Sammy Hagar will sing “Flying High Again” at Sabbath’s final show

The former Montrose and Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar revealed that he originally wanted to sing “No More Tears” during Black Sabbath‘s final show which will happen next July and also will be Ozzy‘s final concert, so many of his songs will also be played that night. However, Tom Morello, who is producing the show, told him that Ozzy wants to try to sing that one so he picked “Flying High Again”, track from Ozzy’s second album “Diary of a Madman”.

Sammy Hagar says he will sing “Flying High Again” at Black Sabbath’s final show

GHe explained how he was invited in an interview with Loudwire Nights “Well, the fact that I got asked to do it almost the first day… When the word started leaking out — inside word — [the event’s musical director] Tom Morello calls me and says, ‘Hey, man, would you be interested?’ I went, ‘Yes.’ He didn’t even have to say what. ‘Would you be interested?’ ‘Yes, Tom. I’m in — all in.’

“I was so flattered that I was one of the early guys on. But I had just done the Hall Of Fame for inducting Foreigner, and I sang some Foreigner songs, and Ozzy, his induction followed my (performance) induction. And they sat there and watched me do my thing, and I think I was just fresh on their mind. ‘Cause other than that, I don’t sing like Ozzy — I’m a different kind of singer. And so I’ve been studying. Everybody’s asking, ‘What do you listen to?’ I’m saying, ‘I’m listening to fucking Ozzy until the fifth (of July).’ I gotta learn his phrasing. And his melodic structures are so unique; he’s such a unique singer.”

Sammy Hagar continued:

“I’m so honored. And I chose to do ‘No More Tears’. And Tom goes, ‘Oh, that would be great. Oh, that’d be great.’ And I’ll do another one. And then he comes back and says, ‘Guess what. Ozzy’s gonna try and sing five songs, and he wants to sing ‘No More Tears’. I said, ‘Okay. ‘Flying High Again’.’ He goes, ‘You got it.’ So right now I’m singing ‘Flying High Again’. If Ozzy changes his mind, I’ll sing ‘Flying High Again’ and ‘No More Tears’. I offered to sing one of my songs. I thought I would sing ‘Rock Candy’ because it’s from the same era as Black Sabbath and Montrose. So, I’m excited,” he said (Transcribed by Blabbermouth).

Besides the band’s original line-up and Sammy Hagar, the celebration will also have special guests like: Guns N’ Roses, Tool, Rival Sons, Andrew Watt, Dave Ellefson, Vernon Reid, Whitfield Crane and the actor Jason Momoa as the host. Other previously announced acts are Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, Pantera, Alice in Chains, Slash, KK Downing, Jake E. Lee, Papa V Perpetua (Ghost), Rudy Sarzo, Tom Morello and Wolfgang Van Halen.