The leader of Judas Priest, Rob Halfordshared that he is “shattered” for not participating in the last show of Black Sabbath And I didn’t know anything about the concert until it was too late.
The show, which will take place at the Villa Park stadium in Birmingham on July 5, will see the legendary metal band acting live for the last time and will also mark the last live performance of Ozzy Osbourne.
It was announced in February and it was confirmed that it would have a poster full of artists, including some of the most important names of metal. Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Alice In Chains, Gojira, Billy Corgan Smashing Pumpkins, Korn And more were among the first artists announced, and later they were incorporated tOOL, Guns N ‘Roses, Jason Momoa, Anthrax, Soundgarden and Steven Tyler of Aerosmith.
The guitarist of Rage Against The Machine, Tom Morellohe works as a musical director, a role that feels “honest” of having assumed.
The reason why Judas Priest will not be part of the last Black Sabath show
Although the poster is full of big names, one of the absent artists is Judas Priestalso pioneers of the Heavy Metal of Birmingham. In a new interview with Metal Hammer, the leader Rob Halford He explained why the band will not participate and revealed that it is “shattered” for missing their farewell.
On the same night of the concert in Villa Park, Judas Priest will play with Scorpions in Hannover to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the German Hard Rock band. This, Halford explained, was closed before the news of the Black Sabbath event was shared.
“I had no idea what was happening,” he said. “We knew Ossy Hoppe, an idol of metal in Germany, and came to see me in one of our last concerts and said: ‘Would you like to do something really special and important? I will present the Scorpions on their 60th anniversary, in their hometown. Would you like to work with the band?’
“I thought: ‘Ready! We have no plans, all good,'” added the singer of ‘Breaking the Law’. “Everything had already been announced … and suddenly I received a call [de Sharon Osbourne]: ‘Robbie, I know you have a job with Scorpions, but could you come to do something with Ozzy and the boys? He would love to see you ‘”.
Halford continued to reveal that Sharon offered to take him to Birmingham and back in a private jet so that I could make a special appearance.
“I thought of Phil Collins when Live Aid did, where he went up to the Concord from London to Philadelphia to play two concerts in two places,” he added, before saying that He rejected the offer because he felt that he could be “dangerous”.
Even with a private plane, there is a word called ‘technical’, where something could go wrong, or the weather at that time of the year could cause problems … I was completely shattered.
While no current member of Judas Priest is scheduled for Sabbath’s final show, Halford highlighted how KK DOWNINGwho was the band’s guitarist from his formation until 2011, is on the poster and will represent “the spirit of the band.”
Source: Ambito
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