The 20 Anniversary deluxe edition now available on Spotify, features the original album polished to an enhanced sound quality, 11 original demos and for the first time on vinyl, the groups famed 2006 ‘Live in Denver’ performance.

Alongside the streaming release, the band have released an Anniversary Deluxe Edition box set. This set has additional features alongside the record, a 12-page magazine, poster, stickers and paper doll set.

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The October 20 announcement of the garden- fresh edition was shortly after everyone was riding the high of When We Were Young Fest. The Las Vegas festival featured a headline show from Panic! At The Disco in which the band performed the notorious album in its entirety for the first time in over 20 years.

An album riddled with circus ideology, intertwining literature references into lyricism and red waistcoats, this record was far too ahead of its time. Among fans, ‘A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out’ is deemed the bands greatest work, this is solely due to the fact the band were still, well, a functioning band. It’s the only record with the original lineup of Brendon Urie, Ryan Ross, Brent Wilson and Spencer Smith.

Released in the September of 2005 through record labels, Decaydance and Fueled by Ramen, the album is divided into two stylistic halves, the first being primarily electronic pop-punk and the latter featuring a more baroque-pop influence, with a little more traditional instrumentation. The album is home to the bands hit single, ‘I Write Sins Not Tragedies’, it rapidly became one of the biggest modern rock hits and to this day still withholds its space on alternative radio stations.

The album still holds up in modernity due to its theming and genre -bending narrative. Ross’s lyricism paired with Urie’s otherwordly vocals resulted in an ethereal musical marriage. With tracks referencing Chuck Palahniuk novels and discussing themes of addiction, Ross’s influence was evident. Unfortunately this is where the band fell short in recent years, losing their wunderkind writer left them scrambling to replicate these touching songs. Upon the records release, the band were young both literally and figuratively, they were taking a huge risk making such an unconventional stylised release, but it sure worked out in their favour. We are yet to see a debut album quite as impressive in its craft and its legacy.

Dishearteningly, for fans worldwide there is not a single sliver of hope for the original lineup to reunite. Ross left the band in 2009, along with the band’s replacement bassist Jon Walker. Wilson was exiled from the band due to his inability to musically progress. Whilst Smith stayed in the band alongside Urie, he departed in 2015, this left Urie the only standing original member.

Whilst we may never get another original circus-esque show, it is a joy to see, ‘A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out’, receiving its flowers all these years later.

The multi-instrumentalist and Panic! At The Disco frontman emphasised that he was more than happy in his current relationship (he has been married to partner Sarah Urie for over 5 years) but would be open to exploring relationships with other genders if circumstances changed.

The interview comes just weeks after Urie released “Pray For The Wicked”, his second album in a row to hit the number one spot in the Billboard 100. In the statement, he explained the term pansexual as:

“If a person is great, then a person is great. I just like good people, if your heart’s in the right place. I’m definitely attracted to men. It’s just people that I am attracted to.”

Brendon has come under fire from the LGBTQIA+ community in the past, for identifying as ‘barsexual’ – a person who feels same gender attraction only when drunk. He has since come to regret the label and his association with it, saying: “I’ve said things without thinking about it, not trying to be offensive. I need to apologise for that.”

Sexuality was not the only topic touched on the interview, as Urie also discussed the #MeToo movement and its effects on the music industry, lamenting the fact that a lot of the time “guys don’t speak up.” He encouraged men who had witnessed improper behaviour to speak up, explaining that:

“Those guys [perpetrators of sexual assault and harassment] aren’t your friends, they’re not good people. They are doing terrible things, tell people about it. Don’t protect your friends.”

As for where the song came from, frontman and songwriter Brendon Urie explained, ” I spent too long not setting my expectations high enough, worried about how it felt to fail.” He then went on to dedicate the single to his fanbase, those who helped him to realise he “had to aim high and fail, fail, fail in order to keep growing”.

Whether Urie will choose to play High Hopes during his live lounge slot is uncertain but, should any fans be disappointed with his song choices, they could always look back on his previous appearances instead. Panic! At The Disco have graced the Live Lounge before, performing in 2015 following the release of Death Of A Bachelor. Their set included not only the single Hallelujah from that album cycle, but also early release and fan-favourite I Write Sings Not Tragedies, as well as a cover of Starboy by The Weeknd and Daft Punk.

You can catch Panic!’s Radio One appearance by tuning in at 12pm on Tuesday the 29th, where their music will no doubt be joined by a short interview segment. However, if you want to hear High Hopes and the rest of Pray For The Wicked live, then you can find Panic! At The Disco on this year’s Reading & Leeds festival line-up from August 24th to 26th, tickets available here.