Twenty One Pilots

Twenty One Pilots Tears Hearts In Louisville • The Louisville Cardinal

... audience. Then they continued the show with their eclectic “Heavydirtysoul.”. Throughout the show, the LED screens behind them projected animations of various art centered around the “Blurryface” album. The sporadic and exhilarating light show was overwhelming but only enhanced the already exciting show. About halfway through, the duo moved to the center stage in the venue’s pit. They slowed it down, singing a heart-wrenching performance of “Cancer” and a medley of songs from previous albums. Later, the group invited the opening acts back on the front stage with them to sing covers of songs from The Black Eyed Peas and Blackstreet. Joseph broke away from his mic plenty of times throughout the night to crowd-surf. At one point, Joseph jumped in a giant inflatable ball and rolled around the pit before settling back on stage to perform “Ride.”. As the concert came to a close, Twenty One Pilots performed their massive hits “Stressed Out,” “Tear In My Heart” and “Car Radio,” causing a final stir of pandemonium in an audience that wasn’t quite ready to go home. After a show with a mix of songs from “Vessels” and “Blurryface,” it seemed like the show was over too soon. Twenty ...

Twenty One Pilots Bring The Fun To New Orleans

... of "Blurryface" with "Message Man" and "Hometown" before "Heathens," the necessarily dark track from the "Suicide Squad" soundtrack that left Dun bouncing like a madman on the stool behind his drum kit. In a show that was at times overtly theatrical, Twenty One Pilots found heartfelt nods to their roots, much like the pantsless Grammys moment, which could have easily been goofy rather than genuine. During a brief set changeover, video boards showed archival footage of the pair in their pre-mega fame days just a few years ago when they were still road-warriors across their home state of Ohio, playing garages and living rooms and tiny festivals, changing their own tires on the side of the road and experimenting with the ski masks that would become their costume calling card. In another such moment, after bringing out openers Judah and the Lion and Jon Bellion, all three groups joined together for several covers. Later, Joseph sent Bellion out to ...

Twenty One Pilots' Emotional Roadshow World Tour

... she says. “The Twenty One Pilots fan has a keen eye, paying close attention to what they see, so efforts we make to enrich the fan experience are not in vain, they are not wasted.”. With a 72-box Meyer Sound LYON linear line array rig, VER Tour Sound has been able to precisely scale the system to fit both the configuration and size of each venue. In addition, the individually addressable, self-powered loudspeakers can adapt coverage to deal with special requirements, such as strict regulations for sound bleed into neighborhoods adjoining outdoor venues. Audio crew chief/system engineer Kenny Sellars of VER spoke about the setup at the Greek Theatre shows. “We have 12 LYON per side on the main hangs, and 12 LYON per side on the side hangs,” he explained. “However, the system expands effortlessly to a full 72-box rig for the tour’s larger venues, where main hangs are 20-deep LYON ...

Twenty One Pilots Get Deep About Dealing With Insecurities & Their Upcoming Australian Shows

... JD: Well, it’s been just over a year or so since we were last there. So, we’ve done this same tour that we’re on now for about a year so we haven’t done this version of this show in Australia yet. So, to even bring that and this set list, fans can probably look forward to some songs that we haven’t played in Australia before which will be really exciting for us. We’ve done the US twice on this tour and this is my favourite tour we’ve ever done. Our last show in the States was six days ago and I’m already ready. It’s already been too long (laughs). MF: I think it’s safe to say your Aussie fans would agree with that. And it’s been around two years since you released Blurryface and it’s obviously been a whirlwind since then, but have you had a chance to work on any new music on the road. JD: A little bit! It’s in the early stages right now. This past tour that we did was pretty time consuming, but Tyler and I love coming up with new stuff. So, there’s times in sound check or in the bus when we come up with different ideas and just get super amped on something. So, we’re kind of in the initial stages right now where we’re coming up ...

Twenty One Pilots Takes Greensboro By Storm

... concerts, I enjoyed the hair-flipping, synchronized dancing and jumping around the stage. Then it was time for Twenty One Pilots to start their set. Joseph and Dun wore black suit pants with red suit jackets and ski masks over their heads. Microphones hung from the ceiling, and the entire arena glowed red. They rocked the house, opening up with “Heavydirtysoul.”. Dun and Joseph both have anxiety when it comes to performing in front of large groups of people. Their music speaks to those who struggle with similar issues. The song “Lane Boy” includes the lyrics “But I know a thing or two about pain and darkness. If it wasn’t for this music, I don’t know how I would’ve fought this.”. A girl in the front of the pit held up a sign that said, “Your music saved my life.” Tears streamed down her face as she sang along. During a set transition, where Dun and Joseph moved to a small stage behind the pit, they played a video of the band from 2011 on the main stage. It showed how far the band has come from their first performances, when they hitched a trailer to the ...

