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 remaining look as a solo artist. Requested what it has been prefer 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 try this.
“Proper now, now we have, like, 14 bands. You already know, it is METALLICA, GUNS N’ ROSES. It is, like, all the largest bands within the historical past of heavy steel. The present is gonna be about 10 hours lengthy, however it’s gonna be a salute to a style that individuals all around the globe love. You already know, it has been the music that has actually made me love music. I am interested by quite a lot of completely different sorts of music now, however I by no means would have been interested by any sort of music had it not been for steel.”
Requested if he’s going to take the stage, Morello mentioned: “Oh, after all, I might be up there. Talking of Northern Illinois, this can be just a little little bit of a spoiler alert, however Adam Jones, the guitarist of TOOL, he and I went to Libertyville Excessive Faculty collectively and performed in a band. Billy Corgan, the singer of SMASHING PUMPKINS, grew up a couple of 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” offered 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),Ok.Ok. 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 help Treatment Parkinson’s, the Birmingham Kids’s Hospital and Acorn Kids’s Hospice, a Kids’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 unique 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 lowered. Dopamine is an important chemical that’s produced by these nerve cells which ship alerts to completely different components of the mind to regulate 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, compelled him to cancel a few of his beforehand introduced excursions.
Whereas Osbourne‘s well being points compelled him to scrap most of his stay 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 sport in September 2022.