The surviving members of Soundgarden had been amongst these slated to carry out throughout Black Sabbath’s historic Again to the Starting live performance, however they had been noticeably absent from the festivities on July fifth at Villa Park in Birmingham, England.
The grunge legends have now issued a social media assertion relating to their absence, explaining that scheduling conflicts prevented them from taking the stage that day.
By way of the remaining band members’ Nudedragons Instagram account, the assertion learn:
“Congratulations to Black Sabbath on the grand and closing pealing of their vesper bells!
Thanks for an astounding profession that supplied us and your legion of followers with a lifetime of magnificence, horror, love, energy, happiness, melancholy and a profoundly elegant, but viscerally rocking transcendence knowledgeable by each doom and hope. Your majestic brilliance has impressed greatness in scores of different bands, musicians and songwriters. Nonetheless, the crown will without end stay yours!
We’re very grateful to Tony, Ozzy, Geezer and Invoice, in addition to Sharon Osbourne and music director, Tom Morello for the honour and invitation to Soundgarden to carry out on the Again to the Starting pageant! We’re tremendous bummed and remorse that we had been unable to coordinate the schedules of our particular person and collective tasks to attend and contribute to the pageant. The heat, love and help from the Black Sabbath staff has been a seamless supply of encouragement and power all through our profession.”
The publish additionally included a photograph of the late Chris Cornell and his bandmates assembly Sabbath’s Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi on the Obtain Pageant in 2012.
Previous to the live performance, Sharon Osbourne reported that she booted an unnamed band from the “Again to the Starting” lineup. After the present, some followers had speculated that it could have been the Soundgarden members, though this assertion seems to counsel in any other case.
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Take a look at the social media publish and assertion from the remaining members of Soundgarden beneath.