In a latest interview with Clare Lane of the Chicago radio station WBEZ, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello spoke about his participation at what he has known as “the best heavy steel present ever”, the upcoming “Again To The Starting” charity occasion on July 5 at Villa Park in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The live performance will mark the unique lineup of BLACK SABBATH‘s last-ever efficiency and Ozzy Osbourne‘s closing look as a solo artist. Requested what it has been wish to work within the Osbourne universe, Morello, who will function the “musical director”, on the present, mentioned: “Heavy steel is the music that made me love music, and BLACK SABBATH is the band that invented heavy steel. So, when Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne requested me to be the musical director of what is going on to be the final BLACK SABBATH present — the final Ozzy Osbourne present within the soccer stadium that is like a half-block down from the place Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler, the bass participant of BLACK SABBATH, grew up — I used to be honored to do this.
“Proper now, we now have, like, 14 bands. You recognize, it is METALLICA, GUNS N’ ROSES. It is, like, all the most important bands within the historical past of heavy steel. The present is gonna be about 10 hours lengthy, nevertheless it’s gonna be a salute to a style that folks all world wide love. You recognize, it has been the music that has actually made me love music. I am concerned about a whole lot of totally different sorts of music now, however I by no means would have been concerned about any type of music had it not been for steel.”
Requested if he’s going to take the stage, Morello mentioned: “Oh, in fact, I might be up there. Talking of Northern Illinois, this can be a little bit little bit of a spoiler alert, however Adam Jones, the guitarist of TOOL, he and I went to Libertyville Excessive College collectively and performed in a band. Billy Corgan, the singer of SMASHING PUMPKINS, grew up just a few suburbs over. The three of us are going to play collectively for the primary time ever on the present. So, there will be an 847 connection.”
“Again To The Starting” bought out in lower than 10 minutes final month. The live performance will mark the primary time that the unique lineup of BLACK SABBATH — Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Invoice Ward — have performed collectively in 20 years.
Additionally set to seem on the occasion are METALLICA, GUNS N’ ROSES, TOOL, SLAYER, PANTERA, GOJIRA, ALICE IN CHAINS, HALESTORM, LAMB OF GOD, ANTHRAX and MASTODON.
As well as, there might be a efficiency by a “supergroup of musicians” together with Duff McKagan and Slash (GUNS ‘N’ ROSES),Billy Corgan (THE SMASHING PUMPKINS),Fred Durst (LIMP BIZKIT),Okay.Okay. Downing (JUDAS PRIEST),Jake E. Lee (OZZY OSBOURNE),Wolfgang Van Halen (VAN HALEN, MAMMOTH WVH),Andrew Watt, Chad Smith (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS),David Ellefson (MEGADETH),Vernon Reid (LIVING COLOUR),Whitfield Crane (UGLY KID JOE),David Draiman (DISTURBED),Frank Bello (ANTHRAX),Jonathan Davis (KORN),Lzzy Hale (HALESTORM),Mike Bordin (FAITH NO MORE),Rudy Sarzo (OZZY OSBOURNE, QUIET RIOT),Sammy Hagar, Scott Ian (ANTHRAX),Sleep Token II (SLEEP TOKEN) and Papa V Perpetua (GHOST).
Ozzy — who hasn’t performed a full present since late 2018 — introduced his last-ever efficiency on February 5.
Proceeds from the “Again To The Starting” present will assist Remedy Parkinson’s, the Birmingham Youngsters’s Hospital and Acorn Youngsters’s Hospice, a Youngsters’s Hospice supported by Aston Villa.
The unique lineup of BLACK SABBATH final carried out in 2005. Since then, SABBATH has performed in partial reunions however by no means in its authentic lineup.
The legendary BLACK SABBATH frontman was recognized in 2003 with Parkin 2 — a really uncommon genetic type of Parkinson’s. Throughout a TV look in January 2020, the singer disclosed that he was ‘stricken” with the illness which happens when the nerve cells of the physique degenerate and ranges of dopamine are diminished. Dopamine is a vital chemical that’s produced by these nerve cells which ship indicators to totally different components of the mind to manage actions of the physique.
Ozzy‘s well being points, together with struggling a nasty fall and dislodging steel rods positioned in his backbone following a quad-bike accident in 2003, in addition to catching COVID-19 three years in the past, pressured him to cancel a few of his beforehand introduced excursions.
Whereas Osbourne‘s well being points pressured him to scrap most of his dwell appearances, the musician mentioned he would return if his situation improved.
Regardless of his well being issues, Osbourne has carried out a few occasions within the final three years, together with on the Commonwealth Video games in Birmingham in August 2022 and on the NFL halftime present on the season opener Los Angeles Rams and Buffalo Payments recreation in September 2022.
