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More than 50 years after first forming in Birmingham, England, Ozzy Osbourne and his pioneering metal band Black Sabbath are finally ready to retire from playing and making music. Ozzy Osbourne’s final show marks the end of an era, something that the rock icon and his band Black Sabbath will always be remembered by. These are all of the supergroups playing at Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's 'Back to the Beginning' farewell concert in Birmingham. You can watch it below. Watch Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath Perform 'Paranoid' at Back to the Beginning Sabbath's performance marked the band's first show by the original quartet in 20 years. Ozzy Osbourne performed for the last time earlier tonight (Saturday, July 5) at the "Back To The Beginning" event at the Villa Park in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Ozzy played a five-song set with This is the official global all-day livestream of the sold-out event - Back to the Beginning.<br></br>Tune in to celebrate the true creators of heavy metal - witness Ozzy Osbourne play his own set before joining with Black Sabbath for his final bow, and the band's first performance in 20 years.<br></br>Back to the Beginning will feature sets from Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Slayer, Tool, Pantera Back to the Beginning was a benefit concert by the English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, with a number of supporting artists. It took place on 5 July 2025 at Villa Park in Aston, Birmingham, England, very near where the band was formed in 1968. The event concluded with the final live performances of both Black Sabbath and lead singer Ozzy Osbourne; it also marked the first time since 2005 We've got the setlists of everyone who performed at the Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath 'Back to the Beginning' concert on July 5 in Birmingham, England. A second wave of bands and artists have been added to Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne’s final concert at Villa Park this summer. Black Sabbath is back for the first time in 20 years for what guitarist Tony Iommi is dubbed the "greatest heavy metal show ever." Ozzy Osbourne will reunite with the fabled foursome for a final concert at Villa Park in Birmingham on July 5, accompanied by heavy metal royalty support acts. The final batch of tickets is on sale today (Friday, February 14), so it could make the perfect Valentine Sharon Osbourne, the wife and manager of heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne, revealed that she disinvited a greedy group from her husband’s emotional last concert on Saturday because they wanted to "It's not until Ozzy's actually there, thanking fans and getting tearful, that it sinks in." Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning: our ultimate review of their triumphant final show Our blow-by-blow review of the biggest heavy metal show ever as Black Sabbath triumphantly bow out When Back To The Beginning 's musical director Tom Morello said the show would be the most historic day in heavy metal history, it wasn't mere hyperbole. Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne 's final performances were send-offs for the ages, the climax of an event so seismic the dust may never settle, with a supporting cast to match. The Back to the Beginning Concert 2025 is a one-day mega event scheduled for July 5, 2025, at Villa Park in Birmingham, England. It marks the final performance of both Ozzy Osbourne and the original Black Sabbath lineup, reuniting onstage for the first time in 20 years. This morning, at the home of Aston Villa, Sharon Osbourne and Tony Iommi announced that the original Black Sabbath – Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward – will play for the first time in 20 years. The band will take to the stage to headline BACK TO THE BEGINNING on July 5 th at Villa Park. A complete list of every Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne cover performed at the July 5, 2025 'Back to the Beginning' concert. Back to the Beginning was all-day affair that started at 1.30pm and continued for nine hours as rock and metal’s biggest names lined up to pay tribute to the band who gave birth to the genre they hold dear. Organized by Rage Against the Machine guitarist (and Ozzy super-fan) Tom Morello, the event featured arguably the greatest lineup of rock and metal bands ever assembled on one day. Recently, Ozzy Osbourne announced a farewell show, Back To The Beginning with an absurdly stacked list of bands featuring the original lineup of Black Sabbath after a 20 year hiatus alongside performances by Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Tool, Slayer, Pantera, Gojira, and many more iconic metal acts. Tellingly, apart from a reunited Black Sabbath, only two performers at Back To The Beginning were of Osbourne’s generation: Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Sammy Hagar, who once fronted Van Halen
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