Twenty one pilots accompanied by Vinyl Theatre and Misterwives pumped energy through a sold out show at The Great Hall Sunday night, October 5.

As Vinyl Theatre took the stage they were greeted by some brief technical difficulties before diving into their short, yet driving set. The groups stage time was filled with groovy, synth led jams similar to Magic Man.

Second opener, MisterWives, was met with many cheers as singer Mandy Lee flaunted her impressive vocal range. The second set of songs came to a satisfying close as the band’s saxophone and trumpet players both took solos and ultimately came together into ultimate chaos as the rest of the band grooved on.

After a slightly longer than prefered wait, the lights dimmed and the crowd roared in excitement for twenty one pilots as the opening keys of “Guns For Hands” filled the room.

The higher production value of the main act was evident in the first four songs. Before any music started, we were greeted with a narration introducing the band. The band appears through the pillars of light behind them wearing the popular masks as seen in the video for “Guns for Hands.”

The opening track was accompanied with strobing light effects and music cues where the lights would fall out completely and after the second song, “Migraine”, we were greeted by the narration again explaining the death of our two heroes who then are shot dead by unseen forces.

After some ambient sounds, we are greeted by our performers yet again who had changed into their signature skeleton attire. “Ode to Sleep” then fades in with its sinister beat which prompts the entire crowd to sing along with Tyler Josephs syncopated rap lines.

After the dramatic “Ode to Sleep” we get our first glimpse at the duos true faces as they remove the skeleton suits to go straight into “Screen” which featured a ukulele and crowd chanted vocals by the end.

The next section featured Joseph talking back and forth with a friend of his, Nigel, who was a lightbulb. This was accompanied with a handful of covers which ranged from DJ Khaled’s “All I Do Is Win” to Beyonce’s “Drunk in Love” and ended with the groups popular cover of Elvis Presley’s “Can’t Help Falling In Love.”

Jumping back into original works, the single “House of Gold” finished up the ukulele section of the show and then transitioned into a segment where the band played some songs off of their first two self released albums, including the fan favorite “Addict With a Pen.”

The last few song’s of the regular set consisted strictly of tracks off of “Vessel” including the single “Holding on to You.”

“Semi-Automatic” featured drummer, Josh Dun, playing on a drum set that was placed on top of the crowd. “The Run and Go” finished climatically as Joseph called for everyone to lift a partner up onto their shoulders, which led to many elevated high-fives.

The closer “Fake You Out” had a twist ending, morphing into a cover of “Summertime Sadness” by Lana Del Ray.

As the band left the stage, the crowd knew that it wasn’t over quite yet. Nigel, the lightbulb, then chimed in and instructed the crowd to demand for an encore.

Shortly after, Joseph and Dun returned to the stage to perform the fan favorite, “Car Radio.” The song, with it’s chilling spoken word vocals, rose to an incredible climax as Joseph seemingly vanished and reappeared onto a scaffolding in the back of the crowd where he led the crowd into a final chorus.

This wasn’t the finale to the show however, Joseph soon returned to the stage and after a shortened version of “Truce” began the closer “Trees.”

The song played out fairly standard until the final few minutes of the show where the two band members climbed onto the crowd and played two bass drums that the crowd held before them and lights strobed and confetti flew in the air.

The “Quiet Is Violent” tour was everything I could have hoped for in a twenty one pilots show. While the openers sometimes fell in the level of entertainment, the main act more than made up for it. The light show was perfectly synched, the narration was a haunting touch, Nigel the light bulb led to some comedic moments and the showmanship was expertly executed.

Twenty one pilots is a must see act for any fans of indie-pop or live shows in general.