Gallery: Panic! At The Disco Live At When We Were Young, Retro Shock In Vegas

Panic! At The Disco tore through a stacked set at When We Were Young, performing deep cuts and fan favorites alike, here’s our Blunt review of the moment.

When Panic! At The Disco stormed the stage at When We Were Young in Las Vegas, it felt like two decades of chamber pop, emo punk and theatrical rock got thrown into one wild set. The band opened with the entire A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out, including songs rarely heard live for years.

Tracks like ‘The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage’, ‘London Beckoned…’ and ‘Nails for Breakfast, Tacks for Snacks’ hadn’t been played live since the late 2000s, making the first set feel like a rediscovery. The mood shifted into a second set packed with hits, from ‘Don’t Threaten Me With a Good Time’ to ‘Hey Look Ma, I Made It’, and the inevitable sing along of ‘I Write Sins Not Tragedies’.

There were standout moments that hit heavy, the return of drummer Spencer Smith for ‘I Write Sins…’ marked their first performance together since 2013, a move that not only excited fans, but delivered goosebumps. When the band broke into a surprise cover of Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ mid set, it felt both audacious and perfectly in keeping with their showmanship.

The production matched the ambition, dramatic lighting, theatrical pauses, and a crowd that knew every lyric. Watching songs that were considered “live-resurrected” alongside more recent anthems was a reminder, Panic! are a band built on reinvention as much as celebration.

Panic! At The Disco ‘When We Were Young 2025’ Gallery

Heather Martinez was front row and centre to catch all of the magic, take a look at her gallery below:

Panic! At The Disco ‘When We Were Young 2025’ Set List

• A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out
• Introduction
• The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage (First full live performance since 2016)
• London Beckoned Songs About Money Written by Machines (First live performance since 2011)
• Nails for Breakfast, Tacks for Snacks (First live performance since 2007)
• Camisado (First live performance since 2014)
• Time to Dance (First live performance since 2017)
• Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off (First live performance since 2016)
• Intermission (First live performance since 2014)
• But It’s Better If You Do (First live performance since 2015)
• I Write Sins Not Tragedies
• I Constantly Thank God for Esteban (First live performance since 2011)
• There’s a Good Reason These Tables Are Numbered Honey, You Just Haven’t Thought of It Yet (First live performance since 2008)
• Build God, Then We’ll Talk (First live performance since 2010)
• Set 2:
• Don’t Threaten Me With a Good Time
• Say Amen (Saturday Night)
• Hey Look Ma, I Made It
• Death of a Bachelor
• This Is Gospel
• Miss Jackson
• King of the Clouds (First live performance since 2019)
• Nine in the Afternoon
• Vegas Lights (First live performance since 2019)
• Emperor’s New Clothes
• Girls/Girls/Boys
• House of Memories
• Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen cover; first live performance since 2019)
• Victorious
• High Hopes (With ‘Tomorrow’ from Annie intro)
• I Write Sins Not Tragedies (with Spencer Smith on drums; first performance with Smith since 2013)

If you were there, you felt it in your bones and even if you watched it from afar, this set is sure to burn in your memory. Punkish, theatrical, nostalgic, but unmistakably alive. Knowing Panic!, they’re not just commemorating a past, it feels like they are gearing up for more to come!