We All Know Adele's Here, But What's The Deal With Twenty One Pilots

... Twenty One Pilots performing Saturday. STEVE MARCUS/REUTERS. Twenty One Pilots are here for two shows in Wellington and Auckland. If you've never heard of the band – and even if you have – we've got what you need to know to become a Twenty One Pilots expert. READ MORE. DO I KNOW ANY OF THEIR SONGS. I'd be very surprised if you didn't! Their song Ride has almost half-a-billion views on You Tube. They also wrote Heathens for the 2016 supervillain blockbuster Suicide Squad. In New Zealand, though they're probably most well know for their single 2015 Stressed Out, that spent more than two months inside our top 10 tracks last year. It also reached number two on Billboard's Hot 100. Twenty One Pilots shot to fame with Blurryface. SO, WHEN DID THEY BECOME A BIG DEAL. They've been around for quite a while, releasing their first self-titled album in 2009. Ad Feedback. That album though, failed to fire. It reached 139 th most popular album in the US while it went under the radar in New Zealand. It wasn't until their 2015 Blurryface album that the band really took off. The 15-track ...

Twenty One Pilots Adored By Sold Out Crowd

... attacked his drum set from the jump and his animated physical bashing was one of the key visual components of the show. The opening song, “Heavydirtysoul,” was a spectacular visual storm with Dun and Joseph dressed in suits and wearing ski masks. It set a high bar – surely two dudes can’t keep this up for the whole night? – that they cleared quirky song after quirky song. Here’s where we marvel how a concert of Twenty One Pilots songs gets one no closer to describing exactly what kind of music the two men play. Indie rock? No guitar solos. Hip-hop? Lots of hip-hop breaks but hardly a consistent feature. Synth pop? Outside of a gorgeous, synth-heavy rendition of “Fairly Local,” not really. When you thought you had the duo pegged and explained, they slipped away. Toward the end, the two opening acts - Jon Bellion and Judah & The Lion - were brought on stage to sing covers – Chumbawumba, House of Pain and Black Eyed Peas got the honors. Suddenly the stage was filled with performers including a banjo-playing man dressed as Santa Claus and somebody dressed as a lobster. It was absurd, goofy, and blissful. It was clear then that whatever is going on with Twenty One Pilots isn’t ...

The Chainsmokers, Drake, Twenty One Pilots Dominate The Iheartmusic Awards

... on. KELSEA BALLERINI awarded COUNTRY ARTIST OF THE YEAR to her tour mate THOMAS RHETT, who performed "Star Of The Show" later on. ED SHEERAN was a winner for BEST LYRICS, with JUSTIN BIEBER and Producer Of The Year BENNY BLANCO for "Love Yourself," proving to be the most unlikely sex symbol in pop with a solo rendition of "Shape Of You," whose refrain, "I'm in love with your body," had his female fans enthralled. That was followed by a full band rendition of the SPRINGSTEEN-ish "Castle on the Hill" that proved one of the evening's highlights. THE CHAINSMOKERS played "Paris" as a duo, then brought on COLDPLAY's CHRIS MARTIN for the new single, "Something Just LIke This," which was recently debuted at the BRIT AWARDS at the O 2 in LONDON. MARTIN ended up in a celebratory scrum in the middle of a throng of fans on the floor for the finale. THE CHAINSMOKERS won DANCE SONG OF THE YEAR,for "Closer," with collaborator HALEY resplendent in a yellow two-piece, featuring a wide belt around her chest. DREW TAGGART and ALEX PAUL thanked COLUMBIA RECORDS GM JOEL KLAIMAN even before their girlfriends. FIFTH HARMONY, now down to a foursome, won the socially voted category of BEST ...

Twenty One Pilots Concert Magical, Promoted Inclusivity

... man, assumed to be Joseph, wearing a signature Twenty One Pilots mask playing the piano on stage. A spotlight abruptly turned to the upper 300 level seating of the arena where the real Joseph appeared, sending the audience into a well-deserved frenzy. Some of the night’s most emotional songs, including “Addict with a Pen” and a cover of My Chemical Romance’s “Cancer,” were played on a makeshift stage at the opposite end of the pit, far from the main stage. The fans weren’t the only ones who felt the magic. “This city is one of the most amazing, alive, magical cities we’ve ever played in,” Joseph said. “We had the honor of walking around not long ago. People always talk about how the music here can affect you and influence you, and I didn’t understand what they meant until today.”. The band’s antics, which included Dun playing the drums on a platform held up by members of the pit and Bellion in a hamster ball, ran rampant until the very end. Even the encore had fans on the edge of their seats, perhaps a little more ...