Soundgarden had been a no-show at Black Sabbath’s Again To The Starting live performance as a result of scheduling points.
Soundgarden could not make their schedules work for Black Sabbath’s closing live performance
The Grunge legends had been listed on the lineup of the seminal heavy steel band’s closing live performance at Birmingham’s Villa Park on July 5, however followers had been gutted they did not partake within the epic send-off.
Thanking Sabbath – Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Invoice Ward – for uplifting “scores” of musicians and for the large “honour” of being invited to carry out on the farewell present, the Black Gap Solar rockers went on to elucidate why they had been compelled to drag out of their deliberate look.
Writing on their Nudedragons Instagram web page, they stated: “Congratulations to Black Sabbath on the grand and closing pealing of their vesper bells.
“Thanks for an astounding profession that offered us and your legion of followers with a lifetime of magnificence, horror, love, energy, happiness, melancholy and a profoundly elegant, but viscerally rocking transcendence knowledgeable by each doom and hope.”
Soundgarden continued: “Your majestic brilliance has impressed greatness in scores of different bands, musicians and songwriters. Nevertheless, the crown will perpetually stay yours.
“We’re very grateful to Tony, Ozzy, Geezer and Invoice, in addition to Sharon Osbourne and music director, Tom Morello for the honour and invitation to Soundgarden to carry out on the Again to the Starting competition!”
Attending to why they had been absent, they defined: “We’re tremendous bummed and remorse that we had been unable to coordinate the schedules of our particular person and collective tasks to attend and contribute to the competition.
“The heat, love and help from the Black Sabbath workforce has been a seamless supply of encouragement and power all through our profession.”
Sharon Osbourne was the mastermind being the live performance and Rage In opposition to The Machine’s Tom Morello directed proceedings.
In addition to the Conflict Pigs rockers, members of Metallica, Weapons N’ Roses, Slayer, Software, Pantera, Lamb of God, Anthrax, Sleep Token and extra took to the stage.
Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, Blink-182’s Travis Barker, The Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wooden and Yungblud additionally carried out.
The latter will launch his standout cowl of Sabbath’s Adjustments from the present on Friday (18.07.25), to lift funds for Remedy Parkinson’s, Birmingham’s Youngsters’s Hospital, and Acorns Hospice.
