The "Texting Audience Member" Says She'll Never See Disturbed Again

After viral footage of David Draiman of Disturbed humiliated an audience member that he caught on her phone during their show in Dallas, the woman involved in the story came out to tell her side of the story.

Shannon Pardue told the Dallas Observer  that she began texting her 14-year-old daughter who was at their home in Rendon, TX in the middle of a hailstorm after the main part of the Disturbed show was over. Pardue says she was texting her daughter to "calm her down" when the crowd began chanting "one more song" for an encore performance.

In an online posting, Draiman further explained his actions, saying, "That woman was not a fan. She was the date of a real fan who was standing next to her. She was face in phone from the moment the show started 'till the very end." Draiman continues by saying, "This was when we came back out for an encore, and I started out by saying how amazing the crowd was (the part not on the recording)... this woman, who didn't want to be there in the first place, was the exception, so I chose to make an example of her."

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"You may not agree with my calling out the girl texting/tweeting/facebooking the entire show the other night, who was clearly only there because her boyfriend took her to the show, and, like it or not, I have to accept that. but when we musicians go up on stage, bleed for our art, leave everything up there, and someone doesn't even have the decency to watch for even one song, it's like a slap in the face. We put all we have to into what we do," says Draiman.

Meanwhile on the other side of this story:

"Rock stars wouldn't be where they are without people who come to pay for the show," says Pardue. "Whether I had my eyes on him or not, I am still there and I can hear them. He's an amazing singer, and they were good, but it was just his attitude. I'll never pay to see him again nor will my friends."

Pardue says her husband purchased two balcony seats to the House of Blues six months ago and even wore his 15-yearold Disturbed t-shirt to the show. In a Facebook post, Pardue summarized her experience by saying, "[Draiman] was a jerk. Disturbed just lost two big fans."



(source: Blabbermouth)