While speaking to Metal Hammer about Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne’s upcoming farewell concert “Back to the Beginning,” Sharon Osbourne revealed that she has booted one band off of the lineup.
According to Sharon, she disinvited the undisclosed act from performing at the event after an argument with the band’s manager.
“I had a huge, huge to-do with a manager over this celebration for Ozzy and Sabbath,” Sharon said. “And it was probably the worst way I’ve felt in years. And I don’t care what this person says about me, thinks about it, because he doesn’t know me. And he’s now going around making up b*llsh*t lies because I threw his band off the bill.”
“I don’t care what people say. Because do you know what? I don’t love them. I care about people who love me, what they say about me. You can’t care what an industry says, because you don’t love them, so how can it hurt you? It doesn’t,” she added.
When asked by Metal Hammer if it was Iron Maiden who she removed from the lineup – as she famously feuded with singer Bruce Dickinson during Ozzfest 2005 – Sharon replied: “Oh god, no. Ozzy only has respect for the guys in Maiden. And he didn’t even know what Bruce was doing [during Ozzfest]. I never told him, until the night that it happened when it was the last show, and he just looked at me and goes, ‘You’re terrible.’”
Last week, there was speculation that Tool had been dropped from the event after fans noticed their name was missing from the poster advertising the recently announced “Back to the Beginning” livestream. However, according to Consequence, the exclusion of their name in the poster was a design oversight, and the Maynard James Keenan fronted band are still slated to perform.
