{"id":3816,"date":"2025-08-23T12:07:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T12:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/2025\/08\/23\/judas-priest-will-release-a-version-of-war-pigs-with-ozzy-osbournes-vocals\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T12:07:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T12:07:41","slug":"judas-priest-will-release-a-version-of-war-pigs-with-ozzy-osbournes-vocals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/2025\/08\/23\/judas-priest-will-release-a-version-of-war-pigs-with-ozzy-osbournes-vocals\/","title":{"rendered":"JUDAS PRIEST Will Release A Version Of “War Pigs” With OZZY OSBOURNE’s Vocals"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Judas Priest<\/a><\/strong> drummer Scott Travis<\/strong> has shared his memories of touring alongside Ozzy Osbourne<\/strong> and Black Sabbath<\/strong>, reflecting on the bond between the two legendary bands and revealing how a Sabbath<\/strong> cover recorded by Priest<\/strong> has taken on a new, poignant meaning following Ozzy<\/strong>‘s death.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Rock Of Nations With Dave Kinchen And Shane McEachern<\/a><\/em>, Travis<\/strong> looked back on Ozzfest 2004, when Priest<\/strong> toured the U.S. with the reunited original lineup of Black Sabbath<\/strong>. “Rob<\/strong> [Halford<\/strong>] rejoined Priest<\/strong> and we were on the Ozzfest tour [in] 2004\u2026 The two headliners [that year] were Black Sabbath<\/strong> and Priest<\/strong>,” Travis<\/strong> said.<\/p>\n

“That was a whole summer tour in America, so it was really great to be able to do that tour with original Sabbath<\/strong> and, at that point, it was still with K.K. <\/strong>[Downing<\/strong>] and Glenn<\/strong> [Tipton<\/strong>] in the band. So that was just a super-cool moment, and, obviously, Rob<\/strong> rejoining Priest<\/strong> after being gone for 13 years \u2014 a long time. So that was very cool.”<\/p>\n

Travis<\/strong> also addressed why Priest<\/strong> were absent from Black Sabbath<\/strong>‘s historic final performance, which took place on July 5, 2022 at Villa Park in Birmingham, UK. “We knew about the Sabbath<\/strong> reunion or the Sabbath<\/strong> final show that was coming up in the U.K., but as I’m sure you’re aware, we had already contracted and agreed to do the Scorpions<\/strong>‘ 60th<\/sup>-anniversary show in Germany [on the same day]. So we couldn’t do the Ozzy<\/strong> thing.”<\/p>\n

Instead, Priest<\/strong> decided to honor Sabbath<\/strong> with a recorded tribute. “We thought it’d be cool to record a Sabbath<\/strong> song as a tribute to Ozzy<\/strong>. And, of course, we got the blessing from [Ozzy<\/strong>‘s wife and manager] Sharon Osbourne<\/strong>. So we did our version of ‘War Pigs’. But we did that well before \u2014 not only before the Black Sabbath<\/strong> show but before Ozzy<\/strong> passed. So that was kind of weird that we were able to do that.”<\/p>\n

Travis<\/strong> went on to reveal that fans may eventually hear a special version of the song that pairs Rob Halford<\/strong> with Ozzy<\/strong> himself. “I think there’s a version coming out with Ozzy<\/strong> actually singing on that version. In other words, Rob<\/strong> will sing a verse and then Ozzy<\/strong> sings a verse. I think that’s coming out.”<\/p>\n

The drummer confirmed that news of Ozzy<\/strong>‘s death broke while Priest<\/strong> were still on the road. “We were in the middle of our tour [when we got the news that Ozzy<\/strong> had died], and it was devastating,” he said.<\/p>\n

From Ozzfest 2004 \u2014 a “super-cool” summer that brought together two of heavy metal’s most influential bands \u2014 to their “War Pigs” tribute, Judas Priest<\/strong>‘s ties to Ozzy Osbourne<\/strong> run deep. For Scott Travis<\/strong>, those memories are now inseparable from the shock of his passing. As he summed up, what began as a planned salute to Sabbath<\/strong> has become an accidental memorial to one of metal’s greatest icons.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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