Watch Black Sabbath’s Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler star in trailer for new Aston Villa kit
Black Sabbath’s Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler have starred in a trailer promoting the new Aston Villa kit – check it out below.
The Birmingham heavy metal legends have come together to promote the new update from their local Premier League club, and starred in a new video to promote the 2024/25 season home kit.
Dropped earlier today (July 23), the frontman and bassist star in the clip alongside club stars like coach Unai Emery, Ollie Watkins, Emiliano Martinez and John McGinn.
It starts with the two of them chatting on the phone, and bringing up the idea of playing at Villa Park – something Butler will only agree to if he can play left wing.
From there, the vocalist is seen belting out his famous “Sharon!”, calling out for his wife to bring over his Adidas Predator boots, which he abbreviates to “Preds”.
Later in the clip – which has the band’s hit song ‘Paranoid’ playing in the background – the Prince Of Darkness also describes himself as “the biggest frontman to ever come out of Birmingham,” while sporting the new kit. Watch the minute-long clip below.
In other Black Sabbath news, earlier this month the bassist opened up about the influence of The Beatles on his career, describing them as having a pivotal impact on his sound.
“They were a massive influence, because there was nobody else like them at the time,” he said. “And up until then, it was, like, my brothers were into like Elvis [Presley] and Eddie Cochran and Buddy Holly, that kind of thing. And there was no real English [rock bands].
“All the English rock and rollers were trying to sound American and copy of an American [band], and they never succeeded. And then when the Beatles came along, they had a completely original sound.”
Osbourne is famously a fan of the Liverpudlian band too, and earlier this year recalled meeting Paul McCartney, saying that coming face-to-face with the Beatles icon “was like meeting Jesus Christ”.
In a 2020 NME cover feature, he also touched on the moment he knew he wanted to be a musician, which came after hearing the Beatles’ ‘She Loves You’ as a 15-year-old. “My dad knew I was an avid, fucking freaked-out Beatles fan,” he said. “I loved them. They were the reason why.”
Elsewhere, Butler recently shared that Ozzy “desperately wants” to play one final show with the band, and Sharon Osbourne suggested that Iron Maiden‘s Bruce Dickinson was “eaten up with jealousy” following his feud with Ozzy.
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