On September 1, 2025, Three Days Grace and Breaking Benjamin brought their co-headline US tour to Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. Our photographer, Heather Martinez, was in the pit to capture every moment, from the explosive openers to the arena shaking finales.
Dickies Arena shook the moment Three Days Grace stormed the stage in Fort Worth. The band didn’t ease into it, they hit straight into ‘Animal I Have Become’, and the arena came alive. Your lens will catch it best: Adam Gontier back at the helm, his voice raw but steady, locking in with Matt Walst’s edge for a layered punch fans didn’t know they needed until now.
The Set
The set leaned heavy on both the old and new, ‘So Called Life’, ‘Pain’, and ‘I Hate Everything About You’ saw fists raised, while fresh cuts like ‘Mayday’ and ‘Apologies’ proved this line-up isn’t just surviving on nostalgia. Midway through, their take on Alice in Chains’ ‘Rooster’ felt like a nod to the roots that shaped them and the crowd roared back in approval. By the time ‘Riot’ closed things down, Fort Worth had been reminded that this band’s catalogue still slams as hard as ever.
Three Days Grace Gallery
Breaking Benjamin
When Breaking Benjamin stepped in, the shift was instant, darker, heavier and every bit as immersive. Opening with ‘Awaken’, the set was stitched together from 25 years of alt-metal staples. ‘So Cold’, ‘Blow Me Away’, and ‘Failure’ hit early, each one carried by Benjamin Burnley’s instantly recognisable vocals, gritty yet hypnotic under the lights.
Fans lost it to the Halo famous ‘Blow Me Away’, the shadows on stage during ‘Dance With the Devil’ and the emotional weight behind ‘Dear Agony’. The band played like a machine, but the moments between songs kept it human, Burnley feeding the energy right back to the floor.
They saved ‘The Diary of Jane’ for the encore, and when it dropped, Dickies Arena erupted. This wasn’t just a co headline, it was two bands celebrating what they do best and reminding everyone why their songs still belong on repeat.
Breaking Benjamin Gallery
