Former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde has been busy touring with Pantera as both a headliner and main support for Metallica this past year.
As luck would have it, his alter-ego Black Sabbath tribute band is playing the area yet again. Zakk Sabbath also features bassist Blasko (Rob Zombie, Ozzy Osbourne) and drummer Joey Castillo (Danzig, Queens Of The Stone) and they will be supporting the new single “Fairies Wear Boots.”
Said Zakk Wylde about his favorite side-project, “I was playing these songs when I was fifteen at keg parties back in the day in Jackson, New Jersey. Now I’m 56 years old, and I’m still playing Black Sabbath songs. Except there are a couple more people, and there are more kegs.”
No stranger to the Sacramento valley and its neighboring cities, Black Label Society fans will remember he played a sold out show at Ace Of Spades with Florida’s Obituary and New York’s own Prong back in October 2021. Additionally, Zakk Sabbath played back in August 2018 with the same results.
The band’s latest 7” single of Black Sabbath’s “Fairies Wear Boots” will be sold in an exclusive tour edition starting with the tour’s first show here in Sacramento. A retail edition is also available on limited edition electric green vinyl. “The music you listen to when you were a teenager pretty much sticks with you the rest of your life. It’s because you have amazing memories with certain songs that just bring you back exactly where you were” said Wylde.
Opening the show is Native Howl. Tickets are $45 advance can be purchased at aceofspades.com. Doors open at 6pm and the show starts at 7pm. Ace Of Spades is located at 1417 R Street in downtown Sacramento. All ages are welcome.
NOTE: The band also plays two area shows at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe South Shore Room in Stateline, Nevada (December 8th) and The Senator Theatre in Chico (December 9th).
Order the single here.
(Capital Chaos TV)