
Over the last few days, “FRØM HERE” signs with the Twenty One Pilots logo have appeared all around downtown Columbus, Ohio, sending the band’s very passionate hometown fanbase into a frenzy. It isn’t hard to piece together that the locations chosen for these signs have appeared at Columbus venues big and small that the band has performed at.
The red and yellow banners have ben spotted at sites including The Basement, Scully’s Music-Diner, Newport Music Hall, KEMBA Live!, Nationwide Arena, and the Schottenstein Center. When you look at the venues in that order, you can track the band’s rise to fame through Columbus music history. From small beginnings as an opening act at The Basement, to becoming hometown megastars at Nationwide Arena, the band bleeds scarlet and gray like the rest of the Buckeye state.
For many artists, hometown references becoming branding. For Twenty One Pilots, Columbus has always felt more personal than promotional. Their career has always carried that underdog, midwest hometown theme, which is so fitting for people from Ohio.
So what is the point in hanging all of these banners? Many TØP fans online have plenty of speculations. Many fans hope that this is signaling what they are calling “Tour de Columbus 2, which would be a repeat of Columbus only hometown series where the band performed at multiple venues. Other fans think that this could be signaling that the band is coming towards playing at the biggest stage, Ohio Stadium. There is currently no evidence of an Ohio Stadium show, but the venue progression has become one of the fandoms biggest theories.
For a band built on lore and loyalty , the most revealing part of the “FRØM HERE” mystery is the reaffirmation that Columbus is such a massive part of the band’s identity. “CBus” isn’t just where the band started, it’s still part of the show.