{"id":260585,"date":"2025-07-13T03:35:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T03:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/260585\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T03:35:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T03:35:17","slug":"nikki-sixx-reveals-the-reason-motley-crue-didnt-play-black-sabbaths-back-to-the-beginning-farewell-gig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/260585\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikki Sixx reveals the reason M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce didn\u2019t play Black Sabbath\u2019s &#8216;Back to the Beginning&#8217; farewell gig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/motley-crue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce<\/a>\u2018s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/nikki-sixx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nikki Sixx<\/a> has revealed why the band didn\u2019t play <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/black-sabbath\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Sabbath<\/a>\u2019s \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/black-sabbath-final-show-birmingham-july-2025-metalla-slayer-pantera-line-up-tickets-3835042\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Back to the Beginning<\/a>\u2018 farewell gig.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/black-sabbath-interview-sharon-ozzy-osbourne-tony-iommi-health-birmingham-villa-park-final-show-new-material-3835523\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Sharon Osbourne and Tony Iommi tell us about Black Sabbath\u2019s finale: \u201cUsually this thing is done when you\u2019re dead\u201d<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The historic gig took place at Villa Park in the band\u2019s hometown last Saturday (July 5), serving as the final farewell for the heavy metal icons, with founding members <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/ozzy-osbourne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ozzy Osbourne,<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/tony-iommi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tony Iommi<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/geezer-butler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geezer Butler<\/a>\u00a0and Bill Ward playing alongside each other for the first time since 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Those performing alongside Sabbath on the mammoth line-up included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/metallica\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metallica<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/slayer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Slayer<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/pantera\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pantera<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/alice-in-chains\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alice In Chains<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/gojira\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gojira<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/anthrax-added-to-black-sabbaths-back-to-the-beginning-final-gig-line-up-3854739\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anthrax<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/GUNS-N-ROSES\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guns N\u2019 Roses<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/KORN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KoRn<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/guns-n-roses-tool-and-jason-momoa-lead-new-additions-to-all-star-line-up-for-ozzy-osbourne-and-black-sabbaths-final-gig-3838660\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tool<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/black-sabbath-final-show-aerosmith-steven-tyler-soundgarden-join-line-up-3860129\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aerosmith\u2019s Steven Tyler<\/a>, and many more, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/sharon-osbourne-has-kicked-a-band-off-final-black-sabbath-gig-line-up-claims-manager-is-going-around-making-up-bullshit-lies-3868498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with one unnamed band being booted off the bill ahead of the event<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the week, Sixx had congratulated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/ozzy-osbourne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ozzy<\/a> and Sharon Osbourne for the success of the show, acknowledging the debt the stadium rockers owed to them both after being invited to support Ozzy on tour in 1984.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DL2PZAasAQ8\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOzzy and Sharon gave us our first real big tour in 1984 on the Shout at the Devil tour,\u201d the bassist wrote on Instagram. \u201cThey gave us the opportunity to play in front of Ozzy and actually in my opinion, broke the band. Congratulations on an amazing career and what a bad-ass send off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Given their history with Ozzy, many were confused by their absence, prompting one fan on X\/Twitter to ask Sixx whether they had been invited to play the farewell gig, to which he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NikkiSixx\/status\/1943553606374035733\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">replied<\/a>: \u201cWe have been having health issues within the band\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While he didn\u2019t specify which member he was referring to, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/motley-crue-announce-2025-las-vegas-residency-3799512\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce postponed a Las Vegas residency earlier this year<\/a> to allow singer Vince Neil time to recover from an unspecified medical procedure, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/motley-crue-cancel-festival-slot-as-vince-neil-recovers-from-medical-procedure-3852149\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">later axed a gig at Boardwalk Rock festival for the same reason<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The postponed gigs followed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/motley-crue-share-statement-after-vince-neils-plane-involved-in-fatal-crash-3836895\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neil\u2019s private jet being involved in a fatal crash<\/a>. The singer was not on the plane at the time of the crash, but his girlfriend Rain Andreani and her friend suffered injuries, though not thought to be life-threatening.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cc1fSRLJm1s\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>They were both taken to hospital with the plane\u2019s co-pilot, who was also injured. The pilot of the aircraft died in the crash.<\/p>\n<p>After sharing news about the group\u2019s absence from the show, Sixx later shared a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NikkiSixx\/status\/1943776920354927082\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lengthy post<\/a> about his own health, telling fans he was \u201cextremely serious\u201d about maintaining it and routinely has blood work done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI work HARD and i\u2019m not interested in dying from work and BS STRESS,\u201d he said. \u201cI work up my blood twice a year and WE\u2019RE focused on always evolving health my goal. Just got back today\u2019s newest results and considering some misadventures in the past this 66 year old pirate ship looks ready to go back to sea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a wonderful wife, 5 golden children and a beautiful granddaughter. Do you think any part of my past indulgences Is worth destroying the beautiful life I built? Never. This is it. Either get your shit tighter or die a slow death crawl. We all die, some just give up sooner\u2026.I\u2019m planning on cracking 100. That will piss off the critics. Enjoy your weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce\u2018s Nikki Sixx has revealed why the band didn\u2019t play Black Sabbath\u2019s \u2018Back to the Beginning\u2018 farewell&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3936],"tags":[77,3981,269,453,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-260585","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-metal","10":"tag-music","11":"tag-rock","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114843833425509262","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}