Across the street from Comerica Park, home of the Detroit Tigers, The Fillmore’s marquee is lit up letting people know that Panic! At The Disco are on the bill this evening. After their last appearance on the blink-182 reunion tour back in 2009, the band is back in town with a new album under their belt and doing better than ever.

Panic! has always been one band that puts an incredible amount of effort into their live performance and stage set. This time around, their set included church organs, two pianos, flashy lights, a vintage style backdrop, and light bulbs hanging from the stage ceiling. Combine all of that with frontman Brendon Urie’s, exceptional vocal range and the band’s classy attire, and the night was destined to be a success.

Despite Urie’s recent ankle injury, the band managed to put on a phenomenal show that opened with the song that stands out the most on Vices & Virtues, “Ready to Go”. The rest is dance-party history.

The hour-long set was mainly devoted to songs off of Vices & Virtues, including “Memories”, “Let’s Kill Tonight,” and their first single off of the album, “The Ballad of Mona Lisa.” The setlist also featured a few tracks off of their debut album, A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out, such as “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” and “Time to Dance” and a few from the sophomore release, Pretty. Odd., including “Nine in the Afternoon” and “That Green Gentleman”. fun., who opened the show, joined Panic! on stage for the bands’ recent collaboration, “C’mon”.

Other highlights of the evening included Panic!’s cover of “Carry On Wayward Son”, Brendon confessing his undying love for Detroit due to the sentimental value of meeting his girlfriend some years ago At The same venue, and guitarist Dallon Weekes storing guitar picks in mouth between songs and spitting them out to fans in the crowd. After all was said and done, the popular opinion was that Panic’!s set should’ve been longer because people just couldn’t get enough.

Panic! At The Disco are classic entertainers which is not only refreshing but hard to come by these days.

*This review was composed by Kimi Sugiyama