Three Days Grace rocked the house at General Motors Place this past Tuesday night, and boy did they ROCK the house! With a crowd filled with faithful Three Days Grace (3DG) fans, Adam Gontier, Neil Sanderson, Brad Walst, and Barry Stock brought their all and fired up the crowd from beginning to end. Showcasing songs from past and present albums, the crowd at GM Place sang along to each track, making the show more interactive than many other rock concerts.
The show in Vancouver was the make-up date after the rescheduling of the initial concert date back in November, and the final Canadian stop before 3DG embarks upon a U.S tour within a couple of days. Opening for Three Days Grace was ill Scarlett and Vancouver’s own Default, who both riled the crowd up in anticipation of Three Days Grace to set foot on stage. While The Used was an opener for Three Days Grace in many of their previous shows across Canada, due to the unforeseen rescheduling events of the B.C shows and prior commitments by The Used, ill Scarlett signed on to perform in their slots throughout the rescheduled stops and fans in attendance would definitely not view them as merely a “replacement” band by any means.
Default came to the stage to an enthusiastic home-town crowd with friends and family in attendance and began the head-banging and crowd-surfing that continued on into the night with “Turn It On,” and adding hits including “Live A Lie”, “Count On Me,” “ Comes and Goes”, and “Wasting My Time” as well. If you have the chance to check out a show on the U.S tour stops, be sure to look for the interesting Default/Three Days Grace version of “It’s Raining Men,” and according to Adam of 3DG, that is the song of choice for Default during their warm-up!
All kidding aside, Three Days Grace have seemingly been touring non-stop since the release of their latest album Life Starts Now, and have fine-tuned their track list to surely satisfy any Three Days Grace fan.
The set list is as follows:
- Break
- Good Life
- Pain
- Bitter Taste
- Wake Up
- I Hate Everything About You
- Home
- I Don’t Care
- Last To Know
- Goin’ Down
- Never Too Late
- Riot
- Lost In You
- Just Like You
- Animal I Have Become
In the middle of the set is a brilliant drum solo by Neil Sanderson, that will make your head spin (almost literally!).
It has been a while since Three Days Grace performed in Vancouver, and for the band to be headlining their very own national and U.S tour is quite the feat. To witness home-grown Canadian talent take to the stage and rock the house is a treat for any fan of Canadian music, but when you hear Three Days Grace perform live, with Adam’s never-ending vocal excellence, it is hard not to get lost into the music, regardless of where they come from. If you have the chance to check out the band at any upcoming shows during this Life Starts Now tour or in the future, be sure to do so, it is quite the experience!
For more information on Three Days Grace, or to keep track of their tour dates, check out their official website: http://www.threedaysgrace.com.
