WWE is “embarrassed” and has discussed plans for an apology after Becky Lynch’s line about Ozzy Osbourne during WWE Raw in Birmingham, England, and Kelly Osbourne trashing it:
“I can tell you – this was not like they called her and they’re doing something together. Kelly is not happy.
“I was told WWE is embarrassed and they’re probably gonna do an apology. They may not. If you look back at how many times WWE has actually apologized for something, it ain’t many.
“There’s discussion about doing a public apology, I know they’ve talked about doing a private apology.”
(via Bryan Alvarez on WOL)
During a recent appearance on the KLOS radio show “Whiplash,” Tom Morello reflected on helping to curate Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s farewell show “Back to the Beginning” – which took place just 17 days before Ozzy’s death last month.
When asked if he got to have a moment with Ozzy and the other members of Sabbath to express to them how much they mean to him, Morello replied:
“Yeah. The good, nice news is throughout this process I’ve been able to be in communication with Ozzy and with [Sabbath guitarist] Tony Iommi and those guys, and it’s really pretty mind-blowing.”
He continued, explaining just how big of a fan he is and how much of a dream come true putting together the event was:
“I’ve never stopped being a fan from day one, and realizing how important Tony Iommi’s riffs are, how important Ozzy Osbourne is, and Ozzy bringing [late guitarist] Randy Rhoads to the world, that was the poster that was on my wall when I was practicing eight hours a day. So, I got to be able to tell them and be able to really do my best and, over the course of the last year plus, give everything I had to try to make this show an important day for them in their hometown, but also an important day for all of the bands, all of the fans who have been touched by their music over the course of more than 50 years.”
He went on to name his favorite moments from the night: “The Steven Tyler [Aerosmith] moment of doing ‘The Train Kept-A-Rollin” with Ronnie Wood [The Rolling Stones] into ‘Walk This Way’ into ‘Whole Lotta Love’ was pretty excellent. Yungblud’s version of ‘Changes’ was a real showstopper.”
“While the day itself, honestly, was a little stressful for me, ’cause I was still working throughout the 10-hour day, it was really, really pretty fantastic. I’ll tell you, for me personally, ’cause I got to play as well, playing a Judas Priest song with [former Priest guitarist] K.K. Downing, playing ‘Breaking The Law’ with K.K. Downing, as well as with Adam Jones from Tool, my longtime friend from Libertyville, Illinois, and [Smashing Pumpkins’] Billy Corgan, also a Chicago-area native, the three of us grew up on Judas Priest and Black Sabbath, and to be reunited in a stadium a long way from our hometown playing Sabbath and Judas Priest songs, where those songs were made, was pretty mind blowing.”
