Panic! At The Disco’s Brendon Urie has performed live for the first time in two years. Check out footage of the moment below.
The moment took place over the weekend (Saturday February 8) when the frontman made his return to the stage for the ‘I Love LA Eaton Fire Relief’ benefit show.
The gig was put together to help raise funds for the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund – which is raising money to help support those impacted by the devastating LA wildfires earlier this year.
For the show, Urie made his first appearance on stage since Panic!’s final show at the AO Arena in Manchester in March 2023, when the band performed the last stop of their ‘Viva Las Vengeance’ farewell tour.
For the gig over the weekend, the singer went for a less conventional choice, breaking out a rendition of the Charlie Chaplin classic track ‘Smile’. Check out footage of the moment below.
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This isn’t the first time that members of Panic! have appeared together to gather funds for those affected by the Los Angeles wildfires. At the start of the month, two former members – who were not in the band at the same time – took to the stage together to raise awareness.
As highlighted by Kerrang!, co-founding guitarist, keyboardist and songwriter Ryan Ross teamed up with bassist and keyboardist Dallon Weekes to perform at the Phantom Planet’s charity concert. It was held on February 1, and saw them also join forces with iDKHOW guitarist Anthony Pupura to cover ‘Do The Panic’.
Ross was in the group between 2004 and 2009, while Weekes joined in 2009 and remained as part of the line-up until 2017. You can find footage of that performance here:
The appearance at the benefit show over the weekend comes following news that Urie and the rest of Panic! At The Disco will be reuniting for a slot at When We Were Young 2025.
Their swift comeback was announced in October, when the festival shared its 2025 poster and their name was seen alongside Blink-182, Weezer, Avril Lavigne, The Offspring, Knocked Loose, and more.
“In celebration of its 20th anniversary, Panic! At The Disco will perform their debut album ‘A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out’ in its entirety, along with some of your other favourite Panic! At The Disco songs”, the members confirmed at the time.
The comeback announcement came just under two years after Urie announced in January 2023 that he was ending the band after almost 20 years. He revealed that he and his wife Sarah Orzechowski were expecting their first child together, and said that he wanted to focus on his family.
After bringing their aforementioned ‘Viva Las Vengeance‘ tour to a close in Manchester, the singer addressed what was then-considered the end of the group by saying: “I’m overcome with gratitude. I just want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart. For the last 18 years, it’s truly been an experience that I’ll always be grateful for.”
Fall Out Boy‘s Pete Wentz also discussed the band’s break-up with NME, saying he had “a lot of respect” for Urie making the call. “I think that as far as Brendon wanting to live a more private life and be a dad, in that regard a new chapter for him has started, which I can really appreciate being a dad [myself],” he said.
