Wolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth paid their respects to the late Ozzy Osbourne throughout their present on Tuesday (July twenty second) in Hartford, Connecticut, enjoying a canopy of the ballad “Mama, I’m Coming Residence.”
Wolfgang and his band realized of Ozzy’s passing proper earlier than soundcheck for the present at Xfinity Theater, the place the group was supporting Creed’s ongoing tour.
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Whereas addressing the gang throughout the gig, Wolfgang defined he and his bandmates felt that they wanted to cowl an Ozzy tune reasonably than simply mentioning his passing.
“That fucking sucks that we’re in a world that doesn’t have Ozzy Osbourne anymore,” Wolfgang mentioned. “And it was proper earlier than we went on soundcheck that we discovered. And I believed, ‘Properly, we have now to do one thing. Simply mentioning it isn’t sufficient.’ We’ve performed by this perhaps thrice, so please bear with us and sing the fuck together with us.”
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Regardless of the minimal apply, Mammoth knocked out a clear and somber rendition, with fan footage capturing Wolfgang’s spectacular efficiency.
The quilt was definitely a heartfelt gesture from Wolfgang, who was initially slated to look on the Again to the Starting live performance earlier this month however needed to again out as a result of his commitments to the Creed tour. The trek runs by the remainder of the summer season, with Mammoth later embarking on a headlining US tour of their very own this fall. Get tickets right here.
Watch viewers footage of Mammoth’s cowl of Ozzy’s “Mama, I’m Coming Residence” beneath.