Tom Morello and the Illinois band at the farewell of the Black Sabbath

Saturday 5 July i Black Sabbath They will definitively greet their audience with a concert at the Villa Park in Birmingham, the city where, in 1968, it all began. The show will see the frontman on stage Ozzy Osbourne (for what he will be able to do, as he said), the guitarist Tony Iommithe bassist Geezer Butler and the drummer Bill Ward who return to play together live for the first time in two decades.

It will not be a simple concert, but a sort of festival in one day with a stellar line up that Tom Morello He helped put together. Among these, artists of the caliber of Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Lamb of God, Mastodon, Alice in Chains, Halestorm, Gojira, winners of a recent Grammy, Guns ‘n’ Roses, Tool, Jason Momoa and Rival Sons Sons.

“Heavy Metal is the music that made me love music, and Black Sabbath are the group that invented heavy metal,” said Morello to Chicago Wbez radio station. So, when Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne asked me to be the musical director of what will be the last concert of the Black Sabbath – the last concert of Ozzy Osbourne in the football stage that is found in isolated from where Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler, the bassist of the Black Sabbath, have grown – I was honored to do so.

“At the moment we have about 14 bands, bands including Metallica and Guns N’Roses. They are all the greatest bands in the history of Heavy Metal. The show will last about 10 hours, it will be a tribute to a genre that people all over the world loves. Now I am interested in many different musical genres, but I would never have been interested in any kind of music if it had not been for metal”.

During the interview, Morello was asked if he too will perform: “Oh, of course, I will be there! Something could happen that concerns the northern Illinois, this is a bit of a spoiler. Adam Jonesthe guitarist of Toolhe attended the Libertyville High School with me (a public school of Libertyville, Illinois) and at the time we played together in Electric Sheep. Billy Corganthe singer of Smashing pumpkins(he also of the Illinois) grew to a few suburbs away. We three will play together for the first time ever. So, there will be a link with 847 “(847 is the Illinois telephone code).

Some time ago about the role of Morello as musical director, Sharon Osbourne said: “He is so an expert in all musical genres, but above all of the Sabbath. He is really passionate about everything he does and is a great friend. He has volunteered and the material he has managed to put together was fantastic. He will take care of all the different bands that play together and to organize those who make a huge company. to manage everything “.