Overview

• Nikki Sixx told Billboard the group “couldn’t do it” because Vince Neil was recuperating, later disclosed as recovery from a December 2024 stroke.
• The Back To The Beginning concert was held July 5 in Birmingham as Ozzy Osbourne’s planned final appearance with the original Black Sabbath; he died two weeks later at 76.
• Sixx said he watched the livestream and praised the send-off, calling Ozzy’s finale a powerful farewell.
• It remains unclear from public reporting whether Mötley Crüe received a formal invitation to perform at the event.
• The charity show reunited Black Sabbath and featured Metallica, Guns N’ Roses and more under musical director Tom Morello, with Sixx also crediting Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne for launching Mötley Crüe in 1984.