This previous Saturday (July fifth), Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne took the stage for the ultimate time, taking part in their final ever present at Villa Park in Birmingham, UK. The occasion, dubbed “Again to the Starting,” additionally featured dozens of different rock and metallic icons, every paying tribute to and celebrating the legendary profession of Sabbath and Ozzy.
Nonetheless, there was one band that gave the impression to be lacking: Soundgarden.
Regardless of Sharon Osbourne saying again in Might that Soundgarden had been added to the invoice, the grunge pioneers didn’t make an look on the occasion.
This comes after Sharon just lately revealed that she had disinvited a well known band from the present. Whereas she didn’t say precisely who, she instructed Metallic Hammer in June that the choice to take away the band from the lineup got here after a dispute with their supervisor. Followers have speculated it may be Motley Crue, as Soundgarden’s elimination seems to be for various causes.
“I had an enormous, large to-do with a supervisor over this celebration for Ozzy and Sabbath,” Sharon stated on the time. “And it was most likely the worst means I’ve felt in years… And he’s now going round making up b*llsh*t lies as a result of I threw his band off the invoice.”
Sharon added in a subsequent interview with Billboard that the thriller band in query was disinvited as a result of they “needed to make a revenue, and it’s not the time to make a revenue. After the present I’ll let all people know who it was. I feel folks can be shocked.”
Followers started to take a position that it could be Soundgarden hours earlier than the occasion, once they seen the band’s identify was lacking from the lineup on the occasion’s livestream.
When the present concluded with out an look from Soundgarden, some followers took it as affirmation that it was them who Sharon kicked off of the invoice – even going so far as to take a position that Vicky Cornell (the widow of late frontman Chris Cornell) might have had one thing to do with it.
“I feel they had been one of many bands that obtained dropped and I feel everyone knows who we will blame for that,” one fan wrote on Reddit, whereas one other added: “Most likely Vicky needed cash from them for taking part in Soundgarden songs and saying [the] identify Soundgarden.”
One fan specifically admitted that they had purchased a ticket to the occasion particularly to see Soundgarden, and was extraordinarily disenchanted once they didn’t present up.
“I actually purchased a ticket, actually simply cuz I assumed I’d be seeing one of many only a few Soundgarden reunions,” the fan defined. “I’m so vastly disenchanted and heartbroken rn. And much more indignant at the truth that that info was withheld from us. they had been most likely who Sharon was bragging about kicking off, and it was most likely as a result of you recognize who needed cash. fml.”
Whereas it has not but been confirmed who precisely the band is, the one act Sharon has dominated out is Iron Maiden – who, in response to Sharon, would have been there in the event that they didn’t have already got one other gig booked in Spain on the identical day. “Ozzy solely has respect for the fellows in Maiden,” she instructed Metallic Hammer.