If it means they’ll quit introducing their “Karma Police” cover by saying “this is a song by a band called Radiohead” we’d support pretty much anything Panic! At the Disco decide to do onstage, even if it meant adding even more burlesque girls draping themselves over the piano while Brendon Urie plays. Okay not that. But anything but that and the Radiohead cover, even people painted as lions dancing in cages would be fine. And that’s exactly what we’ll be getting on the band’s upcoming tour. It seems Panic! has to amp up the theatrics for the arena shows, as they simply don’t have enough material to fill the 90-minute sets they’re expected to play.
Guitarist Ryan Ross (aka the one who talks) explains: “We’re going to build a house of mirrors, with ramps for us to come down. And in the front of the stage, underneath our keyboard and cello players, we’re going to have animal cages, and we’re going to put dancers painted to look like lions in there. I’m talking about full-body paint, with teeth and a tail.” Oh, and they’re planning to add “Bohemian Rhapsody” to the list of covers they play. “We’ve been working on it . . . the idea of it kind of blows my mind,” Ross says. “I mean, it would be all of us, plus our touring keyboard player, singing the harmonies. That seems like it would be a lot of fun.”

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