madison Square Garden in New York City and STAPLES Center in Los Angeles. Produced by AEG presents, the tour's first leg will kick off on July 11, 2018 in Minneapolis, MN, and will visit arenas throughout the summer before concluding in the band's hometown of Las Vegas on August 18, 2018. A R I Z O N A and Hayley Kiyokoprovide support. Tickets for the leg one are on sale now HERE.

This fall, Panic! At The Disco will embark on an international run of dates visiting Australia, Japan, New Zealand, The Philippines, and Mexico in October. In January, the band will return to the road in North America for the second leg of the Pray For The Wicked Tour. The 28-city leg, which kicks off on January 10, 2019 in Buffalo, NY, and wraps on February 20, 2019 in Sacramento, CA, will feature support from Two Feet. A complete list of upcoming live dates and ticket information can be found HERE.


Pray For The Wicked follows Panic! At The Disco's critically acclaimed fifth album, Death Of A Bachelor, which was released on January 15, 2016 via Fueled By Ramen/DCD2 Records. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Chart and was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 2017 GRAMMY® Awards. The RIAA platinum selling release was the highest selling rock album and fourth-highest selling album released in 2016, according to Nielsen Soundscan. The album has also spawned RIAA certified gold tracks "Hallelujah," "LA Devotee," "Don't Threaten Me With A Good Time" and platinum "Victorious," "Death Of A Bachelor," and "Emperor's New Clothes." Most recently, frontman Brendon Urie starred as Charlie Price in the critically acclaimed, TONY Award-winning Broadway hit Kinky Boots.

PANIC! AT THE DISCO TOUR DATES

Pray For The Wicked Tour Leg One -With support from A R I Z O N A and Hayley Kiyoko

7/11/2018

Minneapolis, MN

Target Center

7/13/2018

Indianapolis, IN

Bankers Life Fieldhouse

7/14/2018

Detroit, MI

Little Caesars Arena - SOLD OUT

7/15/2018

Columbus, OH

Nationwide Arena - SOLD OUT

7/17/2018

Chicago, IL

United Center - SOLD OUT

7/18/2018

Pittsburgh, PA

PPG Paints Arena

7/20/2018

Uniondale, NY

NYCB Live: Nassau Coliseum

7/21/2018

Baltimore, MD

Royal Farms Arena - SOLD OUT

7/22/2018

Toronto, ON

Air Canada Centre

7/24/2018

New York, NY

Madison Square Garden - SOLD OUT

7/25/2018

Boston, MA

TD Garden - SOLD OUT

7/27/2018

Philadelphia, PA

Wells Fargo Center - SOLD OUT

7/28/2018

Raleigh, NC

PNC Arena

7/29/2018

Duluth, GA

Infinite Energy Center - SOLD OUT

7/31/2018

Sunrise, FL

BB&T Center

8/1/2018

Tampa, FL

Amalie Arena - SOLD OUT

8/3/2018

Houston, TX

Toyota Center

8/4/2018

Dallas, TX

American Airlines Center

8/5/2018

Tulsa, OK

BOK Center

8/7/2018

Denver, CO

Pepsi Center

8/8/2018

Salt Lake City, UT

Vivint Smart Home Arena

8/10/2018

Seattle, WA

KeyArena

8/11/2018

Vancouver, BC

Rogers Arena

8/12/2018

Portland, OR

Moda Center

8/14/2018

San Jose, CA

SAP Center

8/15/2018

Los Angeles, CA

STAPLES Center - SOLD OUT

8/17/2018

Glendale, AZ

Gila River Arena

8/18/2018

Las Vegas, NV

T-Mobile Arena

International Dates

10/06/2018

Sydney, Australia

Qudos Bank Arena

10/09/2018

Adelaide, Australia

AEC Theatre

10/11/2018

Brisbane, Australia

Riverstage

10/13/2018

Melbourne, Australia

Hisense Arena

10/16/2018

Auckland, New Zealand

Spark Arena

10/20/2018

Manila, Philippines

Mall of Asia Arena

10/22/2018

Tokyo, Japan

ZEPP Tokyo

10/23/2018

Tokyo, Japan

Shinkiba Studio Coast

10/25/2018

Osaka, Japan

ZEPP Osaka Bayside

10/17-18/2018

Mexico City, Mexico

Corona Capital

Pray For The Wicked Tour North American Leg Two -With support from Two Feet

1/10/2019

Buffalo, NY

KeyBank Center

1/12/2019

Laval, QC

Place Bell

1/13/2019

Manchester, NH

SNHU Arena

1/15/2019

Albany, NY

Times Union Center

1/16/2019

Brooklyn, NY

Barclays Center

1/18/2019

Newark, NJ

Prudential Center

1/19/2019

Providence, RI

Dunkin' Donuts Center

1/20/2019

Washington, DC

Capital One Arena

1/22/2019

Charlotte, NC

Spectrum Center

1/23/2019

Charlottesville, VA

John Paul Jones Arena

1/25/2019

Nashville, TN

Bridgestone Arena

1/26/2019

Cincinnati, OH

U.S. Bank Arena

1/27/2019

Milwaukee, WI

Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center

1/29/2019

Grand Rapids, MI

The Van Andel Arena

1/30/2019

Cleveland, OH

Quicken Loans Arena

02/01/2019

Omaha, NE

CenturyLink Center

02/02/2019

Kansas City, MO

Sprint Center

02/04/2019

Rosemont, IL

Allstate Arena

02/05/2019

Saint Louis, MO

Enterprise Center

02/06/2019

Memphis, TN

FedExForum

02/08/2019

Austin, TX

Frank Erwin Center

02/09/2019

New Orleans, LA

Smoothie King Center

2/12/2019

Albuquerque, NM

Tingley Coliseum

2/14/2019

Anaheim, CA



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