The Flaming Lips and Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne with a cover of Black Sabbath’s ‘War Pigs’ – watch below.
The two bands kicked off their joint-headline tour at the Coca-Cola Roxy in Atlanta on Friday night (August 1), and for the encore of Wayne Coyne and co’s set, the Modest Mouse frontman joined them for a rendition of the 1970 heavy metal classic.
Since Osbourne’s passing last month at the age of 76, countless artists around the world have been paying their respects to the enormous musical legacy of the singer – even those for whom his direct influence is less immediately obvious.
Watch fan-captured footage of the ‘War Pigs’ performance here:
The Flaming Lips played:
‘Sleeping On The Roof’
‘Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, Pt. 1’
‘Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, Pl. 2’
‘Turn It On’
‘Pompeii Am Gotterdammerung’
‘Five Stop Mother Superior Rain’
‘True Love Will Find You In The End’
‘The Golden Path’
‘Waitin’ For A Superman’
‘The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power)’
‘She Don’t Use Jelly’
‘Do You Realize??’
‘War Pigs’ (with Isaac Brock)
‘Race For The Prize’
See the rest of The Flaming Lips and Modest Mouse’s tour dates below and find any remaining tickets here.
Osbourne was laid to rest in the grounds of his UK mansion at a private ceremony last week, with Elton John and members of Metallica in attendance.
Thousands also took to the streets of Birmingham to leave flowers and emotional tributes to the music icon, with thousands of others lining the streets for the funeral procession.
Fans have also come together to call for both Birmingham Airport and a stage at Download Festival to be renamed after the late singer. A Change.org petition for the former got over 5,000 signees in less than two days, and currently stands at over 57,000 signatures.
Several other artists have also performed live covers of Osbourne and Sabbath songs since his passing – Cage The Elephant played ‘Changes’ at Lollapalooza, Alice Cooper and Johnny Depp covered ‘Paranoid’ in London’s O2 Arena, Geordie Greep played a Sabbath medley in Birmingham, Wolfgang Van Halen played ‘Mama I’m Coming Home’, while both Coldplay and Yungblud covered ‘Changes’.
