Disturbed’s David Draiman reportedly met with loud boos at Black Sabbath Show

Disturbed's David Draiman was reportedly greeted with a chorus of boos from the crowd at the Black Sabbath Show today. The incident took place at Villa Park in Birmingham, where the band is currently performing as one of the acts of Black Sabbath's final show.

David Draiman led the “supergroup” assembled for the occasion, which also included Scott Ian (Anthrax), Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme), David Ellefson (ex-Megadeth), Mike Bordin (Faith No More), and Adam Wakeman (Ozzy Osbourne’s band). While others were greeted with a warm reception, Draiman's band was met with a reaction in complete contrast to the others.

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When David Draiman appeared on stage to perform the 1986 Ozzy track Shot In The Dark, the audience broke into jeers. The videos of the incident are now viral all over social media, and people are discussing what the likely reasons behind the boos could be.

David Draiman's political statements

David Draiman has been involved in several controversies over the course of his career. His statements have not always sat well with people of opposing views, with his firm political beliefs, especially his firm support for Israel, also grabbing the public's imagination on several occasions.

Amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza, he has expressed his opinions multiple times on the issue. He has also lambasted those supporting the Palestinian cause, and recently, he even called for efforts to be put into cancelling Kneecap's (an Irish band known for its strong anti-Israel beliefs) visas.

Following Bob Vylan's incendiary performance at the Glastonbury music festival, Draiman posted an Instagram post criticizing the band's performance. He said in the Instagram post:

"I just wanted to speak my mind a little bit about the events of this past weekend. No one should ever use any stage at any festival anywhere in the world to incite hatred and violence against anyone. I think it's disgusting. I think it's irresponsible and contrary to the whole reason people get together at these festivals to begin with."

He then went on to add:

"More importantly, just from a human perspective, what exactly do you really think you're going to achieve here? You know, death to the IDF. Every citizen of the state of Israel has to serve. Every citizen. So you're saying that the majority of world Jews should die, should be killed? That's what you're saying. Good luck with that. Iran saw how easy that wasn't so I'm not sure what you want, what you're trying to achieve other than virtue signaling and instant fame that this selling of Jew hatred has seen to gift everyone with these days."

While David Draiman’s participation in the final Black Sabbath show was intended as a tribute, it ended up causing reactions to the contrary. Several other notable acts, such as Slayer, Pantera, and Gojira, are also present at the event to give Black Sabbath a grand send-off.

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