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Panic at the Disco plays Ruth Eckerd Hall April 22

By Sean Daly, Times Pop Music Critic
In print: Thursday, April 17, 2008

The emo band Panic at the Disco, with Ryan Ross, left, and Brendon Urie, isn’t your typical fare at Ruth Eckerd Hall.
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A few years ago, I saw Kid Rock "play" Ruth Eckerd Hall, the venerable performance center in Clearwater. Now sure, Ruth Eckerd hosts scores of concerts and plays each year. But Kid Rock, well, the Motor City bad boy just about turned that classy establishment inside out and upside down. The white-haired ushers never knew what hit 'em. Backed by a fleet of undulating strippers and exploding flashpots, the Kid made the place feel like a biker bar in hell.

I thought of that show when Ruth Eckerd announced the arrival of another wild act: Panic at the Disco. An energetic emo band on Florida's own Fueled by Ramen label, Panic probably won't have exotic dancers on call, but it will attract a couple thousand hairy, screaming kids who never knew Ruth Eckerd existed. And those kids are going to go absolutely bonkers for all the stuff on Panic's new album, Pretty. Odd., which is a little like Sgt. Pepper's on Red Bull. Those white-haired ushers might want to wear their steel-toed Florsheims.

Panic at the Disco, with Motion City Soundtrack, the Hush Sound and Phantom Planet, performs at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 N McMullen-Booth Road, Clearwater. $35. (727) 791-7400.