Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose shared a message on social media following Black Sabbath‘s farewell present over the weekend.
The live performance, dubbed “Back to the Beginning,” happened at Villa Park in Birmingham, England and marked not solely Sabbath’s last-ever efficiency, however Ozzy Osbourne‘s as nicely. Weapons N’ Roses have been among the many many bands invited to carry out throughout the occasion, along with Metallica, Slayer, Alice In Chains, Tool and others.
Weapons took the stage later within the day and performed a six-song set consisting primarily of Sabbath covers. They opened their efficiency with the piano-driven “It is Alright,” a observe Rose performed a handful of occasions when the band was on tour within the ’90s as a prelude to “November Rain,” in addition to “By no means Say Die,” “Junior’s Eyes” and “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath.”
They ended the set with the traditional hits “Welcome to the Jungle” and “Paradise Metropolis” [via Setlist.fm], after which Metallica adopted them onstage a bit later.
Rose shared a heartfelt message on X (previously Twitter) the day after the present, revealing that he’d by no means really met Osbourne or Black Sabbath earlier than.
“Wow! What an occasion! Extraordinarily overwhelming! Actually nice crowd! Was very emotional for everybody! MET OZZY! Loopy we would by no means met earlier than! He was actually nice! Was nice to satisfy Sabbath!” the singer wrote.
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“Was onerous as I think about for anybody to look at his struggles whereas on the similar time everybody was rooting for him and massively respecting the challenges he took head on and he did it! Was nice to satisfy Ozzy’s household and see buddies and peeps in all of the bands and the enterprise. An enormous thanks once more to Ozzy, Sharon, Black Sabbath and all of the followers for having us!”
Osbourne additionally wrote about his expertise assembly Rose, calling the singer a “legend” and “utter gentleman.”
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