{"id":264739,"date":"2025-11-01T10:22:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T10:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/264739\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T10:22:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T10:22:11","slug":"dan-donegan-says-disturbed-expect-to-take-quite-a-bit-of-time-off-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/264739\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Donegan Says Disturbed Expect To “Take Quite A Bit Of Time Off Next Year”"},"content":{"rendered":"

While Disturbed had a monumental year celebrating the 25th anniversary of their 5x multi-platinum debut album \u201cThe Sickness\u201d on the road, the past 12 months or so haven\u2019t all been highs for the n\u00fc-metal\/alternative metal stars. Outside of allegedly damaging some banners from the Chicago Bulls with their pyro<\/a>, the band\u2019s frontman David Draiman has become a magnet for controversy.<\/p>\n

Draiman, who is of Jewish heritage, has been unwaveringly vocal in expressing his political views on social media. Some however have taken issue with his unwavering support for Israel in the Israel Gaza war. There\u2019s a very vocal contingent of people who felt Draiman took it a step too far in signing an artillery shell while visiting with the Israel Defense Force<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While Draiman\u2018s found a fair share of support for his actions, that artillery shell signing, and his frequent expression of divisive political beliefs on a variety of topics on his social media continue to fuel his critics. The uproar surrounding Draiman has led to backlash for a band who collaborated with him<\/a>, audience members allegedly booing him at the \u2018Back To The Beginning\u2018 festival<\/a>, and even a canceled show in Brussels<\/a> over security concerns. There\u2019s also been public beefs, ranging from feuds with the likes of Kneecap<\/a> and actor John Cusack<\/a>, among others.<\/p>\n

Which is all to say, that Disturbed\u2018s plans to take it easy in 2026 with some considerable downtime certainly can\u2019t hurt things at the moment. With the band having just recently concluded the European\/UK leg of their aforementioned anniversary tour, it looks like they will lay dormant for some time. <\/p>\n

The band\u2019s guitarist Dan Donegan took to Instagram live earlier today, October 31st, commenting of the band\u2019s current outlook:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are done [playing shows for now]. We are done with \u2018The Sickness\u2018, done with the anniversary tour. [We\u2019ll be] home for the rest of the year, and probably gonna take quite a bit of time off next year. So no discussions of doing anything else. We just feel like we could use a break. It\u2019s been a pretty strong run earlier this year. We started in the U.S. and a little bit into Canada and finishing this European run, we just feel we could enjoy some time home.<\/p>\n

And [we\u2019ve] got a lot of stuff going on in our personal lives. [We\u2019ve] got holidays coming up. Unfortunately, a handful of us had some relatives pass away while we were in Europe. So I had an uncle pass away last week. My guitar tech had his father and a cousin, a week apart from each other, both passed away. So those are the things that happen when you live life on tour and on the road. And it\u2019s such a heartbreaking thing, to be away from home and you get that kind of phone call when somebody close to you or a family member passes away.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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