Former AU cover stars Panic At The Disco have announced that they’ve split in two due to having “creatively evolved in different directions”. That old chestnut. Guitarist Ryan Ross and bassist Jon Walker have left to start a new band, with frontman Brandon Urie and drummer Spencer Smith continuing under the PATD banner. The band’s third album is due out later this year, and they will be supporting Blink-182 on a section of their reunion tour this summer (as will, variously, Weezer, Fall Out Boy, The All-American Rejects, Taking Back Sunday, Chester French and Asher Roth).
The band made this statement on their website: “Ryan Ross and Jon Walker will be leaving Panic at the Disco to embark on a musical excursion of their own. Though the four of us have made music together in the past, we’ve creatively evolved in different directions which has compromised what each of us want to personally achieve. Over the years, we have remained close and honest with each other, which helped us to realize that our goals were different and that parting ways is truly what is best for each of us. We are all excited for the future, you should be too.”
Posted on: 27th January 2010
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