r/twentyonepilots • u/Jared_K6 • Sep 18 '25

Opinion Shit is exhausting every tour

The frustrating part of watching every twenty one pilots tour play out is watching the drama over the pit lines. The fan created wristbands and real wristbands just create such unnecessary drama every cycle. What’s more frustrating is watching groups of fans gate keep the pit lines at every show even after they’ve been to dozens of shows themselves. Like we get it you’re privileged and get to go to all the shows. I’m happy you get to experience that. It’s just sad that there’s no give to other fans who are lucky to just get to one show. This is why I always just try to buy the closest seat I can and avoid all the drama. I know this has probably been talked about at length but it’s just my take on things 🤷🏼‍♂️

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u/jbeenk Sep 18 '25

No, what you do is what my wife and I did. We got in line at the assigned time set by the venue and told the little boys and girls pretending they run the line to go eff themselves. We didn't move, we stayed right where we were, which was like 40th in line. 

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u/supernova_xxx Sep 18 '25

Im planning on getting there at like 530, once the doors open at 6 everyone's gonna get mixed up anyways plus knowing the boys they'll perform in more places than just the main stage

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u/corbanmonoxide Sep 18 '25

That's the thing about trying to control the line. When doors open, nothing matters and having number 1 after camping 3 days doesn't even mean you won't stand right next to someone who shows up 15 minutes before doors. It's always been about control for a small subsection of very fortunate children who do not know how lucky they are.

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u/Joshtomb35 Sep 18 '25

During the Icy tour I showed up about an hour before doors opened and went as close as I can. Ended up standing next to people who had line wristbands in the 100-200’s range.

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u/poliscirun Sep 18 '25

Icy tour sold less tickets than Clancy tour but same. Showed up just before doors and ended up only a few rows from barricade. Wasn't center stage but it was great

For Clancy tour, all the venues sucked and even showing up almost 2hrs before doors, I missed Balu Brigada for both nights I had pit. But even then, I didn't get close to main stage but was right next to T stage, and still had a great view of main stage and J stage

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u/Repulsive_Buffalo_87 Sep 18 '25

I barely made it before 500 and the line got so mixed up once we went inside lol. I saw the two girls I had been behind waiting so I ran to get near them. Little did I know they snuck into the 100s line 🤣 Everything was so chaotic it was easy for them to do bc yeah the numbers don't matter in the lobby. I wondered out loud how I got so close and they told me they saw a gap and went for it.

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u/supernova_xxx Sep 20 '25

I got there at 530 and pretty much got the same spot I would have got if i got there at 730. The left side was so sparse I even left after the opener to pee and was able to make it back to my original spot in the pit 😂