In a recent chat with Nikki Blakk of the San Francisco Bay Area radio station 107.7 The Bone, Mike Wengren shared Disturbed’s strategy to attract more female fans.
“He [Daughtry frontman Chris Daughtry] was the only one available and said ‘yes,’” the drummer explained why Disturbed chose Daughtry as a tour opener. “No, no. [Laughs] No, just kidding. We know Chris. He’s great. Last year he came out to one of the shows, Nashville or something, he came out onstage, did a song with us.”
Wengren continued, “It was fricking awesome. There was plenty of bands that submitted, but we wanted to figure, like, who fits us? Who’s gonna bring other fans? Maybe we can win over [some of them]. He has more women in his audience. Maybe we can win some of them over… He brings the women over. Plus I wanna figure out how to get as big as shoulders as he does.”
Disturbed’s ‘The Sickness 25th Anniversary Tour’ begins in Nampa, Idaho, on February 25, 2025, organized by Live Nation. The tour celebrates 25 years since Disturbed’s breakthrough debut album.
Each night, they’ll play ‘The Sickness’ album in full, followed by a set of greatest hits. Three Days Grace and Sevendust will be on the first half of the tour, while Daughtry and Nothing More join for the second half.
‘The Sickness’ album, which reached Number 29 on the Billboard 200 and went five times platinum, includes hits like ‘Down With the Sickness,’ ‘Stupify,’ and ‘Voices.’
Tickets went on sale with an artist presale on October 15 at 10 a.m. local time, with more presales throughout the weeks. General sales started on October 18 at 10 a.m. local time. More dates for Europe and the UK will be announced soon.
Earlier this year, Disturbed’s cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s ‘The Sound of Silence’ hit one billion views on YouTube, their first video to reach the Billion Views Club.