UPDATE TO BELOW STORY....
Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's Back to the Beginning show on July 5th in Birmingham, England is totally sold out, but that's not stopping promoters from adding big names to the bill.
Guns n' Roses, Tool and Rival Sons have signed on to perform. Plus Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers, ex-Megadeth bassist David Ellefson and star producer Andrew Watt have been added to the all-star group that Tom Morello has organized for the concert.
And Hollywood star Jason Mamoa has been announced as a host for the event.
GNR and Tool's additions aren't that surprising, since Slash, Duff McKagan and Tool drummer Danny Carey had already been announced as part of the all-star band.
The Back to the Beginning concert will include Metallica, Pantera, Alice in Chains, Halestorm, Mastodon and an all-star band that includes Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins, Wolfgang Van Halen, Lzzy Hale of Halestorm and David Draiman of Disturbed.
Check out the original post about it here from Ozzy's official Facebook page.
IN OTHER OZZY NEWS....
Billy Morrison has released a video for his new single Gods of Rock N Roll – featuring Ozzy Osbourne on vocals.
The single is a reimagined version of the track Gods which originally appeared on Morrison's 2015 solo album God Shaped Hole. The new version features an orchestral arrangement and is said to be how Morrison and Ozzy originally imagined the track should sound.
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If any Ozzy Osbourne fans expected him to do a full set with Black Sabbath in Birmingham, England on July 5th, they can officially give up that hope.
On the latest episode of his Ozzy Speaks show, Osbourne said, "I'm not planning on doing a set with Black Sabbath but I am doing little bits and pieces with them. I am doing what I can, where I feel comfortable."
Ozzy has problems walking and standing because of Parkinson's disease, so all of the performing he'll do solo and with Sabbath at the all-star show will be sitting down. Ozzy added, "I am trying to get back on my feet. When you get up in the morning, you just jump out of bed. I have to balance myself, but I'm not dead. I'm still actively doing things."
The Back to the Begining concert will include Metallica, Pantera, Alice in Chains, Halestorm, Mastodon and an all-star band that includes Duff McKagan and Slash of Guns n' Roses, Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins, Wolfgang Van Halen and Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine.