Robert Plant turned down an invite to be a part of Again to the Starting, a farewell live performance for Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath held in Birmingham, England on July 5.
Motive Robert Plant Declined Again to the Starting Invite
Plant lately spoke with Mojo, the place he revealed that Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi invited him to attend Again to the Starting at VIlla Park in Birmingham. The occasion was headlined by Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne’s ultimate exhibits.
Osbourne died weeks later on the age of 76.
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Further acts, together with Metallica, Weapons N’ Roses and Slayer, performed earlier than Ozzy and Sabbath took the stage. Plant didn’t say whether or not he was requested to carry out throughout Again to the Starting, solely that he was invited by Iommi to “attend.”
“I mentioned, Tony, I might love to come back, however I can not come,” Plant instructed Mojo. “I simply can’t. I am not saying that I might fairly hang around with Peter Gabriel or Youssou N’Dour, however I do not know something about what is going on on on the planet now, in any respect.”
The Led Zeppelin singer careworn that it was nothing private and that he was all for the idea of Again to the Starting.
“I do not decry it, I’ve received nothing towards it,” Plant mentioned within the interview. “It is simply I discovered these different locations which might be so wealthy.”
Robert Plant Set For Tour, New Album
Plant is at the moment doing press in anticipation of his new album, Saving Grace, which is ready to be launched on Sept. 26. He additionally launched the primary single from the album, a canopy of Minnesota indie rock band Low’s “All people’s Music.”
A tour will observe the album’s launch. Plant will get issues began Oct. 30 on the Capitol Theatre in Wheeling, West Virginia.
Robert Plant 2025 U.S. Tour
Oct. 30 – Wheeling, W. Va. @ Capitol Theatre
Nov. 2 –Â Charlottesville, Va. @ The Paramount Theater
Nov. 3 – Washington, D.C. @ Lincoln Theatre
Nov. 5 – New York, N.Y. @ Brooklyn Paramount
Nov. 6 – Boston, Mass @ Boch Middle Shubert Theatre
Nov. 8 –Â Port Chester, N.Y. @ The Capitol Theatre
Nov. 10 – Toronto, ON @ Massey Corridor
Nov. 12 – Chicago, Ailing. @ The Vic Theatre
Nov. 13 – Chicago, Ailing. @ Outdated City Faculty of People Music
Nov. 15 – Denver, Colo. @ Ellie Caulkins Opera Home
Nov. 18 – Seattle, Wash. @ The Moore Theatre
Nov. 19 – Vancouver, B.C. @ Vogue Theatre
Nov. 21 – Oakland, Calif. @ Fox Theater
Nov. 22 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ The United Theater on Broadway.
Ticket info for the exhibits is offered through Plant’s official web site.
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