During Machine Head’s July 22 show at Posthof in Linz, Austria, the band paid tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne with live covers of Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” and “Children Of The Grave.” You can check out some footage of that below. Frontman Robb Flynn said the following about the tribute:
“We found out that Ozzy had passed away from Sky news 20 minutes before we walked on stage to the opening night of our European tour. In a state of sadness and shock we made the decision to forgo our usual opening setlist. Following our intro of Ozzy’s “Diary of a Madman” (that we’ve opened every Machine Head show with for the last 30+ years) we started the show with two Black Sabbath songs. “War pigs” and “Children of the grave”, everyone sang, everyone knew tonight meant something, there wasn’t a dry eye in the house There’s so much more to say about the power of the Ozzy’s songs, but for now, we’ll let his music do the talking.”
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