Three Days Grace at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on November 4, 2026
The Alienation Tour
INDIANAPOLIS
Photos by Laura Fox (LLFoxphotos)
Review by Jessi Rice
Three Days Grace returned to Indianapolis Wednesday evening for a stellar performance, taking fans on a trip that spanned over 20 years of chart-topping hits.
After high-energy sets by supporting artists The Funeral Portrait and I Prevail, the crowd was bombarded with the words “Here We F**king Go” in strobe lights. It was disorienting in a way that made your heart race and ready to head bang. One by one, each band member made their appearance on stage.
Lead singers Adam Gontier and Matt Walst stunned in their attire. Adam’s dark grunge aesthetic had cool details such as his pants, reading “Rich man's war, poor man's blood.” Matt covered his face with a skeleton mask and was draped in a long, white coat. The dual leads had great stage chemistry as they surfed through the band's older and newer songs.
Never once did it seem like two frontmen dueling for one spotlight. You could feel the support between the pair as they changed places on the front and sides of the stage and fist-bumped each other.
Barry Stock (lead guitarist) and founding member Brad Walst (bassist) carried the evening set with heart-pounding chords and harmonized melodies.
Neil Sanderson (drummer and backing vocalist) powered through the performance on the keys, despite dealing with recent surgery on a severly injured arm. Fill-in drummer Shaun Foist, formerly of Breaking Benjamin, never skipped a beat.
Mid-way through the set, we were surprised with a cover performance of ‘Porn Star Dancing’, which was a song from Matt Walst’s previous band, My Darkest Days. The visuals included the band dancing with female dancers, poles, and a whole lot of sex appeal! If “divorced-dad rock” could be a feeling, that’s how this cover felt.
In a total change vibe, the stage was transformed into a set that re-created the video for "Don't Wanna Go Home Tonight," from the Alienation album. Three Days Grace then took the crowd back in time to the band's early years, when they were all just friends growing up together in Canada, writing and singing songs around bonfires. The acoustic set was performed under a gorgeous set that included a "bonfire" under a dark sea of stars and tree silhouettes.
During this time, Gontier's and Matt Walst's acoustic duet of "Pain" put a new spin on the Three Days Grace crowd favorite and gave the song more emotional depth and deeper gut punch.
Three Days Grace quickly resumed the pace after that, and sent the crowd into a frenzy for their finale, performing their iconic hit, "Riot." Gainbridge was lit up with bright flashing lights that were dancing off the band's equipment. The pit had people crowd surfing, moshing, and everything in between.
Three Days Grace quickly resumed the pace after that, and sent the crowd into a frenzy for their finale, performing their iconic hit, "Riot." Gainbridge was lit up with bright flashing lights that were dancing off the band's equipment. The pit had people crowd surfing, moshing, and everything in between.
Three Days Grace is wrapping up their North American "Alienation" Tour with I Prevail and The Funeral Portrait with arena shows through November 22, 2026. You can get tickets and check out their most recent studio album “Alienation” here:
Set List:
Dominate
Animal I Have Become
So Called Life
Break
Kill Me Face
I Hate Everything About You
Porn Star Dancing (My Darkest Days Cover)
Time Of Dying
Don’t Wanna Go Home Tonight
Lost In You
Pain
Lifetime
Here Without You
World So Cold
Just Like You
Mayday
The Good Life
Never Too Late
Riot
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