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Rob Halford Explains Why Judas Priest Are Missing Black Sabbath’s Farewell Megaconcert


Judas Priest's Rob Halford has explained why the band will be missing Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne's star-studded farewell concert.

Judas Priest found out too late that Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath would be playing a star-studded farewell concert this summer to join in on the festivities, frontman Rob Halford recently told Metal Hammer. In addition to Osbourne and Black Sabbath, the concert, dubbed Back to the Beginning, will feature sets by Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Tool, Slayer, Pantera, Gojira, Alice in Chains, and many others. The rest of the band — guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, and drummer Bill Ward — then joined Osbourne for encores later in the evening.

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