{"id":2097,"date":"2025-09-21T08:24:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T08:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countrymusictune.com\/?p=2097"},"modified":"2025-09-21T08:24:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T08:24:39","slug":"sammy-hagar-says-he-was-disappointed-with-his-performance-at-sabbaths-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countrymusictune.com\/?p=2097","title":{"rendered":"Sammy Hagar says he was disappointed with his performance at Sabbath\u2019s festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The American singer Sammy Hagar was one of the special guests at Back to the Beginning, festival that marked the final\u00a0Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath performance.<\/p>\n<p>Before the two main concerts, the special guests performed famous songs from their careers and also covers of\u00a0Sabbath and Osbourne\u2019s discography.<\/p>\n<p>Hagar played with a supergroup which had Tom Morello and Nuno Bettencourt and he sang \u201cRock Candy\u201d (Montrose) and \u201cFlying High Again\u201d (Ozzy).<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Eddie Trunk (Transcribed by\u00a0Blabbermouth), Hagar revealed he was disappointed with his performance when covering the Osbourne track.<\/p>\n<h2>Sammy Hagar says he was disappointed with his performance at Sabbath\u2019s festival<\/h2>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Sammy Hagar- Flying high Again- back to the beginning -Villa Park Birmingham UK-5\/07\/25 (ozzy cover)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SD1-2fAdu0g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><noscript><iframe title=\"Sammy Hagar- Flying high Again- back to the beginning -Villa Park Birmingham UK-5\/07\/25 (ozzy cover)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SD1-2fAdu0g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was very disappointed in myself because I thought I learned \u2018Flying High Again\u2019. I said, \u2018I don\u2019t [use a] teleprompter, I never use teleprompters.\u2019 And I said, \u2018I\u2019m not gonna use a teleprompter.\u2019 And they said, \u2018Well, we\u2019ll put up there just in case.\u2019 I said, \u2018No, you watch this.\u2019 I thought I had it memorized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was distracted right before I go on by a bunch of people. I\u2019m standing on the side of stage waiting for \u2019em to do the set change after the drum-off, and I\u2019m going, \u2018Oh, yeah.\u2019 I\u2019m talking to people. All of a sudden I hear \u2019em announce me, and I was 50 yards from the stage. And [my wife] Kari\u2019s going, \u2018Oh, my God. They just announced you.\u2019 And I\u2019m going, \u2018Oh, shit.\u2019 And I go running out. I\u2019m walking around. And they start the song, and I go, \u2018Hey,\u2019 blah, blah, blah. And then I step out on the ramp and I go, \u2018Holy shit.\u2019 \u2026 I missed that whole thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>He continued:<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cAnd I\u2019m running back looking for the fricking teleprompter. And, of course, the lyrics are moving faster than I\u2019m singing them. But I got it together after that. But, man, if you wanna talk about having your private parts shrink up in front that crowd, that opportunity. And I choked. Sammy Hagar is a pro. Man, he choked, that fucker. So, anyway, then \u2018Rock Candy\u2019 was great. Well, that song (\u2018Flying High Again\u2019) was great too, after we got it going. And the band came in backwards on the intro too, and so it was even crazier,\u201d Sammy Hagar said.<\/p>\n<p>During the same conversation, Hagar said it was an honor to have been asked to be part of that tribute. He also said there were a lot of magical moments during that day, praising Black Sabbath\u2019s performance but also names like Yungblud that in his opinion is a mix of Mick Jagger and Freddie Mercury. 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