Disturbed’s David Draiman Has Shared The Band Will Take An Indefinite Hiatus From Touring

Disturbed’s frontman, David Draiman, has shared that the band intends to take an indefinite hiatus from touring following their European leg, which has seen the ‘Down With The Sickness’ group face public backlash following Draiman’s controversial photo signing of IDF missiles.

Disturbed singer David Draiman has announced that the band will be going on an indefinite hiatus from touring after wrapping their most recent European Tour on October 28 in Glasgow.

The frontman would write on X, “Not sure when we will be headed back out. We all need a nice long break. Hope to see you when we do.”

Disturbed had been facing immense scrutiny during their recent European tour after Draiman posted a photo on Instagram in June depicting him writing “Fuck Hamas” on an IDF artillery shell.

The backlash to the photo has been following Draiman since the singer shared the photo. Draiman would even face backlash and ridicule during his performance at the massive Back To The Beginning concert, where the crowd would boo the Disturbed singer.

At their most final performance in Glasgow, protestors had gathered outside the OVO Hydro venue calling out Draiman’s support of the IDF. Draiman would fan the flames even more by responding to footage of the demonstration on Instagram, commenting: “Hope your Jew hatred kept you guys warm lol.”

Draiman would recently double down on his choice to sign the IDF weapons, writing:

“Yes, I signed ONE artillery shell at an IDF base on the #Gaza border,” Draiman wrote. “I wrote FUCK #HAMAS on it. I meant it, and I’d do it again. The insinuation that the one shell I signed had to have ‘killed children’ or ‘killed innocents/non combatants’ is absolutlty [sic] asinine.”

Recently, the metal group saw their October 15th show in Brussels cancelled, with the town’s mayor, Charles Spapens, citing “security risks”. Spapens would issue a police order prohibiting Disturbed from performing after “the show had become controversial because singer David Draiman is a strong supporter of the Israeli military.”

Disturbed would issue a statement on Instagram following the cancellation, which read:

“Music is where all our differences fade into the background. Music has the power to heal, to inspire and to bring people together, it’s not about what divides us. We have always made it a point that at our shows ALL are welcome no matter what you believe. Everyone who comes to a Disturbed concert is accepted and loved. We are saddened that our fans in Belgium are not going to be able to share in this celebration of music.”

Despite this recent announcement of a touring hiatus, the band may still release new material at a later date. Guitarist Dan Donegan revealed in March that the band “have a lot of stuff recorded” for their next album. Will folks still want to hear it? I guess we’ll have to wait and see.