David Draiman Calls for Concert Unity Amid Politics Debate

David Draiman has praised Metallica and Mötley Crüe as their members’ comments about politics and audiences circulate online. The Disturbed singer called for concerts to be a place where people can put outside divisions aside and share the experience.

“Concerts should be unifying events,” Draiman wrote on X on October 14, 2026. “A time when we can shut out the noise of the outside world, and embrace our shared humanity together.”

He closed the post by tagging Metallica and Mötley Crüe and offering both bands a “Bravo.”

The discussion follows James Hetfield’s remarks during Metallica’s October 10 performance at Sphere in Las Vegas. Before explaining what he wanted the show to offer, Hetfield thanked fans for the travel, money and time they had committed to being there. According to AXS TV’s reporting, he then criticized unnamed entertainers who try to influence their audiences and encouraged the crowd to forget what was happening outside the venue.

Hetfield described Metallica’s agenda as “love, energy and heavy music, baby!” He did not identify a particular artist in those remarks.

A separate clip circulating online shows Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx telling an audience that being Republican or Democrat does not affect their place at the band’s concerts. His welcome also extended to gay and straight fans, with Sixx emphasizing that everyone in the room was there together.

Sixx had explained a similar approach in a November 2016 interview with NME, while touring with Sixx:A.M. He said the musicians did not all share the same political beliefs and did not want to interrupt a rock show to discuss them.

“We don’t feel that’s right for us. It doesn’t mean it’s not right for somebody else,” he told the publication.

Sixx also acknowledged expressing his views on social media. His concern was that listeners might feel forced to choose their music according to how they voted, allowing political disagreements to determine their relationship with a band.

Draiman likewise presented his message as something familiar to Disturbed audiences. “Been saying this for years at @Disturbed concerts,” he wrote at the beginning of his post, before calling for people to embrace their shared humanity.