“I went, ‘I’m sorry we all couldn’t do it.’ Tom Morello goes, ‘Well, Dan and Maynard are playing with these people.’ I went, ‘I didn’t know that…’” Adam Jones on why Tool weren’t originally going to take part in Ozzy Osbourne’s last-ever show

Adam Jones, of TOOL american Rock band, performs on the concert at Calle 2 on March 18, 2025 in Zapopan, Mexico.

The ultimate metal and hard rock extravaganza – i.e. Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's final show, Back to the Beginning – is fast approaching. The July 5th mega-show will pit together some of the world's most influential names in heavy music at the Church of Sabbath.

Tool's Adam Jones is one such disciple set to be involved. However, as he reveals in the new issue of Guitar World, the band was quite late signing on to the festivities – and he was initially not going to sign on at all.