Disturbed frontman David Draiman was booed while he played a support slot at Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s last live show.
A video shared on TikTok shows the crowd jeering at Draiman as he sings in a star-studded supergroup at the Back to The Beginning farewell concert on Saturday night.
The event, hosted by Jason Momoa at Villa Park in Birmingham, saw over a dozen bands play at least one Black Sabbath or Ozzy Osbourne cover as they paid homage to the man revered as a founder of the heavy metal genre.
Draiman is usually the vocalist for Chicago rock band Disturbed but, in Saturday’s concert, he was part of a supergroup performing Black Sabbath’s Sweet Leaf.
He was joined on stage by Osbourne’s guitarists, Jake E.Lee and Adam Wakeman, Faith No More drummer Mike Bordin, ex-Megadeth bassist David Ellefson, Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian, and Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt.
Draiman responded to the crowd’s boos by defiantly asking them: ‘We gonna start this?’ Variety reported.
It is believed that the booing had to do with the singer’s vocal support for Israel in the war on Hamas, according to the magazine.
He recently congratulated Sharon Osbourne after she called for Kneecap’s visas to be revoked following their Coachella performance, where they expressed support for Palestine.
Draiman has also shared a photo of himself signing artillery shells used by the IDF in its assault on Gaza, including the inscription ‘F*** Hamas.’
The 52-year-old had a Jewish upbringing and spent part of his childhood and teen years in Israel.
Although Draiman received a frosty reception from the crowd, Osbourne brought the house down and sent fans into a frenzy with his performance.
The rocker, 76, reunited with all his original Black Sabbath bandmates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward for the first time since 2005 to bid an emotional farewell to his decades of performing live on stage.
Taking to the stage, Ozzy appeared overwhelmed by the support from the cheering crowds as he thanked them in a touching message and poignantly admitted: ‘You have no idea how I feel.’
Their final showdown comes amid concerns for Ozzy’s health after he has undergone seven surgeries in the past five years, including a fourth spinal operation in 2023.
Ozzy, who has also been battling Parkinson’s disease since 2003, plans to keep recording music but is saying farewell to live music in what is sure to be an tearful night.
After selling out in minutes, over 42,000 fans packed into Villa Park for the aptly-titled Back to the Beginning show, which saw Ozzy and Black Sabbath return to their hometown – 56 years after they formed there.
And it was quite the moment as Ozzy – who is married to Sharon Osbourne – walked out on stage for his solo set as deafening cheers could be heard all around the jam-packed stadium.
The rocker previously said he was unsure whether he was going to stand or sit down to perform due to his spinal operations, and he made an epic arrival on stage in a black quilted throne with a huge bat on top.
With his band putting on a rocking performance around him, Ozzy proved his vocals are as strong as ever as he belted out some of their best-known heavy metal hits.
Rocking his signature eyeliner and black nails, the ‘Prince of Darkness’ wore a leather ensemble and amped the crowds up as he put his hand to his ear while listening to them scream.
‘It’s so good to be on this f***ing stage,’ Ozzy admitted, before adding: ‘Let the madness begin!’
He appeared overwhelmed with emotional at one point as he thanked the crowd for their steadfast support during his five decades in music.
‘You’ve got no idea how I feel. Thank you from the bottom of my heart,’ he gushed after finishing Suicide Solution.
Ozzy kicked off his solo set with hits including I Don’t Know, and Blizzard of Ozz as he got the crowds dancing and cheering from the start.
He appeared to be having the time of his life on stage as he soaked up every moment of his final show, egging fans on and wildly waving his arms in the air.
He looked completely overwhelmed with the crowd as he finished his short-and-sweet solo set with Crazy Train, with confetti blasting into the air as the music stopped.
The audience chanted ‘Ozzy, Ozzy’ as he left the stage before a touching tribute to Diogo Jota flashed up on screen as a picture of the Liverpool footballer giving a heart sign with his back turned was shown.
Jota, 28, and his brother Andre, 26 – also a footballer, who played for Portuguese second division side Penafiel – both died on Thursday following a tragic car crash in Spain.
His Lamborghini Huracan had a tyre blow out while he attempted to overtake another vehicle on the A-52 at Cernadilla near Zamora – just ten miles over the border from Portugal.
After Ozzy finished up his solo set, he returned with his band Black Sabbath in their first full reunion since 2005, bringing the epic 10-hour long concert to a rocking finish.
Before they began, a video of the band played where they reflected on the miracle of their own survival given their crazed lifestyles particularly in their 70s and 80s heyday.
The band kicked off their 25-minute set with War Pigs before launching into N.I.B and Iron Man, with the crowds shouting, before they closed the milestone occasion with Paranoid.
Guitarist Geezer produced an Aston Villa bass guitar for the final two tracks, while drummer Bill Ward went shirtless at the back of the stage.
Closing their last ever gig together, Ozzy said: ‘It’s the last song ever. Your support has enabled us to live an amazing lifestyle, thank you from the bottom of our hearts.’
A message on screen then read: ‘Thank you for everything, you guys are f***ing amazing. Birmingham Forever,’ before the sky lit up with fireworks.
