Zakk Wylde plays Black Sabbath on Hello Kitty guitar

A video of Zakk Wylde playing N.I.B by Black Sabbath on a Hello Kitty mini-guitar has been released.

Loudwire filmed the guitarist’s acoustic cover of the 1970 song by Sabbath, who he refers to as “the cat’s pyjamas.” View it below.

Wylde previously said of his days touring with Ozzy: “I’ve always loved, especially during the drinking days with Oz, when I’d be touring with the boss, after we got done doing a show we’d jump in the submarine and roll on to the next town.

“I’d sit up the front with whoever was driving and we’d all meet up there and drink cocktails, listening to The Eagles, Neil Young, Creedence – solving the problems of the world, talking about everything.”

The axeman recently issued his single Sleeping Dogs from his record Book Of Shadows II, due out on April 8. The record comes 20 years after his first Book Of Shadows release.

Wylde is currently out on the road on the Experience Hendrix Tour across the US. He’ll hit the road with Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, Nuno Bettencourt and Tosin Abasi under the Generation Axe banner in April. He’ll then return to Europe for a string of shows.

Last year, The Winery Dogs drummer Mike Portnoy played Slayer, KISS and Rush on a Hello Kitty kit.

ZAKK WYLDE BOOK OF SHADOWS II TRACKLIST

  1. Autumn Changes
  2. Tears Of December
  3. Lay Me Down
  4. Lost Prayer
  5. Darkest Hour
  6. The Levee
  7. Eyes Of Burden
  8. Forgotten Memory
  9. Yesterday’s Tears
  10. harbours Of Pity
  11. Sorrowed regret
  12. Useless Apologies
  13. Sleeping Dogs
  14. The King

ZAKK WYLDE 2016 EUROPEAN TOUR DATES

May 25: London Shepherds Bush Empire, UK
May 26: Paris Cabaret Sauvage, France
May 27: Haarlem Pilharmonium, Netherlands
May 28: Luxembourg Den Atelier, Luxembourg
May 29: Zurich Komplex, Switzerland
May 31: Stuttgart Theatrehaus, Germany
Jun 01: Linz Posthof, Austria
Jun 03: Lodz Wytwornia, Poland
Jun 04: Plzen Metalfest, Czech Republic
Jun 06: Ljubljana Kino Siska, Slovenia
Jun 07: Zagreb Tvornica Club, Croatia
Jun 09: Milan Teatro Degli Arcimboldi, Italy
Jun 10: Grenoble La Belle Electrique, France
Jun 11: Bordeux Le Bocher de Palmer, France
Jun 13: Madrid La Riviera, Spain
Jun 14: Barcelona Sala Barts, Spain
Jun 15: Bilbao Santana 27, Spain
Jun 17: Dessel Graspop Metal Meeting, Belgium
Jun 18: Munich Circus Krone, Germany
Jun 19: Nuremberg Serenadenhof, Germany

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