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Tool<\/a> are one of many bands set to play Black Sabbath<\/a>‘s “Back to the Beginning”<\/a> farewell show next month, but they initially weren’t going to take part in it at all.<\/p>\n During an interview with\u00a0<\/a>Guitar World<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>Adam Jones<\/a> recalled he and his bandmates’ reaction when they were first approached about it by Tom Morello<\/a>, who’s serving as the event’s musical director.<\/p>\n \u201cThe four of us were on the phone, or texting \u2013 I can\u2019t remember \u2013 and someone went, \u2018I don\u2019t think I can do it.\u2019 Someone else went, \u2018Okay, yeah, I think I\u2019m gonna do this other thing,\u2019… I think I even went, \u2018Yeah, let\u2019s not do it.\u2019 But it was really an honor that they asked us,” Jones said.<\/p>\n A few months later, however, Morello asked Jones if he’d be interested in playing a song with him and Smashing Pumpkins<\/a>‘ Billy Corgan<\/a> at the show. When Jones agreed, he learned that Danny Carey<\/a> and Maynard James Keenan<\/a> had also signed on to play with other musicians.<\/p>\n READ MORE:\u00a0How You Can Watch Ozzy Osbourne + Black Sabbath’s ‘Back to the Beginning’ Farewell Concert<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI went, \u2018I didn\u2019t know that.\u2019 It hit me, and I said, \u2018If the three of us are there \u2013 and I know Justin [Chancellor]<\/a> will want to do it.\u2019 I went back to our people and went, \u2018Why don\u2019t we just do it? We\u2019re all going to be there.\u2019 That\u2019s how it happened \u2013 and why it was announced later,” the guitarist explained.<\/p>\n Metallica<\/a>, Guns N’ Roses<\/a>, Slayer<\/a>, Pantera<\/a>, Gojira<\/a>, Halestorm<\/a>, Alice in Chains<\/a>, Lamb of God<\/a>, Mastodon<\/a>, Anthrax<\/a> and Rival Sons<\/a> are the other bands on the “Back to the Beginning” lineup, in addition to Tool, Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne<\/a>. The show will take place on July 5 at Villa Park in Birmingham, England.<\/p>\n Counting down rock and metal’s greatest guitar players.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Loudwire Staff<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nMaynard James Keenan Says ‘The Reason I’m On a Stage at All Is Because of Black Sabbath’s First Album’<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
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