Disturbed Brings The Sickness To Minnesota

Disturbed Infected A Packed Target Center In Minneapolis, Minnesota With “The Sickness.”  Three Days Grace And Sevendust Provided Support.

 

 

Disturbed has kicked off 2025 by foreshadowing the future while also looking to the past. The band has embarked on ‘The Sickness 25th Anniversary Tour’ to celebrate the release of their debut album ‘The Sickness’ which was released in 2000. The album is now five-times platinum and spent 106 weeks on the Billboard 200. More importantly, the album laid the foundation for a career that has lasted for over two decades and still shows no signs of slowing down. Proof of this is the brand new single “I Will Not Break,” taken from an upcoming release which will be their ninth album. The current North American Tour has 34 dates and features them playing the entire “The Sickness” album and then playing a second set of songs scattered throughout the discography. The tour made a stop at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota with Three Days Grace and Sevendust providing support. 

 

 

 

Sevendust took the stage first for a short but spirited set. The quintet formed in 1994 in Atlanta, Georgia and anybody that has seen these guys live know they give you everything that they got every single night. Opening with the crusher, “Black,” the band took control of the arena. Vocalist Lajon Witherspoon commanded the stage and it was clear the Sevendust was no ordinary opening act. Their legion of fans were all in on every song. Flanking the vocalist were guitarists Clint Lowery and John Connolly while bassist Vinnie Hornsby and drummer Morgan Rose laid the foundation for aggressive attack Sevendust is known for. The short set included “Denial,” “Enemy,” “Praise,” “Crucified” and closing the set was “Face to Face.”

 

 

I’ve seen Three Days Grace on numerous tours over the past few years, but this time around, there was a different buzz in the air before they took the stage. The band consisted of vocalist Matt Walst, bassist Brad Walst, guitarist Barry Stock and drummer Neil Sanderson, but tonight was the first time I got to see the original vocalist of the band, Adam Gontier. They opened up with “Animal I have Become” and they never looked back. The crowd instantly reacted to the moment they took the stage and it was a sing-along the entire set as they ripped through their many hits like “I Hate Everything About You,” “The Good Life,” “So Called Life” and “Break,” The dual vocalist played off each in perfect unison as they worked the crowd the entire night. The now, quintet, had never sounded better and it was great to hear Gontier sing those songs and being back in the band. They closed with the rousing “Riot” which kept fans singing to the very last note. This was my most enjoyable show I’ve experienced with the band and look forward to seeing them again.

 

 

 

Celebrating “The Sickness” album in full was an exciting proposition going into this show. That album sits close to the heart for so many of their fans and when Disturbed hit the stage and launched into “Voices” the entire packed Target Center Arena took their amplification to completely different level. Vocalist David Draiman controlled the stage as he usually does. He Paced with a determination to bring every person in the building to the stage and be part of their musical barrage. The bands line-up also included Dan Donegan on guitar, John Moyer on bass and Mike Wengren on drums. Everybody was in perfect sync and without doubt, when they hit on “Down With The Sickness” the crowd lost their mind. The sound pouring off the stage infected anybody that got in the path the bombastic sound. It was a headbangers dream as an entire area was in perfect rhythm while they reacted to the song.

 

 

Once the album was complete it was time for Disturbed to unleash more of its impressive catalog of songs. Kicking that set off with the bruising “Ten Thousand Fists” and then into their new track “I Will Not Break,” it was clear that the fans weren’t slowing down. I always loved the Genesis cover of “Land Of Confusion” and it didn’t disappoint. The Simon & Garfunkel cover of “The Sound of Silence” was also a great moment. The twenty-song set ended with the ripping “Inside the Fire” which ended the night perfectly. Disturbed really understands what it takes to put on a great arena show. The staging, lighting and pyro provided a visual that played off the music being delivered. I do love the small club shows, that intimate setting it provides, but there is nothing quite like the atmosphere and adrenaline of a big production being launched at you sonically and visually. Disturbed gave us that and much more.