‘The Sickness Tour’ Featuring Disturbed, Three Days Grace, and Sevendust — St. Louis, MO — 3.2.25

‘The Sickness’ Tour had finally spread to St. Louis Sunday night, and it was a nostalgic-filled night for the estimated 20,000 people in attendance. Before they could relive their memories from a monumental era, two acts were up first to set the tone of the night.

First one on the bill was Sevendust, which in my personal opinion is one of the most underrated bands out there. No matter what stage they step foot on or how big or small the venue is, they make a statement that they have arrived and are ready to make an impact on you. With the limited time available to perform, the set included hit after hit such as “Black,” “Denial,” and “Face to Face.” Each song was filled with their signature performance routines; dropping the guitars close to the ground during hits, drummer Morgan Rose swinging his hair around as every note is intentional, and vocalist Lajon Witherspoon reaching out and making direct eye contact with as many fans as possible to make a connection. If anyone hasn’t seen this band before, it is a must.

Next up was Three Days Grace, but with a special twist: both frontmen Adam Gontier and Matt Walst side by side sharing vocal duties. It doesn’t matter if you were an older fan or just joined the fanbase; with both vocalists on stage, it felt like Three Days Grace was at their prime as the performance felt perfectly balanced among the two. With a set filled with classics such as “Animal I Have Become,” “Home,” and “I Hate Everything About You,” Gontier’s voice shined through. Walst was able to share that momentum with songs in the later catalog such as “The Mountain,” “Painkiller” and their newest single “Mayday.” As a fan of the band, it felt refreshing to see both versions right in front of me to say that it shouldn’t be a comparison between the two, but rather a celebration of the band as a whole. To end it off on a high note, the band came out in hockey uniforms with the city’s very own hockey mascot Louie to rock out to “Riot.”

With a “flashing shadows against a curtain” intro, Disturbed stood still as frontman David Draiman came out in a straitjacket and began to untangle and perform “Voices.” This was the beginning of playing the entire ‘The Sickness’ album in full, which was special for this tour since it was the 25th anniversary. Throughout the set, various production elements such as fireworks, lines of pyro scaling up behind the band and visual screens helped take the performance to another level, and the crowd was heard across the entire arena as some of these songs haven’t been played in many years, if ever honestly. Bassist John Moyer personally felt like the most energetic one with his spinning in circles and high jumps to the beat, but every member put on a show. After finishing the album and a brief intermission, the band came back with a “greatest hits” section of the setlist, with songs such as “Inside the Fire,” “Ten Thousand Fists,” and their famous cover of “The Sound of Silence” along with an inflatable “The Guy” mascot behind them to complete the look. As for the set as a whole, the nostalgia factor was heavy as it was incredible witnessing songs I never thought I would see live, and as someone who has seen Disturbed before, it felt refreshing seeing something other than the usual setlist they’ve been playing for some time now.

Sevendust

Three Days Grace

Disturbed