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A full backing band! A My Chemical Romance cover! Scaled And Icy songs live for the first time! Yep, twenty one pilots' first show back looked like a right treat…
Ahead of their own proper headline 2021/2022 Takeøver Tour, twenty one pilots returned to the stage last night (September 4) to play Milwaukee's huge Summerfest.
Though Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun of course debuted several of their new stage tricks and typically grand plans during the mind-blowing Scaled And Icy livestream earlier in the year, this was the pair's first proper chance to unveil their next era in front of fans… and boy oh boy, did they go all-out.
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twenty one pilots' mammoth 20-song setlist at the American Family Insurance Amphitheater naturally boasted plenty of new tunes from this year's ace Scaled And Icy album, as well as some surprise covers – the biggest and most awesome being a snippet of My Chemical Romance's classic I'm Not Okay during Shy Away.
Elsewhere, Tyler and Josh properly introduced their new backing band to the world, switched things up in terms of Josh's set-staple drum island (which now takes place during Saturday), and just generally boasted an all-new stage show featuring plenty of brighter colours to match the aesthetics of Scaled And Icy. Ooooft!
Here the full setlist (via setlist.fm):
1. Good Day (live debut; first verse and chorus)
Dema Commercial
2. No Chances (live debut)
3. Stressed Out
4. Morph / Holding On To You
5. Heathens
6. The Outside (with backing band introductions)
7. Message Man (first time live since 2017)
Clancy Letter / Stay Low Intro
8. Lane Boy (with snippets of Nico And The Niners and Redecorate)
9. Chlorine
10. Mulberry Street (with Sing It Out intro)
11. Formidable / Doubt / Tear in My Heart (acoustic; live debut of Formidable)
12. I Can See Clearly Now / Home / My Girl / House Of Gold / We Don't Believe What's On TV (acoustic; Johnny Nash, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, and The Temptations covers)
13. Jumpsuit (with Halo Rock intro)
14. Heavydirtysoul (shortened)
15. Saturday (with drum island)
16. Level Of Concern (with Low Rider by WAR intro; shortened)
17. Ride (crowd stand; shortened)
18. Car Radio (without backing band)
19. Shy Away (with TMNT intro and snippet of I'm Not Okay by My Chemical Romance)
20. Trees (without backing band)
Check out some official snaps from the show from Summerfest and TOP:
And plenty of amazing fan-shot pics and videos:
Catch twenty one pilots on the Takeøver Tour at the following:
September 2021
21 Denver Bluebird Theater
22 Denver Ogden Theatre
23 Denver Mission Ballroom
25 Denver Ball Arena
28 Los Angeles Troubadour
29 Los Angeles Wiltern
30 Los Angeles Greek Theatre
October 2021
2 Forum
12 Chicago Bottom Lounge
13 Chicago House Of Blues
14 Chicago Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
16 Chicago United Centre
18 Boston Paradise Rock Club
19 Boston House Of Blues
20 Boston Agganis Arena
23 Boston TD Garden
29 Columbus Nationwide Arena
30 Columbus Nationwide Arena
November 2021
2 Atlanta Center Stage
3 Atlanta Tabernacle
4 Atlanta Coca-Cola Roxy
6 Atlanta State Fram Arena
June 2022
21 London Camden Assembly
22 London O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
23 London O2 Academy Brixton
25 London SSE Arena, Wembley