Breaking Benjamin & Three Days Grace at Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater

Breaking Benjamin x Three Days Grace

With so many great shows on the horizon for rock and metal fans this year, you may be thinking “Well, it can’t get better than this!”, but we’re here to tell you it can.

Two of the most legendary hard rock bands, Breaking Benjamin and Three Days Grace, are gracing the stages across North America with their new co-headlining tour! The two bands will be playing at the Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater in  Virginia Beach on September 8th. Joining them, is Return To Dust, a newly emerging rock band worthy of sharing the stage with these two giants. 

Co-Headliners

Breaking Benjamin is an American rock band from Pennsylvania, formed in 1999 by lead vocalist and guitarist Benjamin Burnley. The band’s name originated from Burnley’s habit of breaking music and recording equipment belonging to a producer in earlier years. Breaking Benjamin’s first notable breakthrough came in 2001 after the release of their EP, when WBSX rock radio station’s DJ, Freddie Fabbri, aired their track “Polyamorous”. The track became the top requested song on the station, leading to Fabbri financing the band, selling 2000 EP copies, and later signing up with Hollywood Records in 2002.

Under the mainstream record label, the band released their debut full length album “Saturate,” which reached No. 136 on the Billboard 200 and received a Gold certificate, giving the band their first wave of mainstream success. The band released a further three Platinum certified studio albums before taking a break in 2010 due to Burnley’s prolonged illness. Breaking Benjamin returned to action in 2014 with a new lineup and released their fifth studio album “Dark Before Dawn, " reaching No.1 within the first hour of its pre-order phase.

Throughout the years, Breaking Benjamin have shared global stages with the likes of Alice In Chains, Chevelle, Disturbed, and long term collaborators Three Days Grace. Breaking Benjamin have released six studio albums to date and 23 singles with top hits being “I Will Not Bow”, “The Diary Of Jane”, “Breath”, and “Angels Fall”. The band has a global audience that reaches in 100s of Millions of fans and streams. 

Three Days Grace is a rock band from Canada, formed in 1992 under the name Groundswell until 1997 when the band regrouped with its current name. Under the new name, Three Days Grace put together a new demo and shared it with EMI Music Publishing Canada. Little did the trio know that the demo carried one of their most iconic tracks of all time, “I Hate Everything About You”. The demo sparked an interest among the music producers as well as hardrock fans, leading to the band signing multiple record label deals.

The band released their self-titled debut album “Three Days Grace” in 2003 with the supporting single “I Hate Everything About You”. The song not only became the band’s signature sound but also peaked at No.1 on the Canadian rock chart and led the band to win "Favourite New Artist" at the CASBY Awards. In 2006, the band released "Animal I Have Become" as the lead single from their second studio album “One-X”. The single became one of the band’s most popular song and went on to win the Rock Single of the Year at the 2006 Billboard Music Awards.

Three Days Grace released two further studio albums before vocalist Adam Gontier departed the band in 2013 to pursue a new chapter. In the meantime, Matt Walst took the mic for the next three studio albums until 2024 when Gontier’s return was announced by the band. Three Days Grace have released seven studio albums and 27 singles to date with other popular hits being “Pain”, “Riot”, “Just Like You”, and is currently signed to RCA Records. The band has received multiple Platinum certificates and awards for their albums, singles, videos, and live performances. 

Special Guest

Return To Dust is a Los Angeles based rock band that everyone’s talking about. They have a new take on alternative rock with fuzzy riffs that bring in the groove. They embody the new age rock ‘n’ roll.