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Life Starts Now Tour
Tour by Three Days Grace
LocationNorth America
Associated albumLife Starts Now
Start dateNovember 16, 2009 (2009-11-16)
End dateOctober 16, 2011 (2011-10-16)
Legs4
Three Days Grace concert chronology
  • One-X Tour
    (2006–08)
  • Life Starts Now Tour
    (2009–11)
  • Human Tour
    (2015)

The Life Starts Now Tour is the third headlining concert tour by Canadian rock band Three Days Grace, in support of their third studio album, Life Starts Now (2009).

Background

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Three Days Grace released their third studio album, Life Starts Now on September 22, 2009. The group announced the Life Starts Now Tour on October 2, 2009. The first leg of the tour began in Canada from November to December 2009 with supporting acts from Default and The Used.[1] In December 2009, Three Days Grace announced the American leg, with tour dates scheduled for January to February 2010. Breaking Benjamin and Flyleaf joined the group during that leg of the tour.[2] Chevelle and Adelitas Way later joined as an opening act from March to April 2010.[3][4] Once the second leg of the tour was complete, the band joined Nickelback as the opening act on the Dark Horse Tour from September to October 2010.[5]

The group continued the Life Starts Now Tour in the US for the third leg of the tour in March 2011 with My Darkest Days joining the band as the supporting act.[6] The group joined Avenged Sevenfold on the Welcome to the Family Tour in May 2011 after they finished the third leg of the tour.[7] Three Days Grace wrapped up the Life Starts Now Tour from June to October 2011.

Reception

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Critical response

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The concerts in the North America received generally positive reviews. Nikki Mascali of The Weekender wrote a positive review for the concert in Wilkes-Barre at the Wachovia Arena; "Three Days Grace doesn't pretend to be something it's not. It's a band that loves to play its music, tour and thrives on the crowd's fists pumping in the air before it." She praised lead singer Adam Gontier for his stage presence stating, "He's a great frontman who engages the crowd without insisting upon himself."[8] For the Augusta concert at the James Brown Arena, Sindy Lucas of The Silver Tongue stated, "The line-up on this tour was astounding and the only thing that could have possibly made this concert better is longer sets." She complimented drummer Neil Sanderson for his drum solo during the concert calling it, "nothing short of spectacular."[9] Speaking about the Springfield concert at the MassMutual Center, Donnie Moorhouse of Masslive remarked, "Friday's show won't end up on anybody's all-time list, but not every concert has to be a life-changing experience. With a good crowd on hand, the three bands turned the amps up and helped a few thousand fans shake off the work week."[10]

Commercial performance

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During the second leg of the tour, the shows in Vancouver and Springfield reportedly failed to sellout, however, it was "not enough empty seats to be concerned" about.[11][10]

Opening acts

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Setlist

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This setlist is representative of the performance on February 6, 2010 at Wachovia Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. It does not represent the setlist at all concerts for the duration of the tour.[8]

  1. "Break"
  2. "The Good Life"
  3. "I Hate Everything About You"
  4. "Pain"
  5. "Bitter Taste"
  6. "Home"
  7. "I Don't Care"
  8. "Last to Know"
  9. "Goin' Down"
  10. "Riot"
  11. "In the Air Tonight" (Phil Collins cover)
  12. "Just Like You"
  13. "Never Too Late"
  14. "Animal I Have Become"

