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As if the release of the new Batman video game "Arkham City" wasn't enough to thrill you (but no seriously, I'm actually a closet gamer) then how about the fact that the game will feature a brand-new Panic! At The Disco song?! Slated to appear on Batman: Arkham City -- The Album, the track is titled "Mercenary" and is a dramatic tune inspired by mystery, thievery and espionage! And yep, I've seen all the Batman movies so I'm qualified to say that, OK? Step back.

While "Mercenary" features the same pop/punk characteristics as Panic! At The Disco's previous hits, there's a notably darker and grittier undertone. Lead singer Brendon Urie sings, " 'Hey mister,' the bellman says/'I can only recall this nice hotel,' I said/So he replies, 'Then how do you manage?'/I dodge the glass and apologize for collateral damage." The best part comes next -- an actual dialogue-laden breakdown that features lines from the game! Mega-villain Hugo Strange asks Batman, "How does it feel to stand on the very stones that ran with your parents’ blood?" If you don't know the general Batman plot, then we won't spoil it for you but lets just say that our main man Batman is a badass and takes care of business, as usual.

Batman: Arkham City — The Album is slated for release Oct. 4.

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The record label responsible for all of your high school make-out sessions is turning 15 this year, and to celebrate, they're throwing a concert! Fueled By Ramen's 15th Anniversary Concert: Paramore Live will take over NYC's Terminal 5 tomorrow, Sept. 7, and just in case you couldn't grab a ticket, you can stream the whole thing live on MTV.com.

Joining Paramore on stage are labelmates The Swellers, This Providence, The Stereo and fun., and we'll have the entire show streaming live on MTV.com. To prep for the show, take a look at a few video interviews of your favorite Fueled By Ramen artists talking about their favorite Fueled By Ramen artists. Meta, bro.

Up first, we have Paramore discussing their Top 5 Fueled By Ramen releases, where Jimmy Eat World takes top honors (good choice!). In addition, frontwoman Hayley Williams reveals that The Impossibles' Anthology is her all-time fave. After that, check out some of FBR's biggest names (Panic! At The Disco among them) discussing what it means to sign to the prolific label. And last, check out Travie McCoy and Matt McGinley from Gym Class Heroes counting down their favorite FBR albums, which include Fall Out Boy and The Academy Is....

+ Watch Fueled By Ramen's 15th Anniversary videos below, and catch Paramore performing live with special guests The Swellers, This Providence, The Stereo and fun. at Fueled By Ramen 15th Anniversary Concert: Paramore Live, live from NYC's Terminal 5. Catch the livestream here on MTV.com tomorrow, Wednesday, Sept. 7, starting at 6 p.m. ET.

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+ "Beautiful Girls" singer Sean Kingston has been moved from the trauma unit to the ICU after a Jet Ski accident in Miami this past weekend. He was rushed to an emergency room after he and a female passenger collided with a bridge on Sunday. (RapFix)

+ Panic! At The Disco singer Brendon Urie broke his ankle during a Panic show this weekend... and just kept going. He later posted photos of the injury on Twitter, but beware before you look -- not pretty! (Buzznet)

+ We're pouring some out for Pink after the singer was spotted in Malibu on Saturday, looking so pregnant that it hurts to watch. Hang in there, girlfriend! (PopEater)

+ Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson were seen out with their son, Bronx, in California this weekend, and they've got to be the most civil separated couple ever. With their divorce still pending, these pix have us hoping they change their mind. (TheFABlife)

+ Avril Lavigne threw out the first pitch at a Tampa Bay Rays game this past weekend, and whoops, she also tossed out a few curse words to the crowd after a technical glitch during a postgame concert. We guess you can take Avril out of the skate park, but you can't take the skate park out of Avril. (ONTD)

+ Iconic poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron passed away on Friday in New York after a lifelong battle with drug addiction. Best known for his work "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," Scott-Heron is arguably the first-ever hip-hop artist. (Rolling Stone)

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Unfortunately, electro-pop sextet Lights Over Paris has no obvious connection to the City of Lights. Rather, the Los Angeles-based band eschews Parisian disco and Euro house in favor of an anthemic blend of pop, rock and electro reminiscent of Kevin Rudolf and Cobra Starship.

After releasing a self-titled EP last year, the band is currently working on their as-yet-untitled debut LP, set for release this summer. In the meantime, you can get a taste of the group on their first single "I'm Not a Gangsta," produced by Dr. Luke acolyte Ammo, who has also produced tracks by Britney Spears, Ke$ha, Katy Perry and Pitbull.

"Gangsta" features L.A. rapper Game and highlights tongue-in-cheek lyrics that have become part of the band's M.O. "I'm not a gangsta," sings frontman Robb University. "But I would ride for you/And if it came down to it I would die for you/I'm not a gangsta/But I'd get high with you/I would throw away my whole freakin' life for you." Poetry. Apparently, the single began as a straight-ahead rock song before morphing into the hip-hop/pop/rock final version.

Watch for the band's full-length, which features production by Kool Kojak (Flo Rida, Travis Barker) and Matt Squire (3OH!3, Ke$ha, Panic! At The Disco), this summer.

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Dapper parlor-pop duo Panic! At The Disco is about to embark on tour in support of their new album, Vices & Virtues, and they're bringing New York indie-pop group fun. along with them. (Did they choose them for their shared love of strangely punctuated names? Perhaps.) With many miles to travel together, they figured what better way to cement their new rock-and-roll bro-mance than by collaborating on a song? So they put their adorable heads together, and new single "C'Mon" was what they came up with.

