Panic! at the Disco ends; Brendon Urie to focus on family
NEW YORK >> First there were four, then they became three and finally just one. Now it’s time to say a final farewell to art poprockers Panic! at the Disco.
Brendon Urie, the only musician left from the original group, announced on the band’s Instagram page that Panic! at the Disco “will be no more.”
Urie, 35, shared that he and his wife, Sarah, are expecting a baby and that he plans to focus on his family.
“The prospect of being a father and getting to watch my wife become a mother is both humbling and exciting. I look forward to this next adventure,” he wrote.
The band had 15 songs in the Billboard Hot 100, with two Top 10 hits in “High Hopes” in 2019 and “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” in 2006. They scored two No. 1 albums with “Death of a Bachelor” in 2016 and “Pray For the Wicked” in 2018.
“Whether you’ve been here since the beginning or are just finding us, it has been a pleasure to not only share the stage with so many talented people but also share our time with you,” Urie wrote.
The band was formed in 2004 by Urie and childhood friends guitarist Ryan Ross, drummer Spencer Smith and bassist Brent Wilson while they were still teenagers. Other members have been bassist Jon Walker and multi-instrumentalist Dallon Weekes.
Willie Nelson to mark 90th birthday with all-star concert
NASHVILLE, TENN. >> Texas troubadour Willie Nelson will celebrate his 90th birthday with his friends and family at an all-star two-day concert at the Hollywood Bowl in April.
The country icon’s milestone birthday party will take place on April 29-30 and feature Nelson and dozens of performers, including Neil Young, Chris Stapleton, Lyle Lovett, Miranda Lambert, Rosanne Cash, Snoop Dogg, The Chicks and many more.
Six decades into his career, the singer-songwriter, author and activist is still going strong, with a new album — “I Don’t Know a Thing About Love” — coming in March and a five-part documentary premiering at the Sundance Film Festival.
Today’s birthdays
Feminist author Germaine Greer is 84. Actor Tom Selleck is 78. Talk show host Oprah Winfrey is 69. Olympic gold-medal diver Greg Louganis is 63. Actor Heather Graham is 53. Pop-rock singer Adam Lambert (TV: “American Idol”) is 41.