On Friday, August 9th, Twenty One Pilots showed up for their headlining set at Outside Lands, packed with energy, adrenaline and some mild explosives.
The duo made their entrance by striding in front of a sedan completely engulfed in flames. Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun wasted no time in getting San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park on their level, emotionally and otherwise. “Jumpsuit” and “Levitate,” the first two tracks off their 2018 album Trench, led off the set, and Joseph rolled out a “Fur Elise” classical intro for “Heathens.”
They were clearly eager to get to the crowdpleaser ASAP, and fans matched Joseph for every word of the sing-song chorus as the visuals threw him and Dun under splashes of neon green and purple — the Joker’s signature colors for the Suicide Squad soundtrack smash, naturally.
The pair then encouraged the crowd to get rowdy and physical, too. During “Ride” Joseph goaded hundreds of festival-goers to climb up onto the shoulders of the person next to them, a stunt he’s honed on the road, and “My Blood” devolved into madness as the band had the camera crew spotlight the dance moves of security, who then lined up with Joseph and Dun and hopped from right to left as one goofy, quick-stepping unit.
Twenty Pilots may have torched a vehicle and turned their stage into a hazardous zone, but given the glowing faces of their fans, it’s safe to say they hardly crashed and burned at Outside Lands.
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