Staind at Darien Lake Amphitheater | September 19, 2026

Twenty-five years is a long time to sit with an album. When Break the Cycle arrived in May 2001, it sold 716,000 copies in its first week, debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, and turned Staind from a hard-touring New England act into one of the defining voices of post-grunge. This fall, the band is taking the record back out on the road — not as nostalgia, but as formal acknowledgment. The Darien Lake Amphitheater date falls on Saturday, September 19, with support from Seether and special guests Hoobastank and Hinder.

About Staind

Formed in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1995, Staind spent the late ’90s grinding through the Northeast club circuit before their second major-label album, Dysfunction (1999), put them on the national map. Break the Cycle, released May 8, 2001 on Elektra Entertainment and produced by Josh Abraham, was the leap. It debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, held that position for three weeks, and reached #1 in the UK, Canada, and New Zealand. The RIAA certified it 5x Platinum; worldwide sales have reached approximately 6.4 million copies.

The album’s lead single, “It’s Been Awhile,” spent 16 weeks at #1 on the Modern Rock chart — a record at the time — and 20 weeks atop the Mainstream Rock chart. Frontman Aaron Lewis and guitarist Mike Mushok remain at the core of the lineup; drummer Jon Wysocki departed in 2011 and has been replaced by Sal Giancarelli. The band returned with Confessions of the Fallen in 2023. Whether the anniversary tour will include a full album run-through remains unconfirmed — the Live Nation press materials frame this as an anniversary celebration without specifying format.

“25 years later to be touring, celebrating this album and bringing our music to our fans near and far is something really special,” Lewis said at the announcement. “It’s like one big family reunion.”

About Darien Lake Amphitheater

The Darien Lake Amphitheater in Darien Center, New York is a 21,600-capacity outdoor venue that handles the full spectrum of major touring rock, country, and pop packages through the Western New York summer season. It’s the appropriate scale for this billing — a multi-act package of 2000s-era rock headliners drawing from across the region. Doors open at 6:00 PM.

Tickets & Pricing

Tickets are on sale now, ranging from $39.00 to $46.00. Buy tickets here.