Metallica and Weapons N’ Roses have been among the many bands who paid tribute to Black Sabbath at ‘Again to the Starting.’
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Ozzy Osbourne’s all-star farewell concert on Saturday, dubbed Again to the Starting, featured Metallica and Weapons N’ Roses, who paid tribute to Osbourne and the unique Black Sabbath at what was billed as their remaining present in Birmingham, England at Villa Park.
Metallica was the penultimate band to carry out earlier than the Osbourne/Black Sabbath finale performances. Metallica kicked off their set by overlaying Black Sabbath’s “Gap within the Sky” from 1975’s Sabotage and so they additionally lined “Johnny Blade” from 1978’s By no means Say Die!, as fan footage captured.
Weapons N’ Roses carried out 4 Black Sabbath renditions, together with opening with Technical Ecstasy’s “It’s Alright” earlier than launching into “By no means Say Die.”
Weapons N’ Roses additionally carried out “Junior’s Eyes” from By no means Say Die! together with the title monitor to 1973’s Sabbath Bloody Sabbath.
The charity gig that includes the 4 authentic Black Sabbath members — Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, and drummer Bill Ward — additionally included performances from Slayer, Pantera, Gojira, Alice in Chains, and extra, with Tom Morello serving because the musical director. The occasion featured all-star jams that included Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan, Morello, Sammy Hagar, and extra, together with a team-up for a rendition of Led Zeppelin’s “Complete Lotta Love.”
“It’s my time to return to the start … time for me to present again to the place the place I used to be born,” Osbourne, who lately has been battling Parkinson’s illness and underwent a number of spinal surgical procedures, mentioned of his “remaining” live performance in a press release from February. “How blessed am I to do it with the assistance of individuals whom I like. Birmingham is the true dwelling of metallic. Birmingham for ever.”
Proceeds from Again to the Starting will profit Remedy Parkinson’s, Birmingham Kids’s Hospital, and the Birmingham-based Acorns Kids’s Hospice.
From Rolling Stone US.