Tour dates

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Date City Country Venue
First leg[1]
November 16, 2009 Victoria Canada Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
November 19, 2009 Kelowna Prospera Place
November 20, 2009 Kamloops Interior Savings Centre
November 22, 2009 Prince George CN Centre
November 22, 2009 Dawson Creek EnCana Events Centre
November 26, 2009 Edmonton Rexall Place
November 27, 2009 Lethbridge Enmax Centre
November 28, 2009 Medicine Hat Medicine Hat Arena
November 30, 2009 Calgary Pengrowth Saddledome
December 2, 2009 Saskatoon Credit Union Centre
December 3, 2009 Regina Brandt Centre
December 5, 2009 Winnipeg MTS Centre
December 8, 2009 Sault St. Marie Essar Centre
December 10, 2009 Sudbury Sudbury Arena
December 12, 2009[a] Los Angeles United States Gibson Amphitheatre
December 15, 2009 London Canada John Labatt Centre
December 17, 2009 Toronto Air Canada Centre
December 20, 2009 Ottawa Scotiabank Place
December 21, 2009 Montreal Cepsum at University of Montreal
December 22, 2009 Quebec City Pavillon de la Jeunesse
Second leg[13][2]
January 6, 2010 Kamloops Canada Interior Savings Centre
January 7, 2010 Kelowna Prospera Place
January 8, 2010 Prince George CN Centre
January 9, 2010 Dawson Creek EnCana Events Centre
January 12, 2010 Vancouver General Motors Place
January 15, 2010 Peoria United States Peoria Civic Center
January 16, 2010 Detroit Joe Louis Arena
January 18, 2010 Madison Alliant Energy Center
January 20, 2010 Duluth Duluth Entertainment Convention Center
January 21, 2010 La Crosse La Crosse Center Arena
January 23, 2010 Mankato Verizon Wireless Center
January 24, 2010 Rockford Rockford Metro Center
January 26, 2010 Grand Island Heartland Events Center
January 27, 2010 Cedar Rapids US Cellular Center
January 29, 2010 Evansville Roberts Stadium
January 30, 2010 Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
February 1, 2010 Lexington Rupp Arena
February 2, 2010 Huntington Big Sandy Superstore Arena
February 4, 2010 Erie Tullio Arena
February 5, 2010 Albany Washington Avenue Armory
February 6, 2010 Wilkes-Barre Wachovia Arena
February 13, 2010 Lowell Tsongas Center
February 14, 2010 Portland Cumberland County Civic Center
February 16, 2010 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
February 17, 2010 State College Bryce Jordan Center
February 19, 2010 Newark Prudential Center
February 20, 2010 Reading Sovereign Center
February 23, 2010 Augusta James Brown Arena
February 24, 2010 Jacksonville Jacksonville Arena
February 26, 2010 Estero Germain Arena
February 27, 2010 Tampa Amalie Arena
March 1, 2010 Pensacola Pensacola Civic Center
March 2, 2010 Baton Rouge Baton Rouge Civic Center
March 4, 2010 Bossier City CenturyTel Center
March 5, 2010 Little Rock Verizon Arena
March 26, 2010 Grand Rapids DeltaPlex Arena
March 27, 2010 Saginaw Dow Event Center
March 28, 2010 Green Bay Resch Center
March 30, 2010 St. Paul Roy Wilkins Auditorium
April 2, 2010 Tupelo BancorpSouth Arena
April 3, 2010 Biloxi Mississippi Coliseum
April 6, 2010 Huntsville Von Braun Center
April 7, 2010 Pikeville Eastern KY Expo Center
April 9, 2010 Savannah

Postponed shows

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List of postponed concerts, showing date, city, venue and reason for postponement
Date City Venue Reason
November 17, 2009 Vancouver Pacific Coliseum Family emergency within the band[14]

Notes

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  1. ^ This concert is a part of the KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas performance.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Three Days Grace, Papa Roach Unveil Tour Dates". October 2, 2009. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Three Days Grace To Tour With Breaking Benjamin In 2010". December 12, 2009. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  3. ^ "Chevelle Announce U.S. Dates With Three Days Grace And Adelita's Way". February 15, 2010. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  4. ^ Rachael Recker (March 25, 2010). "Three Days Grace opens new tour at DeltaPlex in Grand Rapids". MLive. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  5. ^ "Three Days Grace Announced as Special Guests on Nickelback's Dark Horse Tour". threedaysgrace.com. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
  6. ^ "Three Days Grace Announce 2011 US Tour". threedaysgrace.com. January 24, 2011. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
  7. ^ "Avenged Sevenfold Announce "Welcome to the Family" Spring Tour". avengedsevenfold.com. February 17, 2011. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
  8. ^ a b Nikki M. Mascali. "REVIEW: Three Days Grace's night of highs and lows". Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  9. ^ Sindy Lucas (February 24, 2010). "Three Days Grace, Breaking Benjamin and FlyLeaf at James Brown Arena". Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  10. ^ a b Donnie Moorhous (April 17, 2010). "Three Days Grace rocks Springfield". Masslive. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  11. ^ Sarah Rowland (January 13, 2010). "Three Days Grace rocks the faithful few at GM Place". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  12. ^ "Photos: KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  13. ^ "Past Shows - The Official Three Days Grace". Threedaysgrace.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
  14. ^ "Tonight's Three Days Grace concert postponed". The Georgia Straight. November 17, 2009. Retrieved January 31, 2023.