Weapons N’ Roses, Device, producer/musician Andrew Watt, Pink Scorching Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and Residing Color guitarist Vernon Reid have been added to the lineup for Again to the Starting, the huge remaining Black Sabbath live performance on July 5 within the latter band’s hometown of Birmingham, England.
Additionally new to the invoice are actor Jason Momoa, former Megadeth bassist Dave Ellefson and Ugly Child Joe’s Whitfield Crane. The present will mark Sabbath’s first look with their core lineup of vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Invoice Ward since 2005.
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Rage Towards the Machine’s Tom Morello would be the musical director, and guarantees will probably be “the best heavy steel present ever” because of appearances by Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, Pantera, Lamb of God, Mastodon, Alice in Chains and Gojira.
Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan, Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst, Korn’s Jonathan Davis, Religion No Extra’s Mike Bordin, Ghost’s Papa V Perpetua, Sammy Hagar and Wolfgang Van Halen can even make appearances.
Osbourne, 76, has been plagued with well being issues since his final correct live shows in 2018 and is presently unable to stroll. Earlier this month, he stated on his SiriusXM radio present that followers mustn’t count on him to play a full set with Sabbath past “little bits and items” and that he’s “doing what I can, the place I really feel snug.”
“I’m attempting to get again on my ft,” he stated. “While you stand up within the morning, you simply leap away from bed. I’ve to stability myself, however I’m not lifeless. I’m nonetheless actively doing issues. For all of my complaining, I’m nonetheless alive.”
Proceeds from Again to the Starting will profit Treatment Parkinson’s, Birmingham Kids’s Hospital and Acorn Kids’s Hospice.
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