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16:59 Friday, 14 March 2025
Black Sabbath's original lineup – Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward – will play their final show on July 5 at Villa Park in Birmingham, England and the lineup is insane. They've got everyone from Slayer, Pantera, and Metallica playing to individual musicians like Papa V Perpetua (Ghost), Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit), David Draiman (Disturbed) and a whole slew more joining in.
Among the potential guest list was Rush's Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee, though Lifeson has revealed in an interview with Chuck Armstrong of Loudwire Nights that he and Lee had agreed until "other things came up."
"That whole thing that they're doing this summer, [Geddy and I] were asked to be a part of it, and we had agreed to do it, but other things came up, and sadly we had to back out of it, 'cause it would have been a lot of fun," said Lifeson. "And we enjoy playing with other people, and it gets Geddy and me together to do stuff, and all of that."
Lifeson later elaborated that he was never a diehard Black Sabbath fan during Rush's early years, but always dug Tony Iommi's playing: "Oh, for sure. I mean, those were very early days. We were playing high schools and eventually clubs and things like that. I don't know if I was a really a fan of Black Sabbath, but I did get a couple records back then and I enjoyed listening to them. I respected Tony's [Iommi] guitar playing."
Of course the question here is what "other things came up" outside Black Sabbath's farewell show. I guess we'll see if it has anything to do with the duo's music.
