Sharon Osbourne denies Black Sabbath raised $190 million for charity
The farewell show of Black Sabbath took place on July 5
Sharon Osbourne has hit back at the claims of Black Sabbath raising multi-million dollars in charity from their last show.
On July 5, less than three weeks before the band’s front man Ozzy Osbourne passed away on July 22, the band gave their farewell show in Vila Park.
The show’s musical director Tom Morello posted multiple pictures from the day with the caption “More than 190 million will be donated to houses and hospitals for children.”
The aftermath of the show saw multiple outlets reporting that the event had raised $190 million as it had been promised previously that 100% of the proceeds from the livestream would go to Acorns Children's Hospice, Birmingham Children's Hospital and Cure Parkinson's.
However, Ozzy’s widow has now denied the claims saying they are over-inflated.
“One of the things that’s frightening me is all this false press about [how], we’ve made $140 million and all of this, and I’m like, God, I wish we could have, for one gig”, Sharon clarified.
Sharon also said these numbers being reported are not good good for the charities to see because they are waiting for those numbers to come in.
The farewell show, which also proved to be Ozzy’s last ever public performance, was a major success as many artists, namely Metallica, Slayer, Guns N' Roses, joined on stage to perform for the crowd.
