Yungblud shares his feeling about performing at Black Sabbath’s farewell show

Yungblud was interviewed by NME about what went down on the Black Sabbath’s farewell show, and you can read here what he said.

It’s been life changing, honestly. You feel like you get to a level but then weekends like that remind you that you know nothing. I’m so happy though. Being in Birmingham with practically every rockstar who I had on my wall as a kid was wild. There was Scott Ian from Anthrax, James Hetfield, Chad Smith, Billy Corgan… it was one of those weekends where you know you have to step up.

For many, Yungblud‘s unvarnished, heartfelt rendition of “Changes,” the 1972 Black Sabbath ballad from “Vol. 4”, was the night’s high point. It took both the audience and his colleagues by surprise. The genre-bending performer realized he had something to prove when he was surrounded by imposing figures of heavy music.

I knew it was going to be a tough audience for me because it was all metalheads and a lot of people did not think I had the right to be there. Brian May sent me a message after the gig that said ‘the silence from those people was deafening’. I think it’s finally clicking for a lot of non-believers. I wanted it. Tom Morello put the whole thing together and I said ‘give me the ballad’. He wasn’t so sure but I told him ‘Trust me, I’ll bring the house down’.

But this wasn’t a performance like any other.

As soon as I got on stage, I forgot about everything else. I was me saying thank you to my fucking hero. Backstage there were artists that collectively have probably sold a billion records, and Black Sabbath started it for all of us. I wasn’t nervous though, I was exactly where I needed to be.