Metal Anarchy

During a recent appearance at MIDEM in Cannes, France, the late Ozzy Osbourne’s wife and manager Sharon Osbourne and promoter Andy Copping further discussed their plans for orchestral shows featuring the music of Black Sabbath. According to Sharon, the concerts will include “state-of-the-art graphics and [a] state-of-the-art sound system.”

Sharon said the following:

“Ozzy’s keyboard player, Adam Wakeman, his father’s [YES keyboard legend] Rick Wakeman. And, actually, he came up with the idea of doing a classical version of SABBATH. And then we said, ‘Great.’ He’s converted the music into classical music, and then I said, ‘We need guitar players to come in at some point. You need that.’ So we’re gonna bring in about four guitar players to play together. And so people see the original version and the classical in one night. And we’re gonna do it with state-of-the-art graphics and state-of-the-art sound system, go to major cities, pick up the local philharmonic.”

Copping added:

“We’re thinking about launching it in the U.K., hopefully at the Royal Albert Hall. And that will be, obviously, a great springboard for having it as a touring entity. It’s actually very, very exciting.

It’s interesting. People’s first thoughts are, ‘BLACK SABBATH and orchestra — is that gonna work?’ But they said that about [Birmingham Royal Ballet’s ‘Black Sabbath – The Ballet’]. I mean, ballet and BLACK SABBATH music — is that gonna work? I went to the show, the ballet show. It’s unbelievable how it’s made that transition. I didn’t know what I was gonna see when I got there, but there’s literally ballet going on and there’s this thunderous soundtrack, the BLACK SABBATH music. And there’s interviews with the band going on in the background. It’s very hard to explain, but if you get the opportunity to see that, that is well worth going to see. And the orchestral side will be another step further on from that. It’s very, very exciting.”

[via Blabbermouth]