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 Stay Help”, 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 be an occasion: a singular collaboration between Black Sabbath, the Huge Problem, and Traditional Rock and Metallic Hammer.
The concept, which began with the staff at Traditional Rock and Metallic Hammer, was easy. “A variety 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 Huge Problem? Sabbath followers get a cool product, and all of the income go into the pockets of Birmingham’s homeless.”
Sharon Osbourne and Stay Nation cherished it. The result’s a particular commemorative 68pp official programme, that might be offered on the day by Huge Problem distributors at Villa Park for £15, with all of the income going to the Huge Problem to assist in their mission to finish poverty.
“Huge Problem is delighted and honoured to be concerned on this key second in British cultural life,” says Paul McNamee, UK editor of Huge Problem. “We thank the Osbournes, and everybody at Future, for bringing us alongside for the journey.
“It’s an exquisite gesture and can assist our Huge Problem vendor colleagues who’re current at Villa Park, and also will assist us keep on the combat in opposition to homelessness and poverty afterwards.
“The programme goes to turn out to be essential collector’s merchandise – so get it when you can!”
The programme incorporates 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, Device, Pantera, Alice In Chains, Lamb Of God, Zakk Wylde, and plenty of extra.
The farewell present’s musical director Tom Morello has written an introduction and Stay Nation’s Andy Copping, who put the present collectively, can be interviewed. There are reminiscences from followers, excerpts from interviews over time, and a great deal of pictures of the godfathers of metallic
The £15 programme might be out there on the Villa Park present and followers who can’t make it is going to be capable of seize a duplicate from the Traditional Rock and Metallic Hammer retailer.
