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The Bandito Tour (stylized as THE BANDITØ TØUR) is an ongoing tour by the American musical duo Twenty One Pilots, in support of their fifth studio album Trench (2018). The tour began at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee on October 16, 2018, and will continue through to June 30, 2019, ending at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

Background and promotion

On July 11, 2018, Twenty One Pilots ended their hiatus by releasing two singles, "Jumpsuit" and "Nico and the Niners". The same day both their album, Trench, and its accompanying tour, The Bandito Tour, were announced. It was later revealed that indie rock musician Max Frost and electronic rock band Awolnation would join the band for the first North American leg of the tour. Due to overwhelming demand, the band added a second North American leg to their tour including shows in Canada, Mexico and the band's hometown, Columbus.

The band is currently documenting the tour through a series of videos including rehearsals for the tour, as well as clips from the tour itself.

Concert synopsis

The Bandito Tour is set in three parts: an opening on the "A-stage" followed by a performance on the "B-stage" and concludes with an encore. The show begins with Josh Dun, alone on stage, his face obscured by a yellow bandana and holding a lit torch. As he sits down at the drums, Tyler Joseph rises from below the stage onto a burning car and begins singing "Jumpsuit" followed by "Levitate". During "Fairly Local", Joseph seemingly falls on stage, only to appear a few seconds later in the upper bowl before removing his ski mask. The band then plays their breakthrough single, "Stressed Out", followed by "Heathens", on which Joseph plays a piano intro. The duo then plays "We Don't Believe What's on TV" and "The Judge", Joseph dressed in a floral kimono, before performing "Lane Boy" during which two masked men run on stage to shower the crowd with smoke. Joseph sings and walks across a suspended sky bridge to the b-stage while singing "Nico and the Niners".

Joseph sits down at the piano to play "Taxi Cab" and "Neon Gravestones" before singing "Bandito" with the crowd. He then walks back on to the bridge singing "Pet Cheetah" and incites the crowd to jump around to the beat. During "Holding on to You", Joseph raps the first verse held up by the front row of the crowd before Dun performs his trademark backflip off the piano. The band then perform two covers, "Iris" and "Hey Jude", joined by support Awolnation and Max Frost during the first North American leg. After singing "Ride", Joseph divides the crowd in half during "My Blood" to sing along to the falsetto chorus of the song. The band then performs "Morph" while crowd surfing. Joseph climbs and stands on top of a narrow scaffolding tower during "Car Radio", before leaving the stage. They return for the encore, performing the final track off the tour's associated album "Leave the City" before singing the show's final song "Trees", as is traditional during the band's tours.

Reception

First North American leg

Gab Ginsberg, writing for Billboard, called the show a "must-see" following the band's performance at Madison Square Garden in New York City, saying "From gravity-defying jumps and flips, to sprinting around and under the arena, Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun continue to prove that they're one of the hardest-working — and most athletic — bands out there." Forbes' Steve Baltin also gave the tour a positive review following the band's performance at The Forum in Inglewood, calling the duo "such a vital band for rock", writing "The show ended, as it has for the past few years, with the moving "Trees," which involves the whole audience singing along. It's a powerful moment that encapsulates everything that makes Twenty One Pilots so special — the connection with the audience, the songs and the passion of everyone involved." Various local reviews were similarly positive.

Australian leg

Mark Beresford of The Music gave the band's show at the RAC Arena in Perth a positive review, saying "this band is a live act who only care about one thing when performing, which is to outshine even the loftiest expectations, and based on the deafening screams from the Perth fans, they’ve nailed it." Stuff's Melanie Earley was similarly positive and said "Twenty One Pilots have helped to bring hope to an entire room full of people, and within there lies the real magic."

Commercial reception

The first North American leg grossed 10.2 million dollars, averaging 12,597 tickets sold and $929,070 per show

Set list

The band did a Reddit Q&A before their performance at the 2018 AMAs and implied that a song from their self-titled album, "Taxi Cab", as well as covers of the Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris" and the Beatles' "Hey Jude" would be on the tour set list.

This set list is from the concert on October 30, 2018 at Madison Square Garden. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour.

A-stage

1. "Jumpsuit"
2. "Levitate"
3. "Fairly Local"
4. "Stressed Out"
5. "Heathens"
6. "We Don't Believe What's on TV"
7. "The Judge"
8. "Lane Boy"
9. "Nico and the Niners"

B-stage

10. "Taxi Cab"
11. "Neon Gravestones"
12. "Bandito"
13. "Pet Cheetah"

A-stage

14. "Holding on to You"
15. "Iris" (Goo Goo Dolls cover; with Awolnation and Max Frost)
16. "Hey Jude" (the Beatles cover; with Awolnation and Max Frost)
17. "Ride"
18. "My Blood"
19. "Morph"
20. "Car Radio"

Encore

21. "Leave the City"
22. "Trees"

This set list is from the concert on December 21, 2018 at Spark Arena. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour.

1. "Jumpsuit"
2. "Levitate"
3. "Fairly Local"
4. "Today Is Your Day"
5. "Stressed Out"
6. "Heathens"
7. "We Don't Believe What's on TV"
8. "Can't Help Falling in Love" (Elvis Presley cover)
9. "The Judge"
10. "Lane Boy"
11. "Nico and the Niners"
12. "Taxi Cab"
13. "Neon Gravestones"
14. "Pet Cheetah"
15. "Holding on to You"
16. "Ride"
17. "My Blood"
18. "Morph"
19. "Car Radio"

Encore

20. "Leave the City"
21. "Trees"

Tour dates

Notes

1. This concert is part of iHeartRadio's ALTer Ego 2019 concert.
2. This concert is part of Lollapalooza Argentina.
3. This concert is part of Lollapalooza Chile.
4. This concert is part of Asunciónico.
5. This concert is part of Estéreo Picnic Festival.
6. This concert is part of Lollapalooza Brasil.
7. This concert is part of Sziget Festival.
8. This concert is part of Reading and Leeds Festivals.
9. This concert is part of Reading and Leeds Festivals.

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External links

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Studio albums	Twenty One Pilots Regional at Best Vessel Blurryface Trench Scaled and Icy Clancy
Singles	"Holding On to You" "Guns for Hands" "Lovely" "House of Gold" "Fake You Out" "Car Radio" "Fairly Local" "Tear in My Heart" "Stressed Out" "Lane Boy" "Ride" "Heathens" "Heavydirtysoul" "Jumpsuit" "Nico and the Niners" "Levitate" "My Blood" "Chlorine" "The Hype" "Level of Concern" "Christmas Saves the Year" "Shy Away" "Choker" "Saturday" "The Outside" "Overcompensate" "Next Semester" "Backslide" "The Craving" "The Line"
Promotional singles	"Ode to Sleep" "We Don't Believe What's on TV" "Cancer" "Morph"
Other songs	"Johnny Boy" "The Judge" "Neon Gravestones"
Tours	Quiet Is Violent World Tour Emotional Roadshow World Tour The Bandito Tour Takeover Tour The Icy Tour
Related	Discography Awards and nominations List of songs recorded by Twenty One Pilots
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