Heavy metal band Judas Priest have released a charity single featuring the late Ozzy Osbourne to raise money for Parkinson’s disease charities.<\/p>\n
The former Black Sabbath frontman was diagnosed with the degenerative neurological condition in 2019, and died in July, weeks after a farewell gig<\/a> at Aston Villa.<\/p>\n Judas Priest, who formed in Birmingham in the 1960s, decided to release a charity version of Black Sabbath’s War Pigs after they were unable to join the band, and other metal groups, at the show due to prior commitments.<\/p>\n Band member Glenn Tipton, who has also been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, features on guitar with Rob Halford and Osbourne taking alternate vocal lines on the song.<\/p>\n The track was initially conceived as a tribute video for Osbourne and Black Sabbath before the band suggested turning it into a charity single.<\/p>\n Osbourne and his fellow original Black Sabbath members, Tony Iommi, Terence “Geezer” Butler and Bill Ward<\/a>, were the last to appear on stage as part of a star-studded line-up for the Back To The Beginning concert in July.<\/p>\n Among the other bands performing were Anthrax, Metallica and Guns N’Roses.<\/p>\n