Tom Morello Directing All-Star Tribute to Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Members of Tool, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica and More

The upcoming all-star tribute to Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne has had a pair of esteemed drummers added in Tool's Danny Carey and Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith.

Tool drummer Danny Carey and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith will join forces for an all-star tribute to Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne at the upcoming Birmingham show.

The latter’s participation makes sense, given his studio work on recent Ozzy albums. But Carey’s involvement is a bit more surprising — though it’s certainly not unwelcome.

Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello will direct the musical collective, which will help send off both Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne for what are expected to be their respective final live shows.

The event will take place at Villa Park in Black Sabbath’s hometown of Birmingham. In addition to a final set from Black Sabbath, complete with returning original drummer Bill Ward, and an abbreviated solo live performance from Ozzy, there will be sets from:

Ozzy Osbourne

Metallica

Slayer

Pantera

Gojira

Halestorm

Alice in Chains

Lamb of God

Anthrax

Mastodon

The all-star jam will feature just as star-studded a roster, with the following artists confirmed thus far:

Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins)

David Draiman (Disturbed)

Duff McKagan (Guns N’ Roses)

Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit)

Lzzy Hale (Halestorm)

Jake E. Lee (Red Dragon Cartel, ex-Ozzy Osbourne)

Jonathan Davis (Korn)

KK Downing (KK’s Priest, ex-Judas Priest)

Mike Bordin (Faith No More/Ozzy Osbourne)

Papa V Perpetua (Ghost)

Rudy Sarzo (Quiet Riot, etc.)

Sammy Hagar (ex-Van Halen)

Slash (Guns N’ Roses)

II (Sleep Token)

Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine)

Wolfgang Van Halen (Mammoth WVH, ex-Van Halen)

Ozzy’s wife Sharon spoke to NME about Morello’s involvement with that set.

“[Tom] is so knowledgeable on all different genres of music, but especially Sabbath,” she said. “He’s really passionate about everything he does and is such a great mate. He volunteered and the stuff that he’s managing to put together has been amazing. He’s going to take care of all the different bands that are playing together and arranging who does what song. It’s a huge undertaking, and he can manage it all.”

She continued:

“It starts at noon, then you’re going to see one icon playing with another icon, doing a Sabbath song and one or two of their own songs, and people playing with each other that you never you’d see.

“Tom Morello is going to play with the drummer from Tool and they’re going to have Billy Corgan with them — they’re all from Chicago so they’re all doing their bit.

“Then you’ll see Slash and Duff and whoever they choose to play with. David Draiman is going to come up and sing, Jonathan from Korn is going to be here and he could be playing with [Red Hot Chili Peppers’] Chad Smith or whoever! Alice in Chains are coming and they’re playing as the band.”

When asked if she’d rather the show have a more traditional approach, Osbourne replied, “No, this is a celebration — of the genre and the pioneers who started it and passed it on to all these bands. Usually this thing is done when you’re dead — so it’s nice that these guys can be alive to be appreciated!”

Further guests for the all-star jam session are still pending. Tickets for the concert will be available Friday, February 14th at 10:00am GMT.