Disturbed Gives Little Caesars Arena a Legendary Performance

Disturbed, Three Days Grace, and Sevendust rolled through Detroit Rock City on Monday, March 10 for Disturbed’s ‘The Sickness’ 25th Anniversary Tour at Little Caesars Arena to a packed audience ready to throw horns.

 

SEVENDUST

 

 

 

 

The mighty Sevendust is a flawless act, a sleeper in the depths of so many bands coming out of the 90s/2000s who should frankly be way bigger in popularity. They kicked off with the song “Black” off their self-titled album, before pummeling through a 6-song mini-set which included high points of “Crucified” and “Face to Face.” Lajon Witherspoon is the charismatic entity of the group, who walked up and down the thrush and shouted out to fans. He also spoke about meeting our communities and encouraged everyone to say hi to someone next to them that they don’t know. A human element in a very uncertain time.

 

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THREE DAYS GRACE

 

 

 

 

A heavy draw to Three Days Grace on this particular tour is that original singer Adam Gontier joined forces with their new singer Matt Walst (formerly of My Darkest Days) and hit the road as co-lead singers. The hybrid band set up their setlist to bring strengths to both vocalists, who even fist bumped each other and hyped up each other throughout their performances.

 

Starting the set with Gontier, “Animal I Have Become” swelled the stadium to the accurate amount of hype, before flowing into Walst’s first lead “So Called Life.” Their setlist was also balanced very well in terms of their hits, even pushing songs like “I Hate Everything About You” to the middle of the performance.

 

See the setlist here:

 

 

 

 

DISTURBED

 

 

 

 

Disturbed always puts on a great live performance, but this time, they got a little more theatrical with it. Upon entry, lead vocalist David Draiman was rolled onto the stage in a straightjacket a la Hannibal Lecter style, with an orderly that had to unleash him.

 

Performing this 25th anniversary of ‘The Sickness,’ the band’s first three tracks were “Voices,” “The Game,” and “Stupify,” following the album’s chronological order. “Stupify” in particular is always a visual spectacle, as it seems to always contain pyro, as well as Don Donegan’s absolutely astounding agility in getting air by jumping as high as he can go (which is pretty high, honestly, we’re impressed).

 

While photographers are escorted out after the first 3 songs typically, we were able to at very least listen to the beginnings of “Down With The Sickness,” a crowd favorite that is usually saved for the end. We are sure that Draiman probably had a lot to say throughout the night, as he typically discusses themes of mental health or political and social justice thoughts. We can only assume assume “Bad Man” was probably an interesting one to get a preface to potentially, given that Blabbermouth cited back in 2022 that it was heavily inspired by what was described at the time as the “situation in Ukraine.”

 

It’s people like David Draiman in particular that surprise you. Being such a strong and “manly” force of nature, many of those people tend to shy away from their feelings or thoughts, especially in regard to mental health. But as Draiman has proved time and time again, he’s not only emotionally secure but on top of that, he’s absolutely flawless in delivery. In the past, I’ve even been stunned by his 100% accuracy with songs like “Ten Thousand Fists” in a live setting. He’s truly a legend, as is his cohorts in music: the aforementioned Donegan, epic drummer Mike Wengren, and keeper of the bass line, Mr. John Moyer.

 

If you haven’t caught them on tour just yet, be sure to check where they’ll be headed next. This spring tour is already a contender for the best arena show of 2025.

 

 

See the full setlist here: