Ozzy Osbourne is saying goodbye to the stage after performing what has been billed as his final show with the original members of Black Sabbath. Reuniting onstage for the first time in 20 years, Black Sabbath performed to a sold-out crowd with its all-star festival in honor of Ozzy Osbourne Ozzy Osbourne has announced his final show — and it will feature a reunion of the original lineup of Black Sabbath for the first time in 20 years. The heavy metal icon died just weeks after taking his final bow in Birmingham. Ozzy Osbourne, the legendary frontman of Black Sabbath and a pioneer of heavy metal music, has died. He was 76. He is 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. Ozzy Osbourne is saying goodbye to the stage after performing what has been billed as his final show with the original members of Black Sabbath. 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 Ozzy Osbourne's July 2025 reunion concert with Black Sabbath will mark his 'full stop,' his wife Sharon said in February 2025. Inside Ozzy Osbourne’s final show: All about the Black Sabbath reunion (and his parting words to fans) The heavy metal icon died just weeks after taking his final bow in Birmingham. In addition to the Black Sabbath reunion, Ozzy Osbourne will play his own short set ahead of the performance and an all-star cast of musicians are expected to be involved with the show. The founding lineup definitely are. From the moment Ozzy Osbourne started discussing a Black Sabbath reunion last year, the idea was for it to be a proper farewell with every original member present. For the first time in nearly twenty years, the original Black Sabbath lineup Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward will reunite on stage for one last historic performance. It’s a moment fans never thought they’d see again. a reunion that’s been long hoped for, but always just out of reach. And now, for one night only, it’s happening—right in the heart of Ozzy Osbourne gave his final live performance on Saturday, July 5, during the Back to the Beginning event at Villa Park in Birmingham, U.K. The 76-year-old singer took the stage seated on a black throne, delivering a five-song set with his solo band. The lineup included longtime guitarist Zakk Wylde, bassist Mike Inez, keyboardist Adam Wakeman, and drummer Tommy Clufetos. The Black Sabbath reunion was a truly heavy metal farewell for Ozzy Osbourne Despite the seated performance, his voice carried across Villa Park and he was more than capable of giving the crowd a A Black Sabbath reunion billed as their final performance and Ozzy Osbourne's last ever featured Metallica, GNR, Steven Tyler, Slayer and other stars. Rock superstar Ozzy Osbourne bid farewell to fans with a Black Sabbath reunion in his final ever live performance. The legendary rocker told thousands of heavy metal enthusiasts at Villa Park The Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath reunion livestream event has been confirmed allowing fans around the world to stream the concert. Ozzy Osbourne has announced that the original members of Black Sabbath will play a concert together for the first time in 20 years. Black Sabbath retired following an extensive farewell tour from 2016 to 2017. The shows featured three of the band’s four founding members – singer Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler – but not original drummer Bill Ward, who pulled out of the band several years earlier due to a contract dispute. Though tickets sold out quickly, you can still catch Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath 's Back to the Beginning farewell all-day concert through a livestream of the show. Destined to be the music
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