Emotional Roadshow World Tour

Emotional Roadshow World Tour

Tour by Twenty One Pilots
Promotional Poster for the tour
Associated album	Blurryface
Start date	May 31, 2016
End date	April 8, 2017
Legs	4
No. of shows	86 in North America 21 in Europe 7 in Oceania 114 total
Twenty One Pilots concert chronology

Emotional Roadshow World Tour, stylized as EMØTIØNAL RØADSHØW WØRLD TØUR,^[1] is a headlining concert tour by American musical duo Twenty One Pilots in support of their album Blurryface. The tour began on May 31, 2016, in Cincinnati at the U.S. Bank Arena, and is scheduled to conclude on April 8, 2017, in Perth at the Perth Arena.

Background and development

On October 26, 2015, the tour was first announced with dates starting in Cincinnati going through New York City.^[2] On May 9, 2016, more tour dates were announced that includes Europe, more North America, and Oceania dates.^[3]

Concert synopsis

The show begins with an introduction of "Fairly Local" before the band takes the stage in ski masks and red suits and go straight into "Heavydirtysoul". Throughout the show, large LED screens show hi-def animations unique to each song. Tyler Joseph performs fan favorite "Migraine", followed by "Hometown", during which he is placed under a sheet, vanishes, and reappears in the crowd to finish the song. The pair then plays an assortment of their recent tracks, including their soundtrack hit "Heathens". A performance of "Lane Boy" is accompanied by the word "success" flashing on the screen behind the pair, who quickly depart the main stage after the song to change into skeleton sweatshirts and run to a satellite stage with an LED floor in the middle of the general admission area. The duo sings a medley of older songs, including "Ode to Sleep", "Johnny Boy", "March to the Sea", "Fall Away", "The Pantaloon", "Forest" and "Kitchen Sink"; Tyler sits cross-legged on the floor staring down at his feet as he sang lines from "Addict with a Pen".

Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun return to the main stage and play on a tiny drum kit and keyboard platform at the edge of audience for "Doubt". Joseph enters the crowd to sing the opening verse of "Holding On to You", while Dun backflips off of the piano during the bridge. Joseph invites out openers Mutemath and Chef'Special for a series of covers. The now-nine piece band hit "Twist and Shout", then a quick bit of Justin Bieber's "Love Yourself", Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On", and a hyped snippet of House of Pain's "Jump Around". After performing the covers, the duo performs their biggest radio hits, "Ride" and "Stressed Out". Tyler crawls into a red blow-up hamster ball for "Guns for Hands". They then play "Tear In My Heart" before Joseph ends the show by climbing the stage scaffolding during a performance of "Car Radio".

For the encore, the duo first performs "Goner". Tyler will usually thank the audience for coming to the show and give a brief speech about the show. The final song, "Trees", ends with the pair bashing drums while riding atop the crowd. Joseph and Dun bow and thank the audience with the sign-off "We are Twenty One Pilots, and so are you".^[4]

Set list

This set list is representative of the show on May 31, 2016, in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour.^[5][6]

Before Medley

1. "Fairly Local" (Intro)
2. "Heavydirtysoul"
3. "Migraine"
4. "Hometown"
5. "Polarize"
6. "We Don't Believe What's on TV" / "House of Gold"
7. "The Judge"
8. "Lane Boy"
9. "Ode to Sleep"

B-Stage Medley

10. "The Pantaloon"
11. "Fall Away"
12. "Johnny Boy"
13. "Forest"
14. "Addict with a Pen"
15. "March to the Sea"
16. "Kitchen Sink"

After Medley

17. "Doubt"
18. "Holding On to You"
19. "Twist and Shout" (The Top Notes cover; with Mutemath & Chef'Special)
20. "Love Yourself" (Justin Bieber cover; with Mutemath & Chef'Special)
21. "Jump Around" (House of Pain cover; with Mutemath & Chef'Special)
22. "Ride"
23. "Stressed Out"
24. "Guns for Hands"
25. "Tear in My Heart"
26. "Car Radio"

Encore

27. "Goner"
28. "Trees"

Notes 

• During the show in Rosement, Twenty One Pilots performed a Celine Dion cover of "My Heart Will Go On". It was then added to the set list thereafter.
• During the show in Camden, Twenty One Pilots dedicated "Doubt" to Christina Grimmie. Grimmie died on June 10, 2016, of gunshot wounds inflicted in an attack following her concert performance in Orlando.^[7]
• During the show in Charlotte, NC on June 28, 2016 Twenty One Pilots replaced "Doubt" on their set list with their newest release "Heathens".
• During their performance at the Reading and Leeds Festival on August 26, 2016, as Tyler Joseph attempted a crowd surf, he was abruptly attacked by the crowd and pulled under as various possessions of his were stolen and clothes were ripped. Once Joseph made it safely to an elevated platform, he bluntly called out to fellow band mate Josh Dun, "We've gotta be done. That's it". They had to end the set without playing the grand finale "Trees", as they were 10 minutes over the amount of time they were meant to be on stage.^[8]

