Grammy-nominated band Panic! At The Disco today released a new music video for track High Hopes. Directed by Brendan Walter and Mel Soria, the thrilling video sees frontman Brendon Urie bring the artwork for the band’s critically acclaimed new album Pray For The Wicked to life.
Pray For The Wicked was released on June 22 via Fueled By Ramen/DCD2 Records and debuted at No. 1 on the ARIA Album Chart, and the US Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart. The album also debuted at No. 1 on iTunes in 22 countries, and 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. Pray For The Wicked is available HERE.
P!ATD recently appeared at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards with an explosive performance of High Hopes. Leading up to the album’s release the band made appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Ellen Degeneres Show, NBC’s The Voice. Following the release of Pray For The Wicked, the band performed Say Amen (Saturday Night), High Hopes, and fan favourite I Write Sins Not Tragedies on Today Show’s Citi Summer Concert Series in New York’s Famed Rockefeller Plaza.
The band will return to Australia this October, their first live shows down under since their sold out 2017 headline tour. The tour follows a huge 28-city U.S. tour in July and a headline slot at the UK’s Reading and Leeds festival in August.
PANIC! AT THE DISCO PRAY FOR THE WICKED AUSTRALIAN TOUR
SAT 6 OCT – QUDOS BANK ARENA, SYDNEY (TICKETS)
TUE 9 OCT – AEC THEATRE, ADELAIDE (TICKETS)
THU 11 OCT – RIVERSTAGE, BRISBANE (TICKETS)
SAT 13 OCT – HISENSE ARENA, MELBOURNE (TICKETS)
