This Saturday, 5 July, Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne say goodbye to their followers with Again To The Starting at Villa Park, an all-day occasion that promoter Andy Copping calls “the heavy metallic Reside Support”, with a who’s-who of heavy metallic lining as much as pay tribute and all of the proceeds going to charity.
The official programme for the occasion can also be an occasion: a singular collaboration between Black Sabbath, the Massive Concern, and Traditional Rock and Steel Hammer.
The thought, which began with the workforce at Traditional Rock and Steel Hammer, was easy. “Plenty of programmes don’t look nice and don’t have sufficient to learn,” says Content material Director Scott Rowley. “So we thought: What if we made a collectible one-off journal about Black Sabbath and Ozzy, that was printed and offered by the Massive Concern? Sabbath followers get a cool product, and all of the earnings go into the pockets of Birmingham’s homeless.”
Sharon Osbourne and Reside Nation cherished it. The result’s a particular commemorative 68pp official programme, that will likely be offered on the day by Massive Concern distributors at Villa Park for £15, with all of the earnings going to the Massive Concern to assist in their mission to finish poverty.
“Massive Concern is delighted and honoured to be concerned on this key second in British cultural life,” says Paul McNamee, UK editor of Massive Concern. “We thank the Osbournes, and everybody at Future, for bringing us alongside for the trip.
“It’s a beautiful gesture and can assist our Massive Concern vendor colleagues who’re current at Villa Park, and also will assist us keep it up the combat in opposition to homelessness and poverty afterwards.
“The programme goes to develop into essential collector’s merchandise – so get it whilst you can!”
The programme accommodates interviews with all 4 members of Black Sabbath, as they appear again on their profession and say goodbye to their followers, plus interviews with the bands taking part in on the day: Metallica, Weapons N’ Roses, Ghost, Slayer, Software, Pantera, Alice In Chains, Lamb Of God, Zakk Wylde, and lots of extra.
The farewell present’s musical director Tom Morello has written an introduction and Reside Nation’s Andy Copping, who put the present collectively, can also be interviewed. There are recollections from followers, excerpts from interviews over time, and a great deal of photographs of the godfathers of metallic
The £15 programme will likely be accessible on the Villa Park present and followers who can’t make will probably be in a position to seize a replica from the Traditional Rock and Steel Hammer retailer.