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, tickets sold, amount of available tickets and gross revenue

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts	Attendance	Revenue
North America – Leg 1[1][4][9][10]
May 31, 2016	Cincinnati	United States	U.S. Bank Arena	Mutemath Chef'Special	N/A	N/A
June 1, 2016	Pittsburgh		Stage AE		5,200 / 5,200	$205,400
June 3, 2016	Clarkston		DTE Energy Music Theatre		N/A	N/A
June 4, 2016	Grand Rapids		Van Andel Arena		10,304 / 10,416	$353,140
June 5, 2016	Rosemont		Allstate Arena		N/A	N/A
June 7, 2016	Toronto	Canada	Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
June 8, 2016	Cleveland	United States	Wolstein Center
June 10, 2016	Columbia		Merriweather Post Pavilion
June 11, 2016[lower-alpha 1]	Camden		BB&T Pavilion		23,157 / 25,000	$791,117
June 12, 2016	Portsmouth		Portsmouth Pavilion		N/A	N/A
June 14, 2016	Boston		Agganis Arena
June 15, 2016
June 17, 2016	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun Arena		6,229 / 6,312	$308,336
June 18, 2016	Gilford		Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion		8,320 / 8,320	$333,573
June 19, 2016	Hershey		Hersheypark Stadium		N/A	N/A
June 21, 2016	Buffalo		Canalside
June 28, 2016	Charlotte		Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre
June 29, 2016	Raleigh		Red Hat Amphitheater
July 1, 2016	Orlando		Amway Center		11,653 / 11,653	$420,639
July 2, 2016	Sunrise		BB&T Center		11,705 / 11,916	$393,775
July 3, 2016	St. Augustine		St. Augustine Amphitheatre		N/A	N/A
July 5, 2016	The Woodlands		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion		15,556 / 15,950	$360,149
July 6, 2016	Austin		Austin360 Amphitheater		12,914 / 13,164	$360,230
July 8, 2016	Allen		Allen Event Center		N/A	N/A
July 9, 2016	Oklahoma City		The Zoo Amphitheatre
July 10, 2016	Kansas City		Sprint Center	N/A	12,652 / 17,225	$437,425
July 12, 2016	Morrison		Red Rocks Amphitheatre	Mutemath Chef'Special	N/A	N/A
July 13, 2016
July 15, 2016	Las Vegas		The Joint	N/A	4,317 / 4,317	$204,814
July 16, 2016	Salt Lake City		Vivint Smart Home Arena	Mutemath Chef'Special	N/A	N/A
July 18, 2016	Seattle		WaMu Theater
July 19, 2016	Portland		Moda Center
July 21, 2016	Berkeley		Hearst Greek Theatre		17,000 / 17,000	$767,880
July 22, 2016
July 23, 2016	Inglewood		The Forum		12,648 / 12,648	$537,060
July 24, 2016	San Diego		Viejas Arena		N/A	N/A
July 26, 2016	Phoenix		Talking Stick Resort Arena		12,552 / 12,894	$424,747
July 28, 2016	Lincoln		Pinewood Bowl Amphitheater		N/A	N/A
July 29, 2016	Saint Paul		Xcel Energy Center		13,581 / 14,255	$428,475
July 30, 2016	Milwaukee		BMO Harris Pavilion	Vinyl Theatre Chef'Special	N/A	N/A
July 31, 2016	Indianapolis		Bankers Life Fieldhouse	Mutemath Chef'Special	11,691 / 12,002	$389,419
August 2, 2016	St. Louis		Scottrade Center		N/A	N/A
August 3, 2016	Rogers		Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion
August 5, 2016	Orange Beach		The Amphitheater at The Wharf		9,573 / 9,573	$324,178
August 6, 2016	Duluth		Infinite Energy Arena		9,767 / 9,767	$391,115
August 7, 2016	Nashville		Ascend Amphitheater		N/A	N/A
August 10, 2016	New York City		Madison Square Garden		24,661 / 24,661	$1,184,446
August 11, 2016
September 30, 2016	Mexico City	Mexico	Palacio de los Deportes	N/A	—	—
Europe – Leg 2[1]
October 22, 2016	Moscow	Russia	Sokol Music Hall	N/A	—	—
October 23, 2016	Saint Petersburg		Ice Palace		—	—
October 25, 2016	Helsinki	Finland	Helsinki Ice Hall	Bry	—	—
October 27, 2016	Stockholm	Sweden	Annexet		—	—
October 29, 2016	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum		—	—
October 30, 2016	Frederiksberg	Denmark	Falkonersalen		—	—
October 31, 2016	Hamburg	Germany	Alsterdorfer Sporthalle		—	—
