Posted on 06/06/2025 12:12:31 PM PDT by Mariner
Ozzy Osbourne's final ever gig as Black Sabbath's frontman will be streamed worldwide after fans snapped up tickets for the hometown show, starring the original line-up, in just 16 minutes, the band said Friday.
Osbourne, who revealed in 2020 that he has Parkinson's disease, will join Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward for the all-day "Back To The Beginning" show in Birmingham, central England, where the heavy metal giants formed in 1968.
The July 5 gig at Aston Villa Football Club's Villa Park stadium will also feature sets by US rockers Metallica, Guns N'Roses, Tool and Slayer among others, as well as a short solo set by Osbourne.
It will be the original line-up's first show together in 20 years and Osbourne's swansong.
"With the concert ... selling out in under 16 minutes, those who missed out on being there in person can immerse themselves in what is set to be the greatest heavy metal show ever," the band said Friday.
Fans were able to buy live-stream tickets from 3:00 pm (1400 GMT) on Friday for £24.99 (about 30 euros), allowing them to watch the concert live, although with a two-hour delay from the start in the arena, and continue to view it for another 48 hours.
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It was at Winterland in SF and Yes with Rick Wakeman was the warm-up band.
It was also the very BEST show I ever saw and I've seen a bunch of 'em.
They blew the roof off the place.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMGqDUJWsmQ
That would have been THE year to see them.
Yeah man. I saw the original Black Sabbath in 1973 in Philly. Ozzy was wasted on stage and some people left early. Still I enjoyed the show.
Metallica in Tampa tonight !
I saw them on their first tour after Ozzy was booted, with Ronnie Hames Dio as their front man. Day on the Green #2 in 1980. Great show, but Sabbath never really recovered from the loss of Ozzy, while Ozzy's solo career took off like a Crazy Train.
I saw Ozzy back in 1976. “Crazy, but that’s how it goes, millions of people living as foes”.
I went to a Black Sabbath concert once. I think.
“What made you drop out?”
“Well some people think it was the 400 acid trips I took, you know.”
“Aha, but what was it really, Bob?”
“One day I played Black Sabbath at 78-speed, man.”
“And what happened?”
“I saw God!”
“You saw God, well that sounds like true enlightenment to me, Bob!”
Saw them in 1977. Right up next to the stage!...............................
Haven’t had a headache in a long time, don’t need one now.
😁............................
The Wheel Chair Tour?
Would have loved to see Randy Rhodes on the stage with Ozzy again (RIP).
I want Ozzy’s doctor.
Excellent! I loved jamming Tony Iommi riffs when I was a young guitarist!
Black Sabbath was awesome with Ozzy and Dio. I remember my parents wondering what in the hell I was listening too. LOL
Me too!! Ozzy and Keith Richards would survive the apocalypse with the cockroaches.
Ditto. Damn airplanes have taken its tolls on musicians over the years.
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