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Twenty One Pilots’ Bandito Tour ft MisterWives Review

Columbus, ohio based duo twenty one pilots have quickly become one of the biggest names in alternative music, and there’s been even more hype (see what I did there?) about them with their latest album, “Trench,” which dropped last year. They did a headlining tour in support of it last year, which I attended, and I couldn’t resist the opportunity to see them again when they announced a return to Denver as part of an additional leg of this tour.

Opening up the night was NYC based band Misterwives, who combine influences of pop, alternative, dance, soul and folk music. I’ve seen them live once before when they opened for Panic! At The Disco a few years ago, and was just as impressed by them this time around. The band opened with their latest singles “The End” and “whywhywhy,” (as well as adding in “Coloring Outside The Lines from their sophomore album “Connect The Dots” in between the two new singles), followed by an unreleased song called “Find My Way Home,” and a cover of the very popular “Truth Hurts” by hip hop artist Lizzo, and the set was closed out with “Reflections” and “Our Own House” from the band’s debut with the same title as that last track. The band brought so much energy all throughout their set, were so much fun to watch, and I think they put on a great opening set.

Twenty One Pilots finally took the stage in the arena they headlined almost a year ago, and these two really know how to put on a show and captivate the audience. Their set opened with “Jumpsuit,” (same as on the last tour), followed by “Levitate,” both of which are from their latest album “Trench.” Towards the end of that second song, frontman Tyler Joseph grabbed a tambourine from his jacket to use during their third song, “Heavydirtysoul” from 2015’s “Blurryface.” The band involves their fans quite a lot throughout their shows, and one way they did so on this tour was by recording clips of the fans who camped outside throughout the day singing the beginning of their fourth song, “The Hype,” and using that as the intro for the song when they performed it by playing these clips on the giant screens in the arena. A ukelele was incorporated into the performance during “Lane Boy,” and the due added their hits “Stressed Out” and “Heathens” into the set before they walked over to the B-stage towards the end of “Nico & The Niners.” In this area of the venue, they played “Smithereens,” “Tear In My Heart,” “Bandito,” a partial version of “Migraine,” and some of “Pet Cheetah” before walking back to main stage and finishing the song there.

Two more fan interactions happened around this point in the set, as the crowd held up Tyler for a portion of “Holding On To You,” and drummer Josh Dun did the same for a drum solo at the end of “Morph,” and another highlight around this point in the set was when MisterWives joined the duo to perform “Cut My Lip” together. After “Holding On To You” finished, musician Dr. Blum played the trumpet during “Fall Away,” followed by the band playing three of their biggest songs: “Ride,” “My Blood,” and “Car Radio.” The encore began with a karaoke version of “Truce” playing with the lyrics displayed on the screen in the arena, as tens of thousands of fans sang along to every meaningful lyric. One final song off of “Trench” was played (“Chlorine”) before the set concluded with “Trees,” the song that the band have finished their live sets out with for many years, and it’s such a fun song to hear live.

Both of the bands on this tour put on phenomenal performances and this show of the Bandito tour might have been one of the most fun shows I’ve attended this year.

10/27/19 @ Pepsi Center, Denver, CO

Review by : Megan Langley | Instagram

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