November 2, 2016	Berlin		Max-Schmeling-Halle		—	—
November 3, 2016	Warsaw	Poland	Torwar Hall		—	—
November 4, 2016	Prague	Czech Republic	Tipsport Arena		—	—
November 5, 2016	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle		—	—
November 7, 2016	Milan	Italy	Mediolanum Forum		—	—
November 8, 2016	Munich	Germany	Zenith Munich		—	—
November 9, 2016	Düsseldorf		Mitsubishi Electric Halle		—	—
November 11, 2016	London	England	Alexandra Palace		—	—
November 13, 2016
November 15, 2016	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Heineken Music Hall		—	—
November 16, 2016	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National		—	—
November 17, 2016	Paris	France	Zénith de Paris		—	—
North America – Leg 3[1]
January 17, 2017	Providence	United States	Dunkin' Donuts Center	Jon Bellion	—	—
January 18, 2017	Bridgeport		Webster Bank Arena		—	—
January 20, 2017	Brooklyn		Barclays Center		—	—
January 21, 2017	Newark		Prudential Center		—	—
January 22, 2017	Charlottesville		John Paul Jones Arena		—	—
January 24, 2017	Allentown		PPL Center		—	—
January 25, 2017	Albany		Times Union Center		—	—
January 27, 2017	Pittsburgh		PPG Paints Arena		—	—
January 28, 2017	Chicago		United Center		—	—
January 29, 2017	Moline		iWireless Center		—	—
January 31, 2017	Madison		Veterans Memorial Coliseum		—	—
February 1, 2017	Omaha		CenturyLink Center Omaha		—	—
February 3, 2017	Wichita		Intrust Bank Arena		—	—
February 4, 2017	Sioux Falls		Denny Sanford Premier Center		—	—
February 7, 2017	Bozeman		Brick Breeden Fieldhouse		—	—
February 8, 2017	Boise		Taco Bell Arena		—	—
February 10, 2017	San Jose		SAP Center		—	—
February 11, 2017	Sacramento		Golden 1 Center		—	—
February 14, 2017	Fresno		Save Mart Center		—	—
February 15, 2017	Anaheim		Honda Center		—	—
February 16, 2017
February 18, 2017	Las Vegas		Mandalay Bay Events Center		—	—
February 19, 2017	Tucson		Tucson Arena		—	—
February 21, 2017	Tulsa		BOK Center		Sold-Out	—
February 22, 2017	Dallas		American Airlines Center		—	—
February 24, 2017	Birmingham		Legacy Arena		—	—
February 25, 2017	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum Complex		—	—
February 26, 2017	North Charleston		North Charleston Coliseum		—	—
February 28, 2017	Tampa		Amalie Arena		—	—
March 2, 2017	New Orleans		Smoothie King Center		—	—
March 3, 2017	North Little Rock		Verizon Arena		—	—
March 4, 2017	Memphis		FedExForum		—	—
March 5, 2017	Louisville		KFC Yum! Center		—	—
Oceania – Leg 4[1]
March 24, 2017	Wellington	New Zealand	TSB Bank Arena	N/A	—	—
March 25, 2017	Auckland		Vector Arena		—	—
March 27, 2017	Brisbane	Australia	Brisbane Entertainment Centre		—	—
March 29, 2017	Adelaide		Adelaide Entertainment Centre		—	—
March 31, 2017	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena		—	—
April 1, 2017	Sydney		Qudos Bank Arena		—	—
April 8, 2017	Perth		Perth Arena		—	—
Total					234,144 / 243,273 (97.1%)	$8,636,867

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

Date	City	Country	Venue	Festival[1]
August 26, 2016	Reading	England	Little John's Farm	Reading and Leeds Festivals
August 27, 2016	Leeds		Bramham Park
September 3, 2016[11]	Edmonton	Canada	Borden Park	Sonic Boom
September 4, 2016[11]	Calgary		Fort Calgary	X-Fest
September 17, 2016[12]	Atlanta	United States	Piedmont Park	Music Midtown
September 23, 2016[13]	Las Vegas		T-Mobile Arena	2016 iHeartRadio Music Festival
October 1, 2016[14]	Monterrey	Mexico	Parque Fundidora	Live Out 2016
May 19-21, 2017[15]	Gulf Shores	United States	Gulf Shores Beach	Hangout Music Festival

Notes

1. The concert on June 11, 2016 at BB&T Pavilion in Camden is part of Radio 104.5'S 9th birthday celebration.

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