Panic at the Disco to Headline Next Year's Slam Dunk Festival

On the 25th November, Slam Dunk announced on their Twitter page that Panic at the Disco was headlining the 10th anniversary of the festival alongside Of Mice & Men, New Found Glory, Four Year Strong and more.

Four Year Strong graced the Macbeth Footwear Stage at Slam Dunk back in 2013 alongside Memphis May Fire who are also performing at the 2016 Slam Dunk festival. Every Time I Die last performed in 2012.

This is the first year that Panic at the Disco are appearing at the festival.

Forty more acts are to be announced and I've got a feeling that next years Slam Dunk, like every year at the festival, is going to be awesome. 

Dates:

Saturday 28th May, Leeds City Centre

Sunday 29th May, Birmingham The NEC

Monday 30th May, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield

Book tickets at www.slamdunkmusic.com

Panic at the Disco 'Victorious' Music Video Review

American rock band, Panic at the Disco have always released bizarre music videos; it's the one thing that I always look forward to.

One week ago, Panic released their official music video for 'Victorious' and it is anything but strange. In fact, it's quite normal. Brendan Urie is getting over his ex-girlfriend and every good deed that he does, he gets rewarded and feels like a "washed-up celebrity". Bikini-clad girls surrounded him popping champagne and I realised that there wasn't a vestige of the Panic that I know and love.

After Urie uploading the fantastic, theatrical video of 'Emperor's New Clothes' onto YouTube a month ago, watching 'Victorious' was so "normal" that I almost got whiplash.

He's not even decked out in his suit (which has become an icon now). But seeing Urie help an etiolated, old lady cross the street with a big smile on his face, has got to be the cutest thing that I have ever seen and makes up for the normality of the whole video.

I guess the only way it could be called strange is because that's not Panic's style; it's incongruous. But it's still good, it's still music and it's still fun.