Defector (live)

This page contains a list of all known performances of Defector.

Analysis and Explanation

Defector has been a fan favourite off of the album, with many fans begging for it to be played live before its debut. By September, half of the album had still yet to be played live (the entire latter half of the album after JFK). It made its debut at the Music for Life gig on September 16 2015, and has yet to be played since. The gig was viewed as "special" for one reason or another, as Agitated and United States of Eurasia were also performed (two songs that had been played very rarely during the tour). It is unknown why the band have yet to revisit the song live. It is more than likely it will reappear sometime in 2016 for further performances, however alongside Aftermath, the song had no indications of being played live anytime soon.

A fan asked Matt to play the song in Amsterdam, to which he replied "we'll play it in Brussels!". The band did not. Later, a fan on twitter asked Matt to play it, Matt replied that they were going to play the song the next day at Zürich. Defector finally reappeared in setlists at the next gig.

Drones era

2016

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
8	2016-06-12	Telenor Arena	Oslo, Norway	Watch here
7	2016-06-11	Ericsson Dome	Stockholm, Sweden	Watch here
6	2016-06-09	Forum	Copenhagen, Denmark	Watch here
5	2016-06-03	Mercedes Benz Arena	Berlin, Germany	Watch here
4	2016-05-21	Mediolanum Forum	Milan, Italy	Watch here - Incomplete
3	2016-05-17	Mediolanum Forum	Milan, Italy	Watch here
2	2016-05-14	Mediolanum Forum	Milan, Italy	Watch here
1	2016-05-12	Hallenstadion	Zürich, Switzerland	Watch here

2015

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
1	2015-09-16	Ancienne Belgique	Brussels, Belgium	Watch here

See also

This is a table of Drones-era live performances.

Note: white indicates performed at 75-100% of known setlists.

Gainsboro indicates performed at 50-75% of known setlists.

Silver indicates performed at 25-50% of known setlists.

Dark gray indicates performed at 0-25% of known setlists.

Black indicates no known performance that year.

Aqua indicates a performance in the current tour and year for which the final amount of performances is unknown.

Last updated: April 15, 2022.

Song Title	Release	2007	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2022	2023	#
Dead Inside	Drones	0	58	81	23	0	0	0	0	162
Drill Sergeant	Drones	0	43	23	34	12	61	28	56	257
Psycho	Drones	0	66	82	34	14	61	28	56	341
Mercy	Drones	0	57	82	33	8	59	0	0	239
Reapers	Drones	0	60	60	0	2	57	0	0	179
The Handler	Drones	0	41	79	11	5	57	0	0	192
JFK *	Drones	14	31	67	0	0	0	0	52	164
Defector	Drones	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	9
Revolt	Drones	0	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	22
Aftermath	Drones	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The Globalist	Drones	0	13	80	17	0	0	0	0	110
Drones **	Drones	0	25	143	17	0	0	0	0	185

* JFK was played at a small amount of gigs in 2007 as intro music.

** Drones was played twice at every performance from its debut with three exceptions as of the last update. The actual total of gigs is highly inflated in comparison with other songs as a result. It has not been performed twice at festival dates, however, since the end of the 360 Tour in 2016.

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