"C'mon" combines Panic!'s grandiose composition with fun.'s happy, hooky pop. Singers Brendon Urie and Nate Ruess put their mellifluous voices to good use singing about love and hope, and the dynamic orchestral backing makes the simple chorus sound a little bit different each time: "Come on, come on, with everything falling down around me, I'd like to believe in all the possibilities."

It's a jangly, rich, theatrical, almost mischievous number, and honestly? The thought of all of that talent and cuteness makes us want to collapse in a cuddle puddle.

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I was just thinking to myself, "Why aren't there more music videos about chimney sweeps?" (Am I the only one who subscribes to Chimney Sweep News?) But then BAM!, Panic! At The Disco saves the day again. The band released their video, "Ready To Go (Get Me Out Of My Mind)," off of their latest album Vices & Virtues, and all my Mary Poppins dreams came true.

The last time we saw Panic! At The Disco, they got all "Oliver Twist" on us, sporting top hats and three-piece suits in their video for "The Ballad Of Mona Lisa." This time, singer Brendon Urie and drummer Spencer Smith go back in time again, but not quite so far back.

In "Ready To Go," the duo discover a time machine in their rehearsal space that takes them back to a 1950s rockabilly party. Brendon gives us his best Buddy Holly impression before Panic travels further back in time to tend to a very important rooftop chimney sweep dance party (you know, one of those). Their time travel ends with Brendon seriously bringing the moves during a "Singin' In The Rain" style umbrella dance number.

"Ready To Go" is about as fun to watch as it is to listen to (hint: very), and we had no idea Panic! At The Disco were such great dancers! Hey Brendon...call us?

+ Watch Panic! At The Disco's video, "Ready To Go (Get Me Out Of My Mind)" here!

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Panic! At The Disco's "The Ballad Of Mona Lisa," off their Vices & Virtues album, is a harmonic, hard-driving, plucky-percussive salute to the band's past, with a highly theatrical steampunk video that only heightens the single's curious dramatics. But on today's episode of "The Seven," Panic! made it very clear that even without top hats, goggles and corsets tied tight, "The Ballad Of Mona Lisa" was made for the stage, as the band passionately ripped through a menacing version live on MTV.

+ Watch Panic! At The Disco's live performance of "The Ballad Of Mona Lisa" and interview from today's episode of MTV's "The Seven."

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Following the video premiere of "The Ballad Of Mona Lisa" off their upcoming album, Vices & Virtues, Panic! At The Disco's Brendon Urie and Spencer Smith stopped by MTV to showcase their all-growed-up new look, which seemingly borrows equally from The Killers and the movie Newsies. All that's missing are some tilted newsboy caps!

Panic! At The Disco also answered our Buzzworthy questions about the upcoming album, discussed the impetus for "The Ballad Of Mona Lisa" and that pesky exclamation point (and what happened when it disappeared). Of the new album's influences (Peter Gabriel, what up???), the boys shared that we can expect a lot of synth, and a definitive departure from the stuff you heard on previous Panic albums.

And, oh yeah, on the whole boys-wearing-makeup thing? No apologies needed. Apparently, make-up was initially invented for men. So there! The more you know, right?

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In Panic! At The Disco's brand-new video, "The Ballad Of Mona Lisa," the now two-man band seem to, at once, bury their past and revel in it.

As we now know, Panic! At The Disco are a duo, featuring singer Brendon Urie and drummer Spencer Smith. After breaking out with 2005's A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, the band went in a different creative direction with 2008's folksy, classic rock-leaning Pretty. Odd. It was a direction that seemed to suit then-members Ryan Ross and Jon Walker, as they went on to leave the band and form the Young Veins, while Urie and Smith decided to stick it out under the P!ATD banner.

With "The Ballad Of Mona Lisa," the band returns to their roots, both musically and visually. Back is the late 19th-century/early 20th-century/Steampunk/Dickens vibe. Back are the top hats, the elaborate suits and the background characters ripped from "Oliver Twist."

Interestingly enough, "The Ballad Of Mona Lisa" video opens with a shot of top hats -- literally, a hat tip to their "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" video -- and other ephemera covered by cobwebs. And the majority of the action seems to take place during an old-timey-days funeral. So, is Panic! At The Disco burying the past? Burying the hatchet? Or is this a resurrection?

Check out Panic! At The Disco's "The Ballad Of Mona Lisa" below. Vices & Virtues is due out March 29.

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A little while back, in our roundup of the recent goings on with the Decaydance Records stable, we mentioned the new Panic! At The Disco single, "The Ballad Of Mona Lisa." But we really thought that such a momentous occasion as the return of Panic!, albeit with a different lineup, is worthy of its own post.

"The Ballad Of Mona Lisa" is the lead single off of P!ATD's upcoming Vices & Virtues album, due out March 29. Vices will be the first Panic! album released since Ryan Ross and Jon Walker departed from the band to form Young Veins, leaving Brendon Urie and Spencer Smith to carry on under the P!ATD flag. Word around the campfire was their departure was due to those ol' creative differences, with Urie and Smith wanting to explore the polished pop side of things while Ross and Walker leaned toward classic rock.

And "The Ballad Of Mona Lisa" is certainly polished. Perfectly polished, actually. It's also arena-ready, with a pounding beat and a chorus of "whoa-oh's." It's like a louder, more hook-filled version of the sound the band had on A Fever You Can't Sweat Out.

+ Listen to Panic! At The Disco's "The Ballad of Mona Lisa."

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