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“The big lesson... don't be afraid to be simple and awesome... Who cares if it has four or 40,000 notes in it?”: Tom Morello pays his respects to Tony Iommi, Randy Rhoads and more in advance of this summer’s big Black Sabbath supergig

And as the event’s musical director and a Sabbath superfan, Morello proves perfectly placed to tease a few behind-the-scenes secrets…

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“I take the job of curating this very seriously. Not just to honor the living members of Black Sabbath but also Randy Rhoads”: Tom Morello is honoring one of Ozzy Osbourne’s greatest collaborators at the Sabbath legend’s final show

Osbourne’s last show will take place later this year, and Morello – the event’s musical director – will take the opportunity to pay tribute to one of the finest guitar players of all time

Guitar World

“The last six years have been full of some of the worst times I’ve been through”: A documentary about Ozzy Osbourne will hit Paramount Plus later this year

Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape From Now is currently in production and chronicles the Black Sabbath singer’s life since he suffered a spinal injury in 2019

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"He would have been perfect! Maybe it's not too late!": Ozzy was once asked to audition for Pirates Of The Caribbean but Sharon wouldn't let him

Sharon Osbourne says turning down the Pirates Of The Caribbean opportunity was her biggest mistake

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Everything you need to know about the Black Sabbath reunion and Ozzy Osbourne’s final concert

Why are Black Sabbath coming back? Who else is on the bill? Can I still get tickets? We answer all your questions about this summer’s Back To The Beginning extravaganza

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“Somebody will get mad at me, but it’s the closest thing to Beck, Clapton and Page. What was in the water we were all drinking?” Billy Corgan names himself and two other ’90s guitar gods as the ‘metal Yardbirds’

The Smashing Pumpkins frontman shared near-identical early experiences with two other players close to his local area, but they all ended up going down different avenues – not unlike the Yardbird legends

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Watch Tom Morello cover AC/DC with Slash and System Of A Down’s Shavo Odadjian at California wildfire benefit shows

The Rage Against The Machine guitarist held two star-studded charity gigs earlier this month

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“Sounds just like Slash, doesn't it?”: Slash joins forces with Tom Morello for a three-song cameo at LA Wildfire Relief shows – taking on MC5 and an AC/DC classic

Morello added an extra Slash to AC/DC –and recruited his guitar-slinging son, plus members of System of a Down, Måneskin, and Wu-Tang Clan for his all-star fundraiser

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“I'm like the Pablo Escobar of bass. If a dude works on my pedalboard, it's almost like I have to kill him after he's done!” With Rage Against the Machine, Tim Commerford pioneered an all-time iconic bass tone. No wonder he's cagey about his setup

The toughest right hand in bass charts his never-ending quest for the ultimate tone

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“Tom Morello is going to play with the drummer from Tool and they’re going to have Billy Corgan with them”: Sharon Osbourne spills details on running order for Black Sabbath’s farewell show

“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 thought you’d see”

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Everything you need to know about the Black Sabbath reunion show at Villa Park

Why are Black Sabbath coming back? Who else is on the bill? How do I get tickets? We answer all your questions about this summer’s Back To The Beginning extravaganza

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“This will be the greatest heavy metal show ever”: Ozzy Osbourne announces his final-ever live performance – featuring an original Black Sabbath lineup reunion and some of the biggest names in heavy music

Osbourne will be returning this summer for his final show, and is sharing the history-making bill with Metallica, Pantera, Slayer, Anthrax and many, many more

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“The greatest heavy metal show ever!”: Ozzy Osbourne reunites Black Sabbath’s original line-up for a final show in Birmingham

Metallica and Pantera will also appear at the Villa Park event

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Black Sabbath to reunite to play final show at blockbuster Birmingham event this summer, with Metallica, Slayer, Gojira, Anthrax and many other metal icons supporting

Black Sabbath’s Back To The Beginning extravaganza will take place at Villa Park on July 5

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Black Sabbath are back! Ozzy Osbourne to reunite with original line-up for his final show

The singer will play his own short set before the veteran heavy metal band play together for the first time in 20 years

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The Secret Service locked Rage Against The Machine in their dressing room after bassist tried to “attack” a billionaire on SNL

Incensed by the band having a song cut from their set last-minute, Tim Commerford marched into the dressing room of guest host Steve Forbes and drew the ire of the Secret Service

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“Thanks to all those that have enjoyed it without understanding it”: Rage Against the Machine's most controversial track exceeds a billion streams

The band's debut single has been divisive since its release, but its potency has been proved by this latest milestone

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“Righteous proof that rebel music and irony are alive and well”: Rage Against The Machine’s Killing In The Name amasses one billion Spotify streams

Tom Morello thanks “those who love it, those who hate it, and those that have enjoyed it without understanding it” in a celebratory statement

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Watch Rush, Chris Cornell, Dave Grohl, Heart, Tom Morello, John Fogerty, Chuck D and more jamming on Robert Johnson's blues classic Crossroads in 2013

That time Public Enemy's Chuck D and Run DMC's Daryl McDaniels fronted the ultimate rock supergroup

Guitar World

“He showed me chords, pinch harmonics, and was ceaselessly encouraging to me when I was a beginning guitarist”: Tom Morello reflects on his high school band with Adam Jones – and how the guitarist shaped him into the player he is today

Morello remembers how the Tool maestro helped kick-start his career by dragging him to gigs in a lengthy post that recalls the pair’s friendship

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"He showed me chords, pinch harmonics, drove us to see Judas Priest." Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello celebrates the fellow iconic metal guitarist he was in a high school band with

Tom Morello heaped praise and love on another guitar legend yesterday

Guitar World

“I was having so much anxiety about getting a great sound that I wasn’t writing songs… I said, ‘I’m gonna stop thinking about it. This is going to be my sound’”: Tom Morello on his tone struggles and what he learned from teaching his son Roman how to play

Rage Against The Machine icon discusses his unreleased Post Malone song, being outshredded by his son, pushing Iron Maiden for the Hall of Fame and why he avoids most endorsement deals

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The time Tom Morello apologised for Rage Against The Machine accidentally creating the "misogynistic", "anti-woman" and "fratty" nu metal genre

"We made records every four years. In that gap, labels were like, ‘How can we get a band that sounds like Rage but sang about girls and showed up for video shoots?'”

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“I don't have a vast collection of notable guitars, but I'm open to that idea”: Tom Morello’s ‘Arm the Homeless’ guitar is one of his most iconic instruments – and it could be revived as a signature run

Morello has already worked with Fender to produce a replica of his iconic Soul Power Strat – and a recreation of his ‘Arm the Homeless’ mod job could be next

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“Tom Morello ended up flying to Seattle and doing the vocals with Layne Staley. Tom came back and was like, ‘He’s in really bad shape. It’s scary’”: Martyn LeNoble on a career spent working with alt rock icons – and the kindness of John Entwistle

Long before perfect stranger John Entwistle lent him a Trace Elliott, the Porno For Pyros founder started out with a P-Bass knockoff and a homemade amp. Now he’s all about paying tribute to late friend Mark Lanegan

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