Chicago rockers Disturbed brought their intense, hard rock to Louder Than Life in Louisville, Kentucky on Saturday, September 28, 2024.
“My brothers and sisters, my blood, speak to me,” lead vocalist David Draiman screamed to the crowd.
“Let me see those devil horns in the sky.”
In a unique portion of their show, Disturbed was joined by a special guest vocalist as part of a contest with Louisville radio station Alt 105.1, in partnership with The Fox Den.
Local singer Katelyn Webb won a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to sing on stage with the band, performing Ann Wilson’s part in the song “Don’t Tell Me.”
Photographer Nathan Zucker captured these images from the moment as well:
After knocking it out of the park, Draiman was quick to praise Webb, calling her an “amazing vocalist.”
Toward the end of the show, Draiman announced it was “a very special night” for the band.
“It’s also somewhat of a somber night for us here in the Disturbed family,” he said.
“Our guitar player Dan Donegan, his father Don is not doing so well. He’s in hospice right now.”
Draiman added: “I’ll never forget when I first met Don, it was after one of the local southside Chicago club shows we had played very early in the Disturbed lifespan, probably about 1997. We had just finished the show and I went up to him and said ‘hello Mr. Donegan, it’s very nice to meet you.’ He’s like ‘it’s nice to meet you too, but what are you doing playing with these guys, they’re terrible.’ Well, thankfully, Dan’s father was very, very wrong these guys were not terrible, they were amazing, but that is exactly the kind of guy Don Donegan is. He’s a card. We love him.”
The band proceeded to dedicate and perform the song ‘The Light’ for Mr. Donegan, as cellphones and lighters from the audience lit up the Kentucky night.
Photographer Steve Thrasher captured these images from their performance:
Earlier this week, the band announced their 34-date The Sickness 25th Anniversary Tour which will kick off in Nampa, ID on February 25th (full dates below) and is produced by Live Nation.
The tour celebrates 25 years of Disturbed’s seminal debut album which launched the band into public consciousness and is one of the most important and influential heavy metal albums of all time.
Each night will feature two sets of music, opening with Disturbed playing the five times platinum The Sickness in full, followed by a full set of greatest hits.
The first half of the tour will feature support from special guests Three Days Grace, featuring the return of original singer Adam Gontier, and opener Sevendust, and the second half will feature special guests Daughtry with opener Nothing More.
Tickets and VIP will be available starting with an Artist pre-sale beginning Tuesday, October 15 at 10 AM local time.
Fans have the ability to pre-register for pre-sale tickets at https://disturbed.live/.
Additional pre-sales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on-sale starting Friday, October 18 at 10 AM local time at disturbed1.com/tour.
Dates in the UK and Europe will be announced soon.
Since The Sickness was released in 2000, the album was certified five times platinum by the RIAA, spent a total of 106 weeks on the US Billboard 200 chart, and Revolver named it one of “Top 25 Debut Hard Rock Albums.”
Billboard said of the title track upon release: “‘Down With The Sickness’ is, of course, the quintessential Disturbed song, harnessing all the band’s seethe and its now-famous tribal beat and guitar chug into three and a half minutes of alt-metal mayhem. It’s menacing, it’s rhythmic, it’s rebellious.”
Disturbed The Sickness 25th Anniversary Tour
Feb 25 Nampa, ID Ford Idaho Center Arena*
Feb 27 Denver, CO Ball Arena*
Mar 02 Saint Louis, MO Enterprise Center*
Mar 04 Milwaukee, WI Fiserv Forum*
Mar 06 Minneapolis, MN Target Center*
Mar 08 Chicago, IL United Center*
Mar 10 Detroit, MI Little Caesars Arena*
Mar 12 Louisville, KY KFC Yum! Center*
Mar 14 Boston, MA TD Garden*
Mar 17 Washington, DC Capital One Arena*
Mar 19 Montreal, QC Centre Bell*
Mar 21 New York, NY Madison Square Garden*
Mar 29 Cincinnati, OH Heritage Bank Center^
Mar 31 Cleveland, OH Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse^
Apr 02 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center^
Apr 04 Buffalo, NY KeyBank Center^
Apr 05 Pittsburgh, PA PPG Paints Arena^
Apr 07 Toronto, ON Scotiabank Arena^
Apr 09 Indianapolis, IN Gainbridge Fieldhouse^
Apr 12 Charlotte, NC Spectrum Center^
Apr 14 Raleigh, NC Lenovo Center^
Apr 16 Birmingham, AL Legacy Arena at The BJCC^
Apr 18 Sunrise, FL Amerant Bank Arena^
Apr 23 Duluth, GA Gas South Arena^
Apr 25 San Antonio, TX Front Bank Center^
Apr 26 Fort Worth, TX Dickies Arena^
Apr 28 Oklahoma City, OK Paycom Center^
May 05 Seattle, WA Climate Pledge Arena^
May 07 Portland, OR Moda Center^
May 09 Sacramento, CA Golden 1 Center^
May 10 San Francisco, CA Chase Center^
May 13 Inglewood, CA Kia Forum^
May 15 Phoenix, AZ Footprint Center^
May 17 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena^
*with special guests Three Days Grace and opener Sevendust
^with special guests Daughtry and opener Nothing More
Emerging out of Chicago at the turn of the century with an insidious, infectious, and inimitable vision without comparison, Disturbed have quietly dominated hard rock on their own terms.
They make the kind of music that pushes you to hold on tighter, fight harder, and persevere forever. It’s why they’ve claimed a place at the forefront of 21st century rock with record-breaking success, sales of over 17 million-plus units, nearly 8 billion streams, and sold out shows around the globe. The band have six RIAA album certifications, and singles from all eight albums have reached the top ten of the Mainstream Rock chart.
The two-time GRAMMY® Award-nominated quartet have notched five consecutive #1 debuts on the Billboard Top 200 for Believe, Ten Thousand Fists, Indestructible, and Asylum, occupying rarified air alongside Metallica—the only other hard rock group to accomplish this feat.
Since their influential 5x-platinum debut The Sickness in 2000, they have built a bulletproof catalog highlighted by a procession of smashes, including the platinum “Stupify,” “Inside The Fire,” and “Land of Confusion,” 2x-platinum “Stricken,” 6x-platinum “Down With The Sickness,” and 7x-platinum “The Sound of Silence,” to name a few.
The latter notably received a GRAMMY® Award nomination in the category of “Best Rock Performance” as the band earned “Best Rock Artist” at the 2017 iHeartRadioMusic Awards.
Still, Disturbed never stop, and their most recent 2022 album Divisive featured their 17th #1 at Rock Radio “Hey You,” “Unstoppable,” and more.
Follow the band at https://www.disturbed1.com/.