Judas Priest have lined Conflict Pigs in tribute to fellow Birmingham heavy metallic legends Black Sabbath.
Earlier at the moment (July 1), the self-anointed Metallic Gods put out their tackle the opening tune from Sabbath’s seminal second album Paranoid, the unique model of which they’ve performed from the tape earlier than their live shows for a few years.
The band remark: “We’re honoured to indicate our love for Ozzy [Osbourne] and Black Sabbath with our homage to Conflict Pigs: a tune we play at each present all over the world that followers sing alongside to – reinforcing their love as properly for the legendary Prince Of Darkness!”
Sabbath’s founding lineup – vocalist Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Invoice Ward – will reunite onstage for the primary time in virtually 20 years at their Again To The Starting all-dayer this Saturday (July 5).
Being held at Villa Park in Birmingham, the present will mark Osbourne’s final time onstage, following his retirement from touring in 2023. The singer will play each with Sabbath and as a solo artist, and the invoice might be rounded out by a who’s-who of exhausting rock and heavy metallic, with different performers together with Metallica, Weapons N’ Roses and Slayer.
Priest are one of many few vaunted metallic bands to not be on the lineup for Saturday, however they’re lacking out for good motive. As frontman Rob Halford not too long ago defined to Metallic Hammer, the band are enjoying the Sixtieth-anniversary celebrations for exhausting rockers Scorpions in Germany the identical day and wouldn’t be capable to make each exhibits occur.
He mentioned he was “gutted” over the conflict however added that founding guitarist Okay.Okay. Downing, who left Priest in 2011, would symbolize “the spirit of the band” at Again To The Starting.
Priest are presently touring Europe on their Protect Of Ache run, celebrating each their newest album Invincible Protect and the thirty fifth anniversary of their 1990 traditional Painkiller. The tour might be capped off by two UK exhibits, the second being a co-headliner with Alice Cooper on the O2 Area in London on July 25.
Priest will tour North America with Cooper from September to October. See particulars and get tickets through their web site.