Twenty One Pilots Fans Jumped Into Veronica Mars Mode After Someone Took Off With One of Josh Dun’s Bespoke Drums

If you’ve ever been to a Twenty One Pilots show you are well aware that the bond between the group and their fans is beyond tight. Aside from the sing-alongs, the costumes and the overall loving, supportive spirit, there is the trusting act on their current world tour of singer Tyler Joseph and drummer Josh Dun wading out into the pit to play drums as the Skeleton Clique sing and dance along to “Trees.”

Well, that trust was apparently broken during the final moments of the duo’s show at Manchester’s AO Arena on Sunday (May 11) when a concertgoer was seen grabbing one of Dun’s drums and casually walking away with it. “I really don’t think you should take that,” one fan can be heard saying in a widely shared video of the alleged theft, as another adds, “Have I just witnessed a crime. Has she actually just stolen that drum? That’s crazy.”

And while it appeared that no Clique members stepped in to stop the unnamed fan, after word spread, the Clique put on their detective caps and distributed the video to see if they could find the percussion poacher. The hours long search appeared to pay off when 21P’s behind-the-scenes tour videographer Sax posted on Instagram on Monday (May 12) that the one-of-a-kind drum had been returned.

“We Have The Drum!!!!!! – Thank you for all the tags and information. You guys rock!🤘,” wrote Sax along with an image of the purloined instrument safely ensconced in the back seat of a car. In a follow-up video, the band’s crew welcomes the drum home, with the message, “The Drum Returns! THANK YOU to everyone that helped, tagged, and supported the mission in bringing home The Drum. Let’s kick off the last two shows of The Clancy World Tour THE RIGHT WAY!”

After more than a year on the road in support of their Clancy album, the band has just two shows left on the outing, tonight (May 13) and Wednesday (May 14) at the O2 in London.

Watch the drum’s return below.