DISTURBED Announces Spring 2016 North American Tour

Hard rock titans DISTURBED have announced a 2016 tour in support of their upcoming sixth studio release, "Immortalized". The tour, which kicks off March 11 in Vancouver, will offer a rare chance to see DISTURBED's arena-ready show in an up close and personal setting, such as The Fillmore in San Francisco, Irving Plaza in New York City, Roseland Theater in Portland, and more. Fans who pre-order the new album on Disturbed1.com will have exclusive access to the ticket presale on August 18 at 10 a.m. local time. Tickets are available to the general public starting on August 21.

"Our return from hiatus was for one reason: we are dying for our fix of the live experience," said DISTURBED singer David Draiman. "We need to satisfy our addiction to the feeling you get when you play to the most dedicated and vibrant fan base in existence, the DISTURBED ones. We know the arena shows will come, but we wanted to start out feeling like it did in the old days. Intimate, hot, and intense. We can't wait. Prepare yourselves. The Leviathan has risen."

The dates ae as follows:

Mar. 11 - Vancouver, B.C., Canada - Commodore Ballroom
Mar. 12 - Seattle, WA - The Showbox
Mar. 14 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
Mar. 16 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
Mar. 17 - Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory
Mar. 20 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
Mar. 23 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues
Mar. 24 - Houston, TX - House of Blues
Mar. 25 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
Mar. 27 - Birmingham, AL - Iron City
Mar. 29 - Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues
Mar. 30 - Richmond, VA - The National
Apr. 01 - Baltimore, MD - Baltimore Sound Stage
Apr. 02 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts
Apr. 04 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
Apr. 05 - Niagara Falls, NY - Rapids Theater
Apr. 07 - Detroit, MI - St. Andrews Hall
Apr. 08 - Grand Rapids, MI - Orbit Room
Apr. 10 - Memphis, TN - New Daisy Theatre

"Immortalized" will be made available on August 21 through Reprise Records. Lead single "The Vengeful One" is out now, along with the accompanying animated video from award-winning filmmaker Phil Mucci. The upcoming release follows 2010's gold-certified "Asylum", DISTURBED's fourth consecutive #1 on the Billboard Top 200, and the group's subsequent break, which gave members Draiman, Dan Donegan (guitar),Mike Wengren (drums) and John Moyer (bass) the necessary reprieve to make this imminent and deliberate return.

"The idea was to leave when we were at our peak, which we were, and to come back when we felt reinvigorated," said Draiman. "Everything was strategic. We wanted to give ourselves a chance to breathe, give the fans a chance to breathe, and give the culture a chance to evolve. Now is the time. The environment feels ready. The musical landscape feels ready. We're ready."

"We had basically been going nonstop since 1998," added Wengren. "We got to do our things. It didn't take too long until the itch started coming back."

"We wanted to return when we collectively had that fire underneath us," agreed Donegan. "We missed it so much that we could tap into this energy and deliver the right album. We did it on our own terms."

"The Vengeful One" has racked up more than four and a half million views, and Donegan told The Pulse Of Radio they kept the creation of the new album a secret for the better part of a year. "It's been tough, because we haven't even told like some of our family and friends, so, I mean, for us to go away for almost four months, it was tricky," he said. "I mean, there was some family that I didn't even tell what I was doing. It was tricky to kind of keep that secret, 'cause I'm very bad at lying. I'm not a good liar at all, so to kind of withhold that information from our friends and family, it was tough."

Regarding the songwriting process for "Immortalized", Draiman told Billboard.com: "There's a lot of new and fresh in the mix. We had more input on each other's parts than we probably ever had previously. Everything was really put under the microscope and everybody had an opinion, and, believe me, everyone was voicing them loudly. You get all these very, very alpha type of mentalities all in one room together, all being very, very cocksure about what they want to do and how they want to do it. There were fireworks on an occasion or two, but I must say everyone was very, very decent and open and willing to try anything anyone suggested at any point in time. We were very, very cooperative with one another, very professional the entire time — not that we haven't always been, but especially this time."

DISTURBED will play its first show in four years on August 21 at the House of Blues in the band's hometown of Chicago.