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Steve Miller's longest-serving bandmate railed against accusations that low ticket sales, not extreme weather, caused their tour to be called off. Continue reading…

The final Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne show took place on July 5 at Villa Park in Birmingham, their hometown. In addition to the fans who attended in person, millions around the world were able to watch the event via pay-per-view, with all proceeds donated to charity. Viewers had access to the full festival for 48 hours, but at the time, there was no information about a future release. Now, the band has announced that a 100-minute film of the festival will be released in theatres in 2026. Although it was Black Sabbath's final performance, the title of the upcoming movie unfortunately doesn’t reflect that as it should, since it will be called "Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow." After its theatrical release, the film will also be available on home media. Black Sabbath's farewell success The RATM and Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello, who was the music producer of the celebration recently revealed that the festival grossed over 190 million dollars to charity. According to Billboard, it is more than any other major charity concert ever made. Besides the two headliners, many famous artists were part of the “tribute festival“, like Slayer, Metallica, Anthrax, Guns N’ Roses, Steven Tyler, Papa V Perpetua, Sammy Hagar, Jake E. Lee, Billy Corgan and Nuno Bettencourt. The bands performed Black Sabbath and Ozzy covers, but also played some of their most famous songs in small sets, of 3 to 6 songs. Many covers from other bands were also performed, like the supergroup with Steven Tyler on vocals, which played, for example, Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love”. Ozzy Osbourne sang five songs of his solo career and four more with Black Sabbath. https://youtu.be/DivwM2EVro4 The post Black Sabbath’s final show will be released in theaters appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

Ghost is currently on the road promoting their latest album "Skeletá" and the band's mastermind and frontman Tobias Forge decided to ban phones in all the shows they are playing. He explained his decision during a series of Q&A with fans. According to him, he was even considering ending his touring career because people were on their phones and not interacting with the band. Ghost’s Tobias Forge tells why phones were banned at their shows “(Management and his agent said he shouldn't do that) Because it adds a lot of baggage to the administration part and the practical bit of the concert, and anything that makes things harder is always frowned upon. We had to really vet that idea. What does it mean? Who has done this before? Oh, not many.” “It really hit me when we came to certain countries where they have generally been much more enthusiastic. You come out, there’s like 18,000 people there, and there’s like, 10,000 phones. And not even bouncing anymore. And you’re just like, ‘What is this – what has happened?’” “You come out on a stage and you’re expecting like, ‘Fucking people are gonna rage!’ … [but] the crowd … has just got less and less and less engaged in exchange for these phones. I came to a point where I’m like, ‘I don’t think I wanna do this. … If this is how it’s gonna be, I’d rather not do it.’ That that's how worthless it became.” “If you came into a dress rehearsal and saw us do the same thing, but without a crowd, it’s dramatically worse. But when you have an engaged crowd… it’s an exchange. And if someone in the act of doing it just takes a phone out?” "(It was) a fucking life-changer for the existence of the band. I think that there are a lot of bands that are looking at this and (thinking,) ‘Okay, so how do we do that too?’” he said (Transcribed by Blabbermouth). Ghost was formed in Sweden back in 2006 but only released their first album in 2011. Since then the group gained following and became one of the most influential "new" Metal bands. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8g7DUarkKoThe post Ghost’s Tobias Forge tells why phones were banned at their shows appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.