"I want you to know that this is what Josh and I, this right here, is what we saw in our heads for so many years," he said. Then, it was back to the main stage, where a shirtless Dun showed off the "PHX" he'd scrawled across his abs.Īfter leading the fans in yet another rousing sing-along on their first single, "Holding On to You," the singer told the crowd how much this moment meant to him. "Our dads came up to us before the tour started," the singer explained, "and said, 'Hey guys, could you find a spot in your long concert where we could sit down? Our legs hurt."Įncouraging the fans to take a seat, he took his place at an upright piano to start that portion of the show with "Taxi Cab," followed by "Neon Gravestones," "Bandito" and "Pet Cheetah." Joseph gets emotional Midway through the concert, Joseph took a "sky-bridge thing," as he called it, to a satellite stage at the back of the venue, joined by Dun for an intimate set that Joseph said was dedicated to their fathers.
And they've tapped into that 21st Century wave of anxiety, offering fans the catharsis of singing along to line as sure to resonate as "Wish we could turn back time to the good old days / When our mama sang us to sleep / But now we're stressed out." These are anxious times for music fans of any age. Many even showed up dressed in yellow beanies, yellow tape and camouflage, to mirror the visual theme of this new album. But so did nearly every song they played, from "Taxi Cab," a track off their 2009 debut, to the nine songs they featured from "Trench," which has barely been out a month. Those songs both inspired massive sing-alongs, of course.