Posted on 02/05/2025 4:12:06 PM PST by Mariner
Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath are reuniting for one last time, to play a fund-raising concert in Birmingham on 5 July.
The heavy metal pioneers will headline a spectacular one-day festival at Villa Park, featuring dozens of bands they inspired, including Metallica, Pantera, Slayer, Gojira and Anthrax.
The concert will mark the first time that Black Sabbath's original line-up - Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward - have played together in 20 years.
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."
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But he was writing it about himself in the final analysis. He was let go in 1979, because of his alcohol & drug abuses, but he came back from that, and went on to create a successful solo career. An Iron Man legacy he created after falling to the bottom. The same can almost be said that it was written for Trump as well, since he too is truly another Iron Man for his political return, especially in the face of adversity that most would never have survived, even if they too were wealthy beyond compare. Both beat the odds in awesome fashion. Both got their revenge, Ozzy by beating the odds of overcoming his addictions, & Trump from overcoming lawfare arrayed against him and winning decisively his 2nd presidential term with more real votes that no one can dispute was a fair & free election. 🙂👍
"War Pigs" (new AI video version)
No school like old school.
It wasn’t staged.
He thought it was a fake bat thrown by a fan. He found out pretty quick, to his horror, it was real.
Phenomenal!
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Ozzy either got some really bad plastic surgery or decided to be a trannsy.
It’s called getting old.
Mark!
Agreed. I wore out that 8-track and then the cassette. Sounded great turned up to 11. It’s a wonder I can hear anything at all.
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