OAKLAND – I chime in with a haven’t you people ever heard of…Panic! At The Disco?

At their concert on Feb. 15, this pop punk band took the stage after two warm-up bands. Their opening song was “Vegas Lights,” and crowds screamed the opening words of the one-to-ten and ten-to-one Sesame Street countdown featured at the start and before its chorus.

Front man Brendon Urie stepped out in an eye-catching golden suit and leather pants while bass guitarist Dallon Weekes, drummer Spencer Smith, and guitarist Kenneth Harris were adorned in simple black suits. The backdrop appropriately showcased screens with firework projections and a showy yellow and white laser light display.

The mosh pit was in full rhythmic push for this opener. I had the pleasure of standing eight people back from the front of the stage toward the center of the crowd, and with each syllable of the first five songs or so, the crowds would literally push one another to the beat of the song.

A highlight of the show was  the single “This is Gospel” from their newest album “Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die! (TWTLTRTD!)” Urie swaggered around stage playing the guitar as the backdrop flashed a magnificent array of blinding blue lights and stained glass windows. Three powerfully dramatic columns of smoke erupted during each chorus.

The song “Miss Jackson,” also from “TWTLTRTD!,” was definitely one of the loudest and most climactic songs of the concert. Fans sang at the top of their lungs in a chorus of “ooohh”’s and “hey”’s.

Just when you thought the song would come to a close, everything stopped for a moment and went pitch black. Suddenly, red lights flashed back on, building anticipation, and Urie flawlessly performed his signature back flip.

In a lot of “TWTLTRTD!,” Panic! experimented with an electronica sound and dabbled with various sound effects. The album drew in inspiration from 80’s synth pop, hip-hop, and themes from Urie and Smith’s hometown of Las Vegas.

The rowdiness simmered down with the next two more earthy songs: “Nine in the Afternoon” and “The End of All Things.” For the first, Urie played the piano as waves of arms and iPhones caressed the air harmoniously. In “The End of All Things,” the crowd seemed to freeze in place, charmingly enchanted.

Several songs later came the big finale, “Nearly Witches (Ever Since We Met).” Urie brandished out an impressive falsetto during the third verse of this song, and the ending verse relied heavily on audience participation.

But the concert didn’t end there. Fans screeched, clapped, and cheered for an encore, and Panic! came back out on stage for three more songs. But this time, Urie was shirtless, making the audience go ballistic.

First up was the song “Girls/Girls/Boys.” Urie danced with the seductive choreography of this song’s music video, as if it were being shot at that instant.

Next, Urie presented those in the audience who follow him on Vine with a rendition of his “Positive Hardcore Thursday,” in which he belts out nothing but positive lyrics in screamo style.

The very last song of the evening was Panic!’s classic, “I Write Sins Not Tragedies,” from their first album, “A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out.” Back then, the concerts had a rare dark vaudevillian theme to it.

Their second album “Pretty. Odd.” came with a new mellow sound. Some fan favorites from this album include “Nine in the Afternoon,” and “That Green Gentleman”.

Concerts for “Pretty. Odd.” had a flora and fauna flare to them rather than the more modern and flamboyant themes displayed by their “TWTLTRTD!” Tour.

Urie and Weekes paraded about nearly every inch of the stage, including the two platforms that jutted out into the audience.

Urie proceeded to execute the second back flip of the night mid-way through the song, and Weekes did a stunning high jump-kick with his bass guitar.

All the while, fans reminiscently sang their hearts out to the iconic lyrics from 2006’s “I Write Sins Not Tragedies.”

I would have liked to see more unique themes from past concerts. But considering  sound quality, smoke columns, screen projections, and magnificent light display, I can honestly say that this was the best concert I’ve ever attended.