The Nintendo Fusion Tour isn’t just a vehicle for major bands like Fall Out Boy and Motion City Soundtrack; it’s also a chance for young bands to show rock fans what they’re made of. One of these bands is Las Vegas’s Panic! At the Disco, which is on the tour in support of its first album, “A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out.”

Pulse caught up with guitarist Ryan Ross to discuss the pressures of being an opening act, van problems and unconventional uses of baby powder.

Joshua Haun: How’s the tour going so far?

Ryan Ross: It’s good; we only have about nine days left.

JH: I read on your Web site that you guys have had some van trouble. What happened there?

RR: We were driving from Seattle to Salt Lake City and we broke down, and I guess our engine block cracked and we were either going to have to get a new engine or a new van, so we decided to get a new van. We were stuck in a small town in Oregon for, like, three days.

JH: What did you guys do there?

RR: Pretty much just sat in the hotel room and walked to Wal-Mart, like, eight times.

JH: Other than that, what is the craziest thing that has happened to you guys on tour?

RR: Well, this tour has been pretty calm, I guess. Last tour, the last night of it, we were playing our last song and all the bands came up and taped us up and sprayed us with shaving cream and unplugged our amps. That was kind of crazy, but I don’t know – nothing like that on this tour. We’ll see about the last night; hopefully nothing like that happens again.

JH: Did you take the prank in a good-natured way or were you mad?

RR: Oh, no, it was good and we got them back.

JH: What did you do to get back at them?

RR: When The Receiving End of Sirens played – they did the most of it – so when they were on their last song we had a whole bunch of baby powder and threw it all over them. But it ended up getting all over us, too, so it didn’t really work out. But it was still fun.

JH: You guys are playing first on this tour. Do you feel any pressure being the opening band?

RR: Not really. It’s just kind of fun to play to people that may not have heard us before; hopefully they like it and are kinda surprised because people have an idea that every time you go to a concert the opening band is gonna be horrible. So hopefully it’s not like that.

JH: A lot of the dates on this tour have been sold out. What makes this tour and style of music so appealing to rock fans?

RR: I don’t know. I mean, I guess it’s a thing where a lot of the big rock bands, especially now that you hear on the radio and stuff, are really uninspiring and all kind of sound the same. I think … kids want to hear something a little bit different, and I guess it’s something that a lot of people could get into.