Disturbed’s David Draiman responds to Black Sabbath gig controversy: “A few Jew-hating morons”
Disturbed frontman David Draiman has responded to reports that he was booed while performing at Black Sabbath’s final gig on July 5th over his pro-Israel stance, branding supporters of Palestine “a few Jew-hating morons.”
Draiman took to the stage at the farewell gig in Birmingham’s Villa Park as part of a supergroup performing Black Sabbath classics, before being booed by the audience, likely due to his support of Israel in the current Gaza conflict.
However, he has now responded to this, making a lengthy post on Facebook which said: “I wasn’t ‘booed off stage’ as so many people in the press and CERTAINLY Free Palestine crowd, would have you believe. Yes, there were a few boos when I walked out, but I came to pay homage to my teachers, my idols, the mighty Black Sabbath, and I wasn’t about to let a few Jew-hating morons deter that.”
Draiman added: “It’s all about feeding their narrative, generating clickbait, and inciting hatred of Jews,” before alleging that, “There’s even a track being passed around out there that added enhanced booing to the performance just to add fuel to the fire. Pathetic.” There is currently no evidence to support this claim.
The singer insisted that his songs were received well by the crowd, before going on to declare that he will never back down from his position, noting: “I will ALWAYS stand up for my people, and I won’t be deterred, intimidated, or shamed out of rocking the asses of the masses.”
Draiman has attracted significant controversy over his support of Israel during the current conflict in Palestine, particularly when he visited Israeli army bases last year and signed bombs for them.
Elsewhere at the concert, bands including Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Slayer, Pantera, and Alice in Chains performed alongside Black Sabbath to bid them a fond farewell, marking the first time the original line-up had appeared together in over two decades.
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