Twenty One Pilots & Dayglow
September 20, 2025
Budweiser Stage, Toronto, ON
The only band ever, Twenty One Pilots, performed to a sold-out Budweiser Stage for the extension of their Clancy tour in support of the release of Breach, the penultimate album in the Clancy saga. I’m sure Toronto’s skeleton clique was appreciative that they decided to play two shows here before taking their next hiatus.
Dayglow, the indie pop project of Texas musician Sloan Christian Struble, opened the show with his vibrant, danceable sound. Once a one-man bedroom project, he now performs with a full band, bringing joyful energy to the stage.
It was so clear to see how much love and attention was put into the show to make sure everyone in every corner of the venue had an incredible experience.
Something as simple as lead singer Tyler Joseph lifting his right hand while addressing the left half of the audience shows how, on the smallest level as well, the show is audience-focused.
The show started out with a spotlight on drummer Josh Dun as he played the intro to “Overcompensate,” until the end of the intro where Tyler vaults over the piano onto the center of the stage—an absolutely explosive way to start a show and a staple opening for the Clancy tour the past year.
Tyler then picks up a tripod, sets it up in the middle of the stage, and mounts a camera on it that’s connected to the live feed of the venue. The band then plays “The Contract” and “RAWFEAR” with Tyler performing to the camera on stage, seemingly so that everyone watching the show on the large screens feels like he’s performing to them.
The video feed and audio then cut to footage of fans singing “House of Gold” outside the venue that was filmed and edited earlier in the day. Last year for the Clancy tour, fans sang “The Judge.”
Next up, they played “House of Gold” and “Tear in My Heart,” two crowd favorites where everyone sang along.
The next song on the set was “Backslide,” which had Tyler sitting on a chair in the middle of the stage to mimic the music video.
Next up was “Lane Boy.” Tyler got on a platform held up by the crowd on the floor, with all of the hazmat imagery that goes hand in hand with the song.
They then played “Shy Away,” which started with Josh and Tyler face to face, Josh with a drum pad and Tyler with a synth. Then, “Heathens” with Tyler giving fans instructions to sing “watch it” when prompted by the screens.
The last song on the main stage for this segment was “Next Semester,” where Josh played the intro on the keys by his drum kit.
Josh then heads to the B stage, greeting the fans on his walk to the back of the venue by the lawn (where Bandito Camp tents were set up).
The B stage consisted of a drum kit and the car from the “Heavy Dirty Soul” music video that had pyro built into it.
This segment starts off with “Routines in the night” while Tyler walks through the aisles on his way to the B stage, mimicking their performance on The Tonight Show.
They then played “Message Man,” “Pet Cheetah,” “Polarize,” and “Chlorine.”
Tyler makes his way back to the main stage during “Chlorine,” stopping to sing the last chorus with fans. Josh, as torchbearer, lights his torch using the fire that engulfed the car on stage, picks up a flag with Toronto written on it and had fan signatures on it as he walked back to the main stage while the instrumental music that played during the original Clancy tour while torchbearer hands Clancy the jacket rings out. He then places the flag on the drum kit while Dema burns on set.
Tyler then reappears on stage with the iconic trench coat. They perform “Jumpsuit,” “Nico and the Niners,” “Heavy Dirty Soul,” and “The Line.”
Tyler then plays “Garbage” on the piano with the Doubt mask lying on it. They play the demo version of “Doubt.”
Next up was “Ride.” Tyler walks through the crowd and stops at two mini-stages while looking for a young fan to sing on stage. He then locks in on Holden who joins him on stage, looks at the crowd, introduces himself, and performs with Tyler like an absolute pro. The crowd loved Holden.
They then play “Drum Show,” “Jocals!” Josh runs to the middle of the venue and hops on a drum kit that’s being held up by fans to play the drum fill and finishes off the song before sprinting back to the stage.
The music video for “City Walls” then plays as they perform the song.
As the show winds down, they play “Guns for Hands” and “Stressed Out,” before closing out the show with “Trees,” as has been the case for years.
Such an incredible show, such an incredible journey with lore that the band has taken us on for the past decade, so many memories and lives saved.
A band that gives everything they have in every performance for the fans who give everything back by learning new songs days after release. A truly genuine relationship between artists who understand the weight of making their fans feel seen and loved, and fans that love them back.
