Tom Morello “honoured” to serve as musical director of Black Sabbath’s final-ever show

nme.com:

Tom Morello has spoken about how “honoured” he is to be the musical director of Black Sabbath‘s final-ever show this summer.The iconic heavy metal band will return for one last concert at Villa Park in their hometown of Birmingham on Saturday July 5.

The upcoming show will see the group’s most iconic line-up – comprising frontman Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward – play live together for the first time in two decades.They’ve got an all-star line-up joining them which Morello helped to put together.

It includes the likes of Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Lamb Of God, Mastodon, Alice In Chains, Halestorm, recent Grammy-winners Gojira, Guns ‘N’ Roses, Tool, Jason Momoa and Rival Sons.“Heavy metal is the music that made me love music, and Black Sabbath is the band that invented heavy metal,” Morello told Chicago radio station WBEZ.

So, when Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne asked me to be the musical director of what’s going to be the last Black Sabbath show — the last Ozzy Osbourne show in the soccer stadium that’s like a half-block down from where Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler, the bass player of Black Sabbath, grew up — I was honored to do that.“Right now, we have, like, 14 bands.