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Sharon Osbourne has revealed she has kicked a “huge” rock band off the line-up at Black Sabbathand Ozzy Osbourne’s ultimate live performance as a consequence of a bust-up with their supervisor. In a revealing new interview Sharon stated: “I had a huge, huge to-do with a manager over this celebration for Ozzy and Sabbath. And it was probably the worst way I’ve felt in years.

“I don’t care what this person says about me, thinks about it, because he doesn’t know me. And he’s now going around making up bulls— lies because I threw his band off the bill. I don’t care what people say. Because do you know what? I don’t love them. I care about people who love me, what they say about me. You can’t care what an industry says, because you don’t love them, so how can it hurt you? It doesn’t.” Former X Factor judge Sharon was being quizzed by Heavy metal bible Metal Hammer magazine who mentioned her infamous fall-out with Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson at Ozzfest 2005.

She added: “I love Iron Maiden, it’s just the singer because he was so horribly disrespectful. But if you’re going to take Ozzy’s money, and play before him every night of a festival, and you’re bad-mouthing him to the crowd, you’ve got to pay. So I had him pelted with cans of baked beans that were open, and cut his sound.”

But regardless of the spat Sharon denied that Maiden are the band she has had eliminated.

Asked if the thriller band is the Run To The Hills stars, Sharon responded: “Oh god, no. Ozzy only has respect for the guys in Maiden. And he didn’t even know what Bruce was doing. I never told him, until the night that it happened when it was the last show, and he just looked at me and goes, ‘You’re terrible.’”

Since Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne’s Back to the Beginning live performance was introduced in February, no bands or artists have been faraway from the invoice. It’s subsequently probably the thriller band was ousted earlier than the line-up announcement was made. The majority of acts are American with critics slamming the dearth of British – and feminine acts – on the  day-long invoice.

When a pay-per-view livestream of the gig was introduced final week, Tool and Rival Sons had been erroneously missed off the poster, nevertheless they’ve since been reinstated.

Alongside Sabbath and Ozzy, the Back to the Beginning live performance will boast units from Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Slayer, Pantera, Gojira, Halestorm, Alice in Chains, Lamb of God, Tool, Rival Sons, Anthrax and Mastodon.

The all-day occasion is hosted by Jason Momoa and it’ll additionally function a supergroup of musicians together with Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins), David Draiman (Disturbed), Duff McKagan & Slash (Guns N’ Roses), Frank Bello (Anthrax), Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit), Jake E. Lee, KK Downing, Lzzy Hale (Halestorm), Mike Bordin (Faith No More), Rudy Sarzo, Sammy Hagar, Scott Ian (Anthrax), Sleep Token II (Sleep Token), Papa V Perpetua (Ghost), Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine) and Zakk Wylde.