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Black Sabbath Reunites for Ozzy Osbourne’s Final Live Performance at Villa Park

All ticket and livestream proceeds will go to Parkinson’s research, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Acorn Children’s Hospice.

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Ozzy Osbourne at the “Back to the Beginning” concert at Villa Park in Birmingham, England, on Saturday.
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Ozzy Osbourne's final concert with Black Sabbath is taking place in Birmingham. Check out their top tracks featured in several video games.

Overview

  • Back to the Beginning drew around 40,000 fans to Villa Park and a global livestream broadcast.
  • The original Sabbath lineup—Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward—performed together for the first time in 20 years.
  • Osbourne closed the show with his final encore, thanking fans as he acknowledged his Parkinson’s-related health struggles.
  • Star-studded supporting acts ranged from Metallica, Slayer and Pantera to Billy Corgan, Tom Morello and Fred Durst.
  • Fans and the city of Birmingham marked the homecoming with murals, a namesake bridge and a bench honoring the band’s pioneering heavy metal legacy.