Black Sabbath: Back To The Beginning

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Posted 2025-02-11 by Alison Brinkworth ⇒ follow

Sat 05 Jul 2025

Icons of Metal come together to celebrate Ozzy Osbourne's Final Performance at Villa Park

A star-studded rock gig to mark Ozzy Osbourne's final concert performance with Black Sabbath is taking place in the band's home city of Birmingham this Summer. The all-day concert also features stars of Metallica, Guns N'Roses, Limp Bizkit, Slayer, Pantera, Alice in Chains, Gojira, Halestorm, Lamb of God, Anthrax and more.

Music Director Tom Morello described it as being “the greatest heavy metal show ever". The original Black Sabbath band members of Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward will play together for the first time in 20 years.

Brummie Osbourne will play his own short set before joining Black Sabbath for his final bow at The Back To The Beginning gig at Villa Park on July 5.

Tony Iommi and Ozzy's wife Sharon Osbourne are pictured above after making the concert announcement together at Aston Villa's football ground, Villa Park, where the gig will take place.

The all-day event will also feature a supergroup of musicians. Artists announced so far include:
Slash and Duff McKagan from Guns N'Roses
Billy Corgan from The Smashing Pumpkins
David Draiman of Disturbed
Frank Bello of Anthrax
Fred Durst from Limp Bizkit
Jake E Lee of Badlands
Jonathan Davis of Korn
KK Downing of Judas Priest
Lzzy Hale of Halestorm
Mike Bordin from Faith No More
Rudy Sarzo of Quiet Riot
Sammy Hagar 'The Red Rocker'
Scott Ian of Anthrax
Sleep Token ii of Sleep Token
Papa V Perpetua from Ghost
Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine
Wolfgang Van Halen of Van Halen
Zakk Wylde of Black Label Society.

Doors will open at midday for the concert, which will be over by 10.30pm due to the ground's curfew time for gigs.

Black Sabbath formed the band in Birmingham in 1968, becoming one of the most successful metal bands of all time, selling over 75 million albums worldwide.

Osbourne said: "It’s my time to go Back to the Beginning….time for me to give back to the place where I was born. How blessed am I to do it with the help of people whom I love. Birmingham is the true home of metal. Birmingham Forever."

How to get tickets for the 'greatest heavy metal show ever'

Tickets go on sale at 10am British time on Friday February 14 at LiveNation here for the Birmingham Black Sabbath gig.

Presale tickets go on sale at 10am on Thursday Friday 13 from LiveNation here

All profits from the show will be shared equally between the following charities: Cure Parkinson’s, Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Acorn Children’s Hospice, a Children’s Hospice supported by Aston Villa.