Local Shows

Local Shows
A print of a T-shirt sold at concerts in 2009
Tour by Twenty One Pilots
Supporting release	Twenty One Pilots
Country	United States
Continents	North America
Tour leg	3
Number of shows	5 (confirmed)
Duration
Late 2008 — 29 Dec 2009
Twenty One Pilots tour chronology
Local Shows (2008 — 2009) TOP Tour (2010 — 2011)

Information

For the most part, only four Twenty One Pilots concerts in 2009 are known and have been confirmed based on the band's social media posts on Myspace and Twitter.

In the publicly available resources of the Internet it is possible to trace only the second half of 2009 from June. In Webarchive the earliest saving of Twenty One Pilots page on Myspace is January 6, 2010, although there are screenshots of earlier saves on the Internet, where some information about the reality of the concerts is confirmed. Also on the Twitter page there are an old posts with concert announcements and other information about the band's activity from that period.  

An interview with Chris Salih and Nick Thomas mentions some shows between late 2008 and early 2009 where they performed unknown songs that didn't make it onto the debut album and possibly early versions of Self Tittle songs. In Nick Thomas' interview with The Twenty One Pilots Podcast, he mentions that the band has performed covers of other artists.

From the known part of the tour, not many concerts were played by the band, by how much the band had to book nights for a concert or participate in festivals and music events. According to Nick Thomas' recollection, the band's early gigs lasted no more than 20-30 minutes.

Only one date from an unrecorded period of performances is known, and its authenticity is questionable.  

Tour Dates

Local Shows in 2009

Date	Location	City	Country	Type
06.08.2009	Coffey Road Park	Columbus, OH	United States	Headline show
10.11.2009	The Alrosa Villa	Columbus, OH	United States	Battle of the Bands
11.14.2009	Olentangy Orange High School	Columbus, OH	United States	Headline show
12.29.2009	The Basement	Columbus, OH	United States	Headline show

Unknow concert

Date	Location	City	Country	Type
10.??.2008	Unknown Venue	Columbus, OH	United States	Unknown type

Setlists

Only known the full setlist of Battle of the Bands.

1. Friend, Please 2. Trapdoor 3. Johnny Boy 4. March to the Sea 5. Fall Away

Media

Photo of unknown performance around October 2008 taken from Level of Concern/USB

There is only a full recording of the band's performance at Battle of the Bands on the internet and a photo from an unknown performance expected in October 2008 or early 2009.

10.11.2009 The Alrosa Villa, Columbus, OH, United States

Other (posters, tickets, etc.)

There wasn't that much merch at the band's 2009 shows. At the early shows (roughly from May-June) the band distributed and sold CDs of their debut self-released EP Jonnhy Boy.

In early September, Twenty One Pilots announced on Twitter that they had ordered a batch of merch, mostly T-shirts with the band's name and logo. At the end of the year, at a concert in the Basement, the band sold CDs of the album of the same name along with the T-shirts.