Thread: Ozzy Osbourne to Reunite With Black Sabbath for Final Show

Hell has officially frozen over… just in time to heat right back up. It’s been announced that Black Sabbath’s original lineup of Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward will play a farewell show this summer—with Osbourne also performing some of his iconic colo material as well.

The big show will happen on July 5 at Villa Park in Birmingham, England. In addition to seeing the legendary heavy metal godfathers and the “Prince of Fucking Darkness,” fans will also be treated to sets by Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Halestorm, Alice In Chains, Lamb of God, Anthrax, Mastodon, and 2025 Grammy-winners Gojira.

Several other big-name rock and metal artists will be part of the festivities as well, including Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst, former Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar, Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello, and Korn frontman Jonathan Davis.

“It’s my time to go Back to the Beginning… time for me to give back to the place where I was born,” said Osbourne—per Metal Injection—speaking about the final concert, where he’ll perform solo before welcoming his Black Sabbath bandmates to the stage. “How blessed am I to do it with the help of people whom I love. Birmingham is the true home of metal. Birmingham Forever.”

Butler, Osbourne, Iommi, and Ward founded Black Sabbath in 1968. Osbourne formally left the band in 1979 and went solo. In 1997 he rejoined Black Sabbath and in 2013 the band released their final album, 13.

Notably, due to contract disputes, Ward did not play on 13 or join the band during their final tour, but some fans will get one last chance to see Black Sabbath’s entire original lineup performer live one last time.

Tickets for the charity benefit show go on sale here starting February 14, Valentine’s