Brendon Urie said this past weekend – after performing his final concert as Panic! At The Disco – that he is “overcome with gratitude.”
“I just want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart,” Urie shared on Instagram after the show at AO Arena in Manchester, England. “For the last 18 years, it's truly been an experience that I’ll always be grateful for.
“So if you've been with us for 18 years, thank you very much. And if you've just joined us, welcome and….farewell. Either way, I love you very much, and I just can't say thank you enough. Let's live every day like it's our last, babyyyyy!”
Urie, 35, announced in January that he was bringing Panic! At The Disco to an end. “Well, it’s been a hell of a journey,” the singer wrote at the time. “But sometimes a journey must end for a new one to begin.”
Urie and his wife Sarah recently welcomed their first child. “I am going to bring this chapter of my life to an end and put my focus and energy on my family,” he explained, “and with that Panic! At The Disco will be no more.”
Panic! At The Disco began in 2004 as a blink-182 cover band made up of Urie, Ryan Ross, Spencer Smith and Brent Wilson. Their 2005 debut album A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out spawned the hit “I Write Sins Not Tragedies.”
It became Urie’s solo project in 2015 and he went on to have hits like “High Hopes” and “Hey Look Ma, I Made It.” He also collaborated with Taylor Swift on the 2019 track "ME."
Urie was scheduled to perform last September in Toronto and Montreal but the shows were scrapped due to "logistical issues" – meaning his final Panic! performance in Canada was in January 2019 in Laval, QC.