BLACK SABBATH’S AND OZZY OSBOURNE’S, “BACK TO THE BEGINNING” FINAL SHOW, IS THE HIGHEST-GROSSING CHARITY CONCERT OF ALL TIME
According to Billboard, Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath‘s Back to the Beginning raised more money than any charity concert since George Harrison and Ravi Shankar‘s 1971 Concert for Bangladesh popularized the very idea of an all-star benefit show. The heavy metal show, billed as Osbourne’s final stage performance, raised roughly $190 million in charitable donations […]
NEW BOOK, “THE WORLD’S STATE-OF-THE-ART SPEED METAL BAND: THE MEGADETH STORY 1983-2002,” AVAILABLE NOW
With each passing year of the 1980’s, it seemed like the amount of hairspray, make-up, and spandex outfits modeled by heavy metal bands increased dramatically. And forget about a deep lyrical message in their tunes – it seemed to be all about partying and/or rocking. But in the metal underground, there was a movement of […]