Mötley Crüe‘s Nikki Sixx has revealed why the band didn’t play Black Sabbath’s ‘Again to the Starting‘ farewell gig.
The historic gig passed off at Villa Park within the band’s hometown final Saturday (July 5), serving as the ultimate farewell for the heavy metallic icons, with founding members Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Invoice Ward taking part in alongside one another for the primary time since 2005.
These performing alongside Sabbath on the mammoth line-up included Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Alice In Chains, Gojira, Anthrax, Weapons N’ Roses, KoRn, Software, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, and plenty of extra, with one unnamed band being booted off the invoice forward of the occasion.
Earlier within the week, Sixx had congratulated Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne for the success of the present, acknowledging the debt the stadium rockers owed to them each after being invited to assist Ozzy on tour in 1984.
“Ozzy and Sharon gave us our first actual huge tour in 1984 on the Shout on the Satan tour,” the bassist wrote on Instagram. “They gave us the chance to play in entrance of Ozzy and really for my part, broke the band. Congratulations on an incredible profession and what a bad-ass ship off.”
Given their historical past with Ozzy, many had been confused by their absence, prompting one fan on X/Twitter to ask Sixx whether or not they had been invited to play the farewell gig, to which he replied: “We’ve got been having well being points inside the band…”
Whereas he didn’t specify which member he was referring to, Mötley Crüe postponed a Las Vegas residency earlier this 12 months to permit singer Vince Neil time to recuperate from an unspecified medical process, and later axed a gig at Boardwalk Rock competition for a similar purpose.
The postponed gigs adopted Neil’s personal jet being concerned in a deadly crash. The singer was not on the airplane on the time of the crash, however his girlfriend Rain Andreani and her buddy suffered accidents, although not regarded as life-threatening.
They had been each taken to hospital with the airplane’s co-pilot, who was additionally injured. The pilot of the plane died within the crash.
After sharing information concerning the group’s absence from the present, Sixx later shared a prolonged put up about his personal well being, telling followers he was “extraordinarily critical” about sustaining it and routinely has blood work accomplished.
“I work HARD and that i’m not serious about dying from work and BS STRESS,” he stated. “I work up my blood twice a 12 months and WE’RE centered on at all times evolving well being my purpose. Simply acquired again right this moment’s latest outcomes and contemplating some misadventures prior to now this 66 12 months previous pirate ship seems to be prepared to return to sea.
“I’ve a beautiful spouse, 5 golden kids and an attractive granddaughter. Do you assume any a part of my previous indulgences Is value destroying the attractive life I constructed? By no means. That is it. Both get your shit tighter or die a sluggish demise crawl. All of us die, some simply surrender sooner….I’m planning on cracking 100. That may piss off the critics. Take pleasure in your weekend.”