Listen to Twenty One Pilots’ new single ‘The Contract’

Twenty One Pilots have shared a brand-new single, ‘The Contract’. You can listen to it below.

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The song is the first preview of the Ohio duo’s eighth studio album ‘Breach’, which is due for release this September.

‘The Contract’ continues the narrative lore that began with the duo’s 2015 fourth album ‘Blurryface’, and continued with their seventh full-length ‘Clancy’ (2024). On ‘Paladin Strait’ – the final track on the latter LP – fans hear the words “Hello, Clancy” in the closing seconds.

This is the exact moment Twenty One Pilots’ new single picks up from, and is visualised in a dramatic music video. Tune in here:

The group have also announced a run of North American headline shows, dubbed ‘The Clancy Tour: Breach’. Dates are scheduled in Toronto, Milwaukee, Hartford, Virginia Beach, Tampa, Dallas, Los Angeles and other cities throughout September and October.

Tickets go on general sale at 10am local time next Friday (June 20) – you’ll be able to buy yours here. Alternatively, you can sign up for pre-sale access here.

Twenty One Pilots’ ‘The Clancy Tour: Breach’ tour dates are:

SEPTEMBER
18 – TQL Stadium, Cincinnati, OH 
20 – Budweiser Stage, Toronto, ON
23 – American Family Insurance Amphitheatre, Milwaukee, WI  
24 – Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, IL
27 – Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, PA 
28 – The Pavilion at Star Lake, Burgettstown, PA
30 – XFINITY Theatre, Hartford, CT 

OCTOBER
01 – Maine Savings Amphitheatre, Bangor, ME 
04 – Northwell at Jones Beach Theatre, Wantagh, NY 
05 – Jiffy Lube Live, Bristow, VA 
07 – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheatre, Virginia Beach, VA 
08 – PNC Music Pavilion, Charlotte, NC 
10 – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach, FL 
11 – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa, FL 
14 – The Wharf Amphitheatre, Orange Beach, AL 
15 – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre, Alpharetta, GA 
17 – Coca-Cola Amphitheatre, Birmingham, AL 
19 – Walmart AMP, Rogers, AR 
20 – Dos Equis Pavilion, Dallas, TX
23 – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre, Chula Vista, CA 
25 – BMO Stadium, Los Angeles, CA 

An exact release date for ‘Breach’ is not yet known.

Last month saw Twenty One Pilots conclude their huge ‘Clancy’ world tour with two concerts at The O2 in London. Earlier on the trek, fans teamed up to find a drum that had been stolen from the band at the end of their show in Manchester.

‘Clancy’ peaked at Number Two in the UK. In a three-star review, NME wrote: “The record fares better when it shoots for genuine experimentation, like on the weird, spacey ‘Lavish’; otherwise, ‘Clancy’ is more often than not the sound of a band spinning their wheels, caught in a strange space where their colourful conceptual ideas are being painted from a beige musical palette.”

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