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02-05-2025, 06:15 PM
>>>Black Sabbath’s original lineup is coming together to throw one big metal sendoff for legendary frontman Ozzy Osbourne.
Titled Back to the Beginning, the all-day charity concert will see Osbourne, bassist Geezer Butler, guitarist Tony Iommi, and drummer Bill Ward reunite onstage for the first time in 20 years at Birmingham’s Villa Park on July 5. Osbourne will play his own short set at the gig before joining Black Sabbath to take his final bow with his bandmates.
They’re not doing it alone, either. The all-day event will also feature performances from metal greats like Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Gojira, Halestorm, Alice In Chains, Lamb of God, Anthrax, and Mastodon, as well as a “supergroup” of musicians that includes Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins; Duff McKagan and Slash of Guns N’ Roses; Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit; Scott Ian of Anthrax; Sammy Hagar; Sleep Token II of Sleep Token; Papa V Perpetua of Ghost; Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine; and Wolfgang Van Halen. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg — more artists are expected to be announced in the future.<<<
https://ew.com/black-sabbath-original-lineup-to-reunite-for-ozzy-osbourne-final-concert-8786230
Titled Back to the Beginning, the all-day charity concert will see Osbourne, bassist Geezer Butler, guitarist Tony Iommi, and drummer Bill Ward reunite onstage for the first time in 20 years at Birmingham’s Villa Park on July 5. Osbourne will play his own short set at the gig before joining Black Sabbath to take his final bow with his bandmates.
They’re not doing it alone, either. The all-day event will also feature performances from metal greats like Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Gojira, Halestorm, Alice In Chains, Lamb of God, Anthrax, and Mastodon, as well as a “supergroup” of musicians that includes Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins; Duff McKagan and Slash of Guns N’ Roses; Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit; Scott Ian of Anthrax; Sammy Hagar; Sleep Token II of Sleep Token; Papa V Perpetua of Ghost; Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine; and Wolfgang Van Halen. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg — more artists are expected to be announced in the future.<<<
https://ew.com/black-sabbath-original-lineup-to-reunite-for-ozzy-osbourne-final-concert-8786230