John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, actor and television personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which he adopted the nickname "The Prince of Darkness".
Osbourne was fired from the band in 1979 due to alcohol and drug problems, but he went on to have a successful solo career, releasing eleven studio albums, the first seven of which were all awarded multi-platinum certifications in the United States. Osbourne has since reunited with Black Sabbath on several occasions.
Pantera show in Vienna pulled after German festival appearances canned over racism claims
completemusicupdate.comA Pantera show due to take place in Vienna later this year has been cancelled. And while no reason has been given for the cancellation, it quickly follows the axing of the band from two German festivals taking place this summer over allegations of past racism on the part of vocalist Phil Anselmo.The surviving members of Pantera – Anselmo and bassist Rex Brown – announced last year that they were reforming to play a number of shows in the US and Europe this year, marking the 40th anniversary of their debut album ‘Metal Magic’.
Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde and Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante are taking the places of the band’s late founders, the Abbott brothers Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul.The reunion was set to include performances at the Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park festivals in Germany in June.
However, the organiser of those festivals came under pressure to remove Pantera from the line-up because of the racism claims.Those claims are at least in part based on a controversy that occurred at a Dimebash show in the US – held in honour of Dimebag Darrell – back in 2016.
At that event Anselmo gave a Nazi salute and shouted “white power”.He subsequently apologised and insisted it had been a joke, but the “white power” outburst was widely criticised within the metal community at the time.
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