Black Sabbath‘s final (for real this time) show is coming up this July and, outside the lineup of bands, also features a handful of miscellaneous rock and metal artists. Now in an interview with NME, Sharon Osbourne has explained that the intention is for those artists to jam together on stage doing some Sabbath songs and “one or two of their own songs.”
“It starts at noon, then you’re going to see one icon playing with another icon, doing a Sabbath song and one or two of their own songs, and people playing with each other that you never you’d see. Tom Morello is going to play with the drummer from Tool [Danny Carey] and they’re going to have Billy Corgan with them – they’re all from Chicago so they’re all doing their bit.
“Then you’ll see Slash and Duff [McKagan] and whoever they choose to play with. David Draiman [Disturbed] is going to come up and sing, Jonathan [Davis] from KoRn is going to be here and he could be playing with [Red Hot Chili Peppers‘] Chad Smith or whoever! Alice In Chains are coming and they’re playing as the band.”
As for any potential new material, Sharon doesn’t exactly answer the question, but notes that the final gig is very much about playing the old stuff.
“It’s just about celebrating the old music that still lives on. You get to a stage in your career where whatever you do just doesn’t stand up to what you did before. To be able to rest on your laurels and stay, ‘People still love that and it’s still selling and we can’t do better than what we’ve done’, that’s enough.”
Black Sabbath‘s original lineup – Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward – has announced one final show this July 5 at Villa Park in Birmingham, England. Black Sabbath‘s set will be preceded by a final solo Osbourne set. The full lineup for Black Sabbath‘s final show (called Back To The Beginning) is:
- Black Sabbath
- Ozzy Osbourne
- Metallica
- Slayer
- Pantera
- Gojira
- Halestorm
- Alice In Chains
- Lamb of God
- Anthrax
- Mastodon
- Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins)
- David Draiman (Disturbed)
- Duff McKagan (Guns N’ Roses)
- Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit)
- Lzzy Hale (Halestorm)
- Jake E Lee (ex-Ozzy Osbourne)
- Jonathan Davis (Korn)
- KK Downing (ex-Judas Priest)
- Mike Bordin (Faith No More)
- Papa V Perpetua (Ghost)
- Rudy Sarzo
- Sammy Hagar
- Slash (Guns N’ Roses)
- Sleep Token’s II (Sleep Token)
- Tom Morello
- Wolfgang Van Halen
Tickets for the show go on sale February 14 at 10am GMT here. All profits will go to Cure Parkinson’s, Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Acorn Children’s Hospice, a Children’s Hospice supported by Aston Villa.
Source: metalinjection.net
