when did the twenty one pilots hiatus start
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title: Twenty One Pilots text: "Christmas With the Stars." Salih left on May 8, 2011 to focus on work, and Thomas left the next month on June 3, 2011 to focus on schooling, both posting farewell notes on the band's official Facebook page. Before departing the project, Salih invited Guitar Center co-worker and friend of the group Josh Dun (former touring drummer for House of Heroes), to take his place in the band. Impressed by the band's potential and Joseph's creative vision, Dun abandoned plans to pursue drumming in Nashville and joined the project only a few weeks before Thomas left the group. Both Salih title: The Bandito Tour text: The Bandito Tour The Bandito Tour (stylized as THE BANDITØ TØUR) is an ongoing tour by the American musical duo Twenty One Pilots, in support of their fifth studio album "Trench" (2018). The tour began at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee on October 16, 2018, and will continue through to June 30, 2019, ending at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. On July 11, 2018, Twenty One Pilots ended their hiatus by releasing two singles, "Jumpsuit" and "Nico and the Niners". The same day both their album, "Trench", and its accompanying tour, The Bandito Tour, were announced. It was title: Twenty One Pilots text: before ending their tour cycle with arena shows at Nationwide Arena and Value City Arena. In an interview with "Alternative Press" in November 2016, Twenty One Pilots stated that after their last show, they will be "going dark" to focus on new music. Joseph stated that he would like to focus on lyrical content of the music, and bring the music back to the "authenticity, lyrics, delivery, and fearlessness of songwriting" similar to that of the self-titled album. The band's last activity came in July 2017 in the form of posts on social media depicting an eye closing over lyrics title: Twenty One Pilots text: to fans and later posting a video to all social media platforms and updating their logo and branding. Tyler Joseph made his first media appearance in over a year for an interview with Zane Lowe of Beats 1 from his own home studio in Columbus, Ohio, in which he spoke about the band's year long hiatus, creating the new album, and battling against personal demons and insecurities. On July 11, 2018, the band released two new songs, "Jumpsuit" and "Nico and the Niners", as well as the music video for "Jumpsuit". They also made the announcement of their fifth studio title: Twenty One Pilots text: Twenty One Pilots Twenty One Pilots (stylized as twenty one pilots or twenty øne piløts) is an American musical duo from Columbus, Ohio. The band was formed in 2009 by lead vocalist Tyler Joseph along with Nick Thomas and Chris Salih, who left in 2011. The current line-up is Joseph and drummer Josh Dun. They put out two self-released albums, "Twenty One Pilots" in 2009 and "Regional at Best" in 2011, before being signed by Fueled by Ramen in 2012. Their label debut, "Vessel", was released in 2013. The duo achieved breakthrough success with their fourth album, "Blurryface" (2015), which