Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. The mayor of Vorst, Belgium, has officially banned an upcoming Disturbed concert, citing public safety concerns stemming from frontman David Draiman’s outspoken support for the Israeli army – namely that one picture where he's signing missiles that'll kill people shortly thereafter.

Disturbed was scheduled to play Vorst Nationaal on Wednesday, October 15, but the plug has now been pulled following a police order issued by Mayor Charles Spapens (PS) according to De Standaard.

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[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 111 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It turns out, he was down with the sickness all along

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It also turns out they must think "The Guy" is actually the bad guy.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Jet Li?

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

https://disturbed.fandom.com/wiki/The_Guy

The Guy is the mascot of Disturbed. He has appeared in several albums as the “cloaked character” on the cover art, and in music videos as the "hero" that ends up defeating large corporations or armies alone.

A character consistently depicted as going against the rich and powerful commanding the media and armies to provide some semblance of justice and liberty to the masses... And the front man was all in on the IDF operations at least as late as second half of 2024. I might have seen it in October of 2023 when some might have assumed the IDF were going to be surgical, but indiscriminate bombing and famine inducing siege had already happened by summer of 2024...

I could maybe even give him the benefit of the doubt that he was in a bubble and oblivious to the wider issues, but after being booed and called on by the media to examine the situation closer to comment, he double downed at a point that should have been eye opening.