Breaking Benjamin brought their ambitious five band tour to Concord, California’s Concord Pavilion for a Wednesday evening of rock and roll. Those lucky enough to brave the evening’s particularly horrendous traffic to the burbs to catch the 5:20 start, were rewarded with two fantastic sets by openers Diamante and Dorothy before the sun started to set.
Three Days Grace kicked up the energy with a 50 minute set that got the crowd, which had finally reached critical mass, singing and moshing along before Chevelle balanced things out with a little groove.
Breaking Benjamin finally took the stage at 9:20 in front of a packed house as they continue to tour in support of 2018’s “Ember.” With enough air conditioning to cool the general admission floor, frontman Benjamin Burnley proceeded to belt it out much to Concord’s delight. And when “Breath” came up early in the set, the entire amphitheater was more than happy to help out on vocals.
The ninety minute set flew by way too fast as the band covered highlights from their entire catalog while still saving time for the most unlikely cover song mashups of Pantera, Nirvana, Queen, Metallica, and Rage Against The Machine … which all culminated in a drum solo by their resident master of the skins, Shaun Foist.
The tour wraps up September 29 at the Louder Than Life Festival in Louisville, Kentucky so if you’ve got a hankering for some BB you best be getting’ while the getting’s good!
DIAMANTE
DOROTHY
THREE DAYS GRACE
BREAKING BENJAMIN
DIAMANTE SETLIST
Bite Your Kiss
Haunted
Hear Me Now (Bad Wolves cover)
Sleepwalking
Sound of Us
War Cry
DOROTHY SETLIST
After Midnight
Flawless
Raise Hell
Who Do You Love
Down to the Bottom
Freedom
THREE DAYS GRACE SETLIST
The Mountain
Home
The Good Life
Pain
Infra-Red
Break
I Hate Everything About You
Animal I Have Become
Never Too Late
Play Video
Riot
BREAKING BENJAMIN SETLIST
Red Cold River
I Will Not Bow
Never Again
Breath
Sugarcoat
Polyamorous
Simple Design
The Imperial March / Cowboys From Hell / Smells Like Teen Spirit / Bohemian Rhapsody / Enter Sandman / Bulls On Parade / Drum Solo
Sooner or Later
Blow Me Away
So Cold
Angels Fall
Dance With the Devil
Unknown Soldier
Failure
Torn in Two
ENCORE
Rain
The Diary of Jane
