“I took Heaven and Hell to a sleepover – the other girls looked at me like Ihad aliens crawling out of my ears”: Lzzy Hale on how Halestorm ended up playing Ronnie James Dio’s final show – and doing the same for Ozzy Osbourne

Lzzy Hale plays a black Explorer with a gold pickguard; Ronnie James Dio gives the thumbs-up.

Like so many of the bands that were offered a spot on the Back to the Beginning bill, Halestorm came back with an instant “yes”. Well – not that instant.

“We got an email from Sharon Osbourne,” says Halestorm guitarist Lzzy Hale. “When the email came in, I didn’t answer it for two days because I was like, ‘What the hell is going on? Are we meant to have this email?’