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Panic! at the Disco prepares for the Big Gig's big stage
Panic! at the Disco's guitarist Ryan Ross says that last year's Summerfest was one of the best shows the group has ever played. It's a good thing, too, since the festival atmosphere and legions of fans had the band battling nerves before taking the stage.
Around that time, the band's single "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" had blown up on radio, its video was in heavy rotation on MTV and VHI and the band was in the midst of its three month headlining, cross-country summer tour.
Now a year later, Panic! at the Disco has been upgraded from the U.S. Cellular Connection Stage to the Marcus Amphitheater. Unlike last summer, however, things have been fairly quiet for the Las Vegas natives recently.
"We haven't even played a show for three or four months now, so we're all kind of anxious to get out there," Ross says of playing Summerfest. "We've played in Milwaukee four or five times now, and every time it gets better and better."