Back to the Beginning

Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne have announced one final show. A fundraising concert at Birmingham's Villa Park on Saturday 5th July. This concert will mark the first time that the original line up of Black Sabbath: Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward have performed together in over 20 years 

The show will mark Ozzy's full stop for playing live. Osbourne, who has largely been forced to stop touring due to a combination of Parkinson's and spinal injuries, will play a short solo set before joining his bandmates.
His wife, Sharon, told BBC News he was determined to put on one final show.

"He's doing great. He's doing really great," she said. "He's so excited about this, about being with the guys again and all his friends. It's exciting for everyone."
However, she said the concert would definitively be the 76-year-old's final show.

"Ozzy didn't have a chance to say goodbye to his friends, to his fans, and he feels there's no been no full stop.
"This is his full stop."

The band will not take to the stage alone however, they are being joined by a huge bill of special guests. Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello, who is serving as the event's musical director, said it would be "the greatest heavy metal show ever".

The band will be joined by Metalica, Slayer, Pantera, Alice in Chains. Amogst a whole host of other guests including Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan, Disturbed’s David Draiman, Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan, Anthrax’s Frank Bello, Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst, Sammy Hagar, Papa V Perpetua of Ghost, Wolfgang Van Halen, Zakk Wylde, Korn’s Jonathan Davis, Anthrax’s Scott Ian and Slash.

Proceeds from the show will support Cure Parkinson's, the Birmingham Children's Hospital and Acorn Children's Hospice, a Children's Hospice supported by Aston Villa.

This reunion and final show marks a significant end to one of the most important and well loved bands Britain has ever produced, and where better to end it, than where they started.

Tickets for the show are out of February 14th. Will you be attempting to get tickets?

Thank you for reading 

Jack