“We’ll figure it out when we get there”: Zakk Wylde admits even performers still don’t know exactly what they’re doing at Black Sabbath’s Back To The Beginning farewell
Black Sabbath’s monumental farewell show, Back to the Beginning, is set to take place this Saturday (5 July) – but the trouble is, many performers still don’t know what to expect, at least according to Zakk Wylde.
The show – which will take place at Villa Park in Sabbath’s hometown of Birmingham, England – features a stacked lineup of heavy metal’s elite, including Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Alice in Chains, Gojira, Lamb of God and, well, the list goes on.
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But in a new conversation on the Loudwire Nights podcast, Wylde, Ozzy’s longtime six-string sidekick, who is also currently filling Dimebag Darrell’s boots in Pantera, says the actual plan remains somewhat of a mystery.
“Nobody knows what’s going on,” the guitarist reveals. “It’s kind of like how it was when I first joined Ozzy. Nothing has changed.
“We’ll figure it out when we get there. Are you sure about this? Yeah, don’t worry about it.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Wylde describes Back to the Beginning as “like an Ozzfest on steroids”.
“That’s what was so great about the Ozzfest,” he continues. “Every year you had all the best in hard rock and metal touring… You’ve got Metallica on the thing, you’ve got Alice In Chains, you’ve got Guns N’ Roses, I mean everybody. It’s just like an Ozzfest on steroids and growth hormones. It’s like the Dorian Yates of the metal fests.”
As far as we understand, the event will see Sabbath’s core lineup taking on their biggest tracks – Ozzy famously said he’d only do “little bits and pieces” during the show – with other musicians on the bill forming a sort of rotating lineup to perform some deeper Sabbath cuts.
“There’s certain songs you know no one’s going to touch, because the guys are going to play it,” Wylde says.
“But as far as Father Tom [Morello] picking, [he is] making sure everybody has something they can play. There’s tons of stuff on that menu at the Black Sabbath steakhouse.”
As you’d expect, tickets sold out pretty quickly to Back to the Beginning – some estimates say in as little as 16 minutes. But fear not, for you’ll be able to watch the show live on pay-per-view.
Learn more at backtothebeginning.com.
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