Panic! At The Disco's Brent Wilson has told MTV that he was sacked from the group, and did not, as band-mates claimed at the time, make an amicable departure. As previously reported, a statement on the band's website last month read: "We regret to inform you that Brent is no longer a part of Panic! At The Disco, and although this choice does feel very healthy, he is a great friend of ours and he will definitely be missed. We all wish him well and the best of luck in everything he wants to do in the future".
Wilson has now said that in fact he was fired the night before he was due to leave for a gig in California, receiving the news via a phone call from drummer Spencer Smith. The bassist said: "We were about to start a tour where the band would've been bringing home around $300,000, or something like $50,000 apiece, and basically they kicked me out, so the question about money goes through my head a lot."
The band have responded to those comments, saying that he did not in fact play on their record, 'A Fever You Can't Sweat Out' or write any of the bass parts for it. The aforementioned Spencer Smith said: "We made the decision based on Brent's lack of responsibility and the fact that he wasn't progressing musically with the band. We are basically breaking even with the amount of money it is costing us to put on the show that we want to put on."