Despite Sharon Osbourne announcing that Soundgarden would be taking part in Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s final show, the legendary grunge group failed to make an appearance at the event last week.
Now, the band has released a statement regarding why they missed out on the gig.
“Congratulations to Black Sabbath on the grand and final pealing of their vesper bells!” they wrote on Instagram. “Thank you for an astounding career that provided us and your legion of fans with a lifetime of beauty, horror, love, power, happiness, melancholy and a profoundly sublime, yet viscerally rocking transcendence informed by both doom and hope. Your majestic brilliance has inspired greatness in scores of other bands, musicians and songwriters. However, the crown will forever remain yours!
“We are very grateful to Tony [Iommi], Ozzy [Osbourne], Geezer [Butler] and Bill [Ward], as well as Sharon Osbourne and music director, Tom Morello for the honor and invitation to Soundgarden to perform at the Back to the Beginning festival! We are super bummed and regret that we were unable to coordinate the schedules of our individual and collective projects to attend and contribute to the festival. The warmth, love and support from the Black Sabbath team has been a continuing source of encouragement and strength throughout our career…
“Soundgarden loves you and embraces your rock and roll souls!”
This comes amid speculation that Soundgarden may have been the band Sharon Osbourne disinvited from “Back to the Beginning.”
While she has not yet confirmed which band she booted from the lineup, Sharon did note that fans will be “shocked” when she finally reveals who it is.
