Drill Sergeant (live)

This page contains a list of all known performances of Drill Sergeant, the intro of Psycho.

Analysis and Explanation

Drill Sergeant was performed solely as the intro to Psycho, just as it did on the album. The band played no instruments during this song and it was merely played by a tape. It was not used at all gigs, however, and has rarely been used since the beginning of the North American leg of the Drones World Tour. The crowd loves to chant "aye sir" during this brief snippet of an intro, but apart from this, there is no point in viewing the majority of the performances of Drill Sergeant as, if you've seen one, you've technically seen them all.

Drones era

2016

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
2	2016-02-26	Bercy Arena	Paris, France	Watch here
1	2016-01-13	United Center	Chicago, IL, USA	Watch here

2015

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
43	2015-12-02	American Airlines Center	Dallas, TX, USA	Watch here
42	2015-11-21	Corona Capital Festival	Mexico City, Mexico	Watch here
41	2015-11-17	Palacio de los Deportes - 17th	Mexico City, Mexico	Watch here
40	2015-11-11	Sports Arena (Dress Rehearsal show)	Los Angeles, CA, USA	No recording
39	2015-10-27	Parque Deportivo 222	Bogotá, Colombia	Watch here
38	2015-10-24	Allianz Arena	São Paulo, Brazil	Watch here
37	2015-10-22	HSBC Arena	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Watch here
36	2015-10-19	Orfeo Superdomo	Córdoba, Argentina	Watch here
35	2015-10-17	Complejo Al Rio	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Watch here
34	2015-10-15	Movistar Arena	Santiago, Chile	Watch here
33	2015-09-30	Olympic Gymnastic Arena	Seoul, South Korea	Watch here
32	2015-09-28	AsiaWorld-Expo	Hong Kong	Watch here
31	2015-09-26	Singapore Indoor Stadium	Singapore	Watch here
30	2015-09-23	Impact Arena	Bangkok, Thailand	Watch here
29	2015-09-21	Mercedes-Benz Arena	Shanghai, China
28	2015-09-19	MasterCard Center	Beijing, China	Watch here
27	2015-09-13	Lollapalooza Berlin	Berlin, Germany	Watch here
26	2015-07-25	Fuji Rock Festival	Yuzawa-machi, Japan	Watch here
25	2015-07-18	Rock in Roma	Rome, Italy	Watch here
24	2015-07-16	Vieilles Charrues Festival	Carhaix, France	Watch here
23	2015-07-13	Musilac Music Festival	Aix-les-Bains, France	Watch here
22	2015-07-11	Bilbao BBK Live	Bilbao, Spain	Watch here
21	2015-07-09	NOS Alive! Festival	Lisbon, Portugal	Watch here
20	2015-07-05	Rock-A-Field	Roeser, Luxembourg	Watch here
19	2015-07-04	Main Square Festival	Arras, France	Watch here
18	2015-07-02	Roskilde Festival	Roskilde, Denmark	Watch here
17	2015-06-30	Gloria Theater	Cologne, Germany	Watch here
16	2015-06-28	Rock Werchter Festival	Werchter, Belgium	Watch here
15	2015-06-26	Bravalla Festival	Norrköping, Sweden	Watch here
14	2015-06-24	Provinssirock Festival	Seinäjoki, Finland	Watch here
13	2015-06-21	Tuborg Greenfest Russia	St. Petersburg, Russia	Watch here
12	2015-06-19	Park Live Festival	Moscow, Russia	Watch here
11	2015-06-14	Orange Festival	Warsaw, Poland	Watch here
10	2015-06-13	Download Festival	Derby, England	Watch here
9	2015-06-12	Pinkpop Festival	Landgraaf, Netherlands	Watch here
8	2015-06-06	Sonisphere	Biel, Switzerland	Watch here
7	2015-06-05	Rock in Vienna Festival	Vienna, Austria	Watch here
6	2015-05-30	Rock im Revier Festival	Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Watch here
5	2015-05-29	Rockavaria Festival	Munich, Germany	Watch here
4	2015-05-23	Earlham Park (BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend)	Norwich, England	Watch here
3	2015-05-16	Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (KROQ Weenie Roast Y Fiesta)	Irvine, CA, USA	Watch here
2	2015-05-15	The Mayan	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Watch here
1	2015-05-09	iHeartRadio Theater	New York City, NY, USA	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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