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Twenty One Pilots rock Sziget 2026 with The White Stripes cover
Twenty One Pilots headlined the second day of Budapest’s Sziget Festival, delivering a high-energy set that included a cover of The White Stripes’ ‘Seven Nation Army’. The performance mattered as it brought the festival crowd together for a major sing-along and underlined the US duo’s theatrical live reputation during their European festival run.
Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun performed 20 songs, drawing on material including ‘Heathens’, ‘Ride’, ‘Stressed Out’ and ‘Trees’, alongside pyrotechnics, smoke effects and elevated drum and stage structures. Jack White appeared in a pre-recorded video giving permission for the cover, while Joseph told the audience the pair would like to return; the same day also featured Biffy Clyro, Ashnikko and Natasha Bedingfield, with Florence + The Machine due to headline the following day.
In short
- Twenty One Pilots headlined Sziget’s second day.
- The duo covered ‘Seven Nation Army’ with Jack White’s filmed approval.
- Their 20-song set featured hits, fireworks and elaborate staging.
Explained simply
Sziget is a large annual music festival held in Budapest, Hungary, drawing performers and audiences from across Europe and beyond. Its programme spans different styles, with major acts taking turns to headline each day.
Twenty One Pilots are an American duo: singer and multi-instrumentalist Tyler Joseph and drummer Josh Dun. The White Stripes were an American rock band whose song “Seven Nation Army” became widely known and is often sung by crowds at sporting events and concerts.
Festival headline sets can bring together people who may know different parts of an act’s catalogue, while a familiar cover can give a large audience a shared moment. Sziget’s mix of international performers also makes it a prominent stop on artists’ European festival schedules.