Black SabbathEven Ozzy Osbourne's voice is getting praise after years of criticism that the seminal frontman has lost his way in the music world. Spin Magazine has footage from Sabbath's performance at last month's Download Festival, find video footage by clicking
here*. They played classic rock staples like "Iron Man" and "Paranoid" but also delved into cuts from "Black Sabbath Volume 4" by playing "Tomorrow's Dream" and "Under The Sun."
Although Sabbath will be competing with an audience with The Black Keys, probably the most popular band in modern rock after their release of "El Camino" at the end of 2011, Friday will also feature concerts from some of the most popular up-and-comers. Indie-folk harmonizers The Head and The Heart have been hailed as the next Crosby, Stills and Nash and will take the Sony stage right before M83, the mastermind of the "Drive" soundtrack.
Sharon Van Etten will also perform before metal-heads Band of Skulls take the Google Play stage at 6:00. Find Friday's full schedule at the Lollapalooza website. The rest of the weekend's acts have also been anticipated all summer as Frank Ocean, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Santigold will headline Saturday. Jack White, Justice, and Childish Gambino will all close out the festival Sunday night after a day of concert sets from The Gaslight Anthem, Florence + The Machine and Dum Dum Girls.
Lollapalooza founder and Jane's Addiction lead singer Perry Farrell seemed just as excited for the festival as concertgoers when he spoke with MTV about how the project has evolved over its twenty-one years.
"I kind of have this vision of an octopus, because the tentacles of Lollapalooza - now all of a sudden this octopus goes really out until 4 a.m. in the city of Chicago," he said. "It was great to have it here up until 10 o'clock and I know we're all out in there incredible hotels, but now we're really raising the bar when it comes to after parties. It's really stretching."
Lollapalooza will be streamed on two YouTube channels, find them by clicking here. The complete schedule is available on the festival's website, where you can create your own schedule of bands to watch.
* Video FootagePreview Black Sabbath Lollapalloza Sethttp://www.spin.com/#articles/preview-b ... nload-showJune 15 2012, 9:22 AM ET
by Kory Grow
Last month, singer Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, and bassist Geezer Butler reunited as Black Sabbath (sans drummer Bill Ward) for a warmup gig in their hometown of Birmingham, England. With one show under their belts, the heavy-metal legends, who are joined by solo Ozzy drummer Tommy Clufetos and keyboardist Adam Wakeman (son of Yes' Rick), played their first major comeback gig at England's Download Festival this past weekend. The set list contained some of the group's best songs, including the obvious hits "Iron Man" and "Paranoid" and deep cuts like the sludgy "Tomorrow's Dream" and the doomy "Under the Sun," both from 1972's Vol 4.
One of the up to 100,000 fans in the audience had the good sense to record the concert, which apparently was loud enough to sound crystal clear in the YouTubes he posted, embedded here. As you can hear, the band is in top form, and Iommi, who has been battling lymphoma, sounds great as he plays bluesy solos throughout. In August, Black Sabbath will play Lollapalooza in Chicago (against the Black Keys). Get a preview of what you might hear at that show here:
Videos at the linkhttp://www.spin.com/articles/preview-bl ... nload-showBlack Sabbath and The Wizardhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... 3N-3REmGGcBehind the Wall of Sleep and N.I.B.http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... ORnmnx_MgcInto the Void and Under the Sunhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... pbhORvy4q8Snowblind and War Pigshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... i1qIIqmJAESweet Leaf and Symptom of the Universehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... GQizwFDpZwIron Man and Fairies Wear Bootshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... -ivni4m-GgTomorrow's Dream and Dirty Womenhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtNFiA9P ... r_embeddedChildren of the Grave and Paranoidhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... 8u_LB3XPLcBlack SabbathVocals ........ Ozzy Osbourne
Guitar ........ Tony Iommi
Bass .......... Geezer Butler
Drums ........ Tommy Clufetos
Keyboards ... Adam Wakeman