Taking a Break Because We’re TIRED, PERIOD.

David Draiman is shooting down any notions that his recently announced “nice long break” for Disturbed has anything to do with any controversy surrounding the band. Instead, he insists that the band members are simply “tired.”

Last week, Draiman revealed that Disturbed would be taking an extended break following an extensive tour in support of the 25th anniversary of their multiplatinum debut album, The Sickness.

After the tour’s final show in Glasgow, Scotland, he tweeted, “Headed home!!! Thanks so much to EVERYONE that made #TheSickness25 a tour to truly remember! Crew, Management, Agent, Promoters, and ESPECIALLY my brothers in @Disturbed. Not sure when we will be headed back out. We all need a nice long break. Hope to see you when we do.”

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Draiman and the band made headlines throughout the year due to the singer’s pro-Israel stance, leading one local mayor to cancel the band’s show in Brussels over safety concerns. However, the frontman says the media is reading too much into the rock act’s “nice long break,” and that there’s no tension within the band.

On Wednesday, he tweeted, “For the Record: 1. Taking a break because we’re TIRED, PERIOD. 2. Any spin by the media is just that…spin. We’re all doing great, and are on great terms. 3. The European tour was the biggest of our career. We played to packed arenas every night. Let’s do it again sometime.”

As it was, 2025 turned out to be a whirlwind year for Draiman and Disturbed. In March, the band’s pyro display at the United Center damaged the Chicago Bulls’ championship banners, and in May, Draiman proposed to his girlfriend Sarah Uli onstage in Sacramento. Moreover, the singer engaged in a war of words with pro-Palestinian UK hip-hop act Kneecap.

See David Draiman’s clarification in the tweet below.

For the record;

1. Taking a break because we’re TIRED, PERIOD.
2. Any spin by the media is just that…spin. We’re all doing great, and are on great terms.
3. The European tour was the biggest of our career 🙏🏻🤘🏻. We played to packed arenas every night. Let’s do it again…

— David Draiman 🟦🎗️🇺🇸🇮🇱✡️☮️ (@davidmdraiman) November 5, 2025