See Machine Head cover War Pigs and Children Of The Grave live

Machine Head have shared a video of their special Ozzy Osbourne tribute from last night (July 22).

Having found out about the Black Sabbath icon’s death just “20 minutes before we walked onstage” at Posthof in Linz, Austria on their European summer tour, Robb Flynn and co. opened with a one-two of War Pigs and Children Of The Grave.

Sharing footage online, the frontman said: “We found out that Ozzy had passed away from Sky News 20 minutes before we walked onstage to the opening night of our European tour. In a state of sadness and shock we made the decision to forgo our usual opening setlist.

“Following our intro of Ozzy’s Diary Of A Madman – that we’ve opened every Machine Head show with for the last 30+ years – we started the show with two Black Sabbath songs. War Pigs and Children Of The Grave, everyone sang, everyone knew tonight meant something, there wasn’t a dry eye in the house

“There’s so much more to say about the power of the Ozzy’s songs, but for now, we’ll let his music do the talking.”

Watch the video below:

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