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E NTERTAINMENT N EWS The Chronicle January 29, 2008 17 By Kenny Mayhew Chronicle Staff Fresh off back-to-back sold out shows at the Kool Haus in Toronto, ree Days Grace brought the rock and the riots to the General Motors Centre in Oshawa on Jan. 19. After strong opening perfor- mances from Econoline Crush and Seether, ree Days Grace hit the stage at 9:45 p.m. opening with Animal I have become. e hit sin- gle from their 2006 CD, One-X, in- stantly got the crowd out for their seats and chanting long with lead singer Adam Gontier, as they con- tinued to do for most of the show. Gontier who has battled addic- tions in the past, preformed close to the heart ballads including Pain, Wake up and Never too late. e Band decided to shift from the heavy paced momentum for the first time when Gontier played an acoustic version of Alice in Chains Rooster, which he claimed to be one of his favorite songs of all time. After the sentimental cover con- cluded, the rest of the band, Barry Stock on guitar, Brad Waist on bass and Neil Sanderson on drums re- took the stage to perform their career launching anthem I Hate Everything About You, which was probably the best performance of the set. e crowd stood in front of their seats, raising their beers as they screamed to the lyrics. Despite the fact that the band’s best tune was out of the way early on, they still had a few tricks up their sleeves including a heavy performance of Scared, a single off their self-titled debut album. “Forget about that seat behind you, I want to see everyone jump,” said Gontier, trying to make the most of their fan’s night, which came with a ticket price of $ 38.50. Let’s Start a Riot was also a head banger’s anthem, which they played before unleashing the mega-monster Home, their final performance of the night. ree Days Grace is a good band to see live. e show wasn’t by any means a must see, but it did maintain big energy throughout the night and that made it a mem- orable concert. In the end, ree Days Grace did a great job for releasing their frustrations by the way of art to their fans, but that’s what made them big in the first place. Rock fans raise their glasses and cheer for ree Days Grace Photo by Kenny Mayhew THREE DAYS GRACE: Lead singer Adam Gontier, a former drug addict, entranced fans with personal ballads such as Pain, Wake Up and Never Too Late.
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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS The Chronicle January 29, 2008 17
By Kenny MayhewChronicle Staff
Fresh off back-to-back sold out shows at the Kool Haus in Toronto, Th ree Days Grace brought the rock and the riots to the General Motors Centre in Oshawa on Jan. 19.
After strong opening perfor-mances from Econoline Crush and Seether, Th ree Days Grace hit the stage at 9:45 p.m. opening with Animal I have become. Th e hit sin-gle from their 2006 CD, One-X, in-stantly got the crowd out for their seats and chanting long with lead singer Adam Gontier, as they con-tinued to do for most of the show.
Gontier who has battled addic-tions in the past, preformed close to the heart ballads including Pain, Wake up and Never too late.
Th e Band decided to shift from the heavy paced momentum for the fi rst time when Gontier played an acoustic version of Alice in
Chains Rooster, which he claimed to be one of his favorite songs of all time.
After the sentimental cover con-cluded, the rest of the band, Barry Stock on guitar, Brad Waist on bass and Neil Sanderson on drums re-took the stage to perform their career launching anthem I Hate Everything About You, which was probably the best performance of the set.
Th e crowd stood in front of their seats, raising their beers as they screamed to the lyrics.
Despite the fact that the band’s best tune was out of the way early on, they still had a few tricks up their sleeves including a heavy performance of Scared, a single off their self-titled debut album.
“Forget about that seat behind you, I want to see everyone jump,” said Gontier, trying to make the most of their fan’s night, which came with a ticket price of $ 38.50.
Let’s Start a Riot was also a
head banger’s anthem, which they played before unleashing the mega-monster Home, their fi nal performance of the night.
Th ree Days Grace is a good
band to see live. Th e show wasn’t by any means a must see, but it did maintain big energy throughout the night and that made it a mem-orable concert.
In the end, Th ree Days Grace did a great job for releasing their frustrations by the way of art to their fans, but that’s what made them big in the fi rst place.
Rock fans raise their glasses and cheer for Th ree
Days Grace
Photo by Kenny Mayhew
THREE DAYS GRACE: Lead singer Adam Gontier, a former drug addict, entranced fans with personal ballads such as Pain, Wake Up and Never Too Late.
