Black Sabbath Announce Final Show Alongside Metal Royalty!

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 5th at Villa Park.

Black Sabbath Announce Final Show "Back To The Beginning" At Villa Park

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 05: attends the announcement of Black Sabbath's final show "Back To The Beginning" at Villa Park on February 05, 2025 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Getty Images for Live Nation UK)

The all-star event will celebrate the true creators of heavy metal and will see Ozzy Osbourne play his own short set before joining with Black Sabbath for his final bow. It’s my time to go Back to the Beginning….time for me to give back to the place where I was born,” Ozzy Osbourne said. “How blessed am I to do it with the help of people whom I love. Birmingham is the true home of metal. Birmingham Forever.”

Formed in Birmingham in 1968 and going on to become one of most successful metal bands of all time, Black Sabbath have sold over 75 million albums worldwide across their legendary career. Setting the blueprint for the many routes heavy metal took, Black Sabbath’s influence and importance is as vital today as it was in the early 1970s. Music Director and guitarist extraordinaire of Rage Against The Machine & Audioslave Tom Morello said: “This will be the greatest heavy metal show ever.”

Tom Morello @ Electric Ballroom

Tom Morello @ Electric Ballroom (Kalpesh Patel)

BACK TO THE BEGINNING will feature sets from Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Gojira, Alice In Chains, Halestorm, Lamb Of God, Anthrax and Mastodon!

Metallica @ Twickenham

James Hetfield (Jamie MacMillan)

The all-day event will also feature a supergroup of musicians. Artists announced so far include Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins), David Draiman (Disturbed), Duff McKagan (Guns N’ Roses), Frank Bello (Anthrax), Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit), Jake E Lee, Jonathan Davis (Korn), KK Downing, Lzzy Hale (Halestorm), Mike Bordin (Faith No More), Rudy Sarzo, Sammy Hagar and Scott Ian (Anthrax).

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Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins @ The O2 (Kalpesh Patel)

Slash (Guns N’ Roses), Sleep Token ii (Sleep Token), Papa V Perpetua (Ghost), Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine & Audioslave), Wolfgang Van Halen and Zakk Wylde and also been announced with more names to be announced shortly.

Guns N' Roses @ BST Hyde Park 2023

Slash & Duff McKagan of Guns N' Roses @ BST Hyde Park 2023 (Kalpesh Patel)

Tickets go on sale at 10am GMT on Friday 14th February 2025 at LiveNation.co.uk.

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.

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Noah Kahan @ BST Hyde Park 2025 (Kalpesh Patel)

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