System of a Down Honors Ozzy With Snowblind at MetLife Stadium

System of a Down paid tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne by performing a cover of Black Sabbath's Snowblind during their MetLife Stadium concert in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Wednesday night, August 27. The performance, part of a coheadlining North American tour with Korn, marked the band's first New York area show in more than a decade and included the first live playing of Snowblind since the early 2000s.

Guitarist and vocalist Daron Malakian dedicated the song to Osbourne, who died on July 22 at age 76, and led the crowd in chants of Ozzy, Ozzy. Malakian told the audience that Ozzfest had been crucial to the band's early career, saying onstage, We did a few Ozzfests. Some of you are old enough that you were there. Some of you werent even born yet. I want to thank Ozzy Osbourne. We want to thank Ozzy Osbourne. He then introduced the song with a line associated with Osbourne, saying, Were gonna do a number now about cocaine. Its called Snowblind. Video and setlist reports indicate Snowblind was the 20th song in a roughly 26-song set.

Snowblind was originally released on Black Sabbath's 1972 album Vol. 4 and System of a Down's rendition previously appeared on the 2000...