Here is something worth knowing before you wait on this one too long: Schenectady gets the first night of Skillet’s entire fall tour. The Comatose: 20 Years, Still Screaming Tour opens at Proctors on Wednesday, September 30, and then the band heads to 23 other cities across North America. The Capital District gets night one.
About Skillet
Skillet formed in Tennessee in 1996, which means this tour is doubling as a 30th-anniversary celebration alongside the headline event: the 20th anniversary of Comatose, the 2006 album that pushed them into a different tier entirely. The record produced six No. 1 singles on the Christian Rock charts and three Top 40 Mainstream Rock hits, and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album. Their song “Monster” has since crossed four billion global streams — a number that makes them one of the most-streamed rock acts in that lane, full stop.
Frontman John Cooper has been direct about what this anniversary run means: “At every show, someone tells me that this record helped them through the darkest times of their life.” That is the current running through a Comatose anniversary tour, and it is why the set list matters here. Expect deep cuts alongside the fan favorites — “Whispers in the Dark” and “Rebirthing” are on the album, and the tour is built around giving it real weight. No supporting acts have been announced.
The band also arrives with new music. Their single “Scream” — arriving July 10 and the first release after their 2024 album Revolution — opens a new chapter alongside the anniversary material. Cooper described it as being about “wanting your life to matter when the world feels chaotic.”
About Proctors
The MainStage at Proctors holds 2,646 and sits on State Street in downtown Schenectady. It is a proper theater — built to move sound, with solid sight lines throughout — and the kind of room where a production built on big emotional swings lands the way it is supposed to. If you are tracking shows across the Albany / Capital District, this is the region’s main stage in every sense. Box office: (518) 346-6204.
Tickets & Pricing
Tickets are on sale now at atproctors.org. VIP Meet & Greet packages are available through the Skillet app. Doors open at 7:00 PM. This is opening night of a 24-city run — if you are anywhere near the Capital District, this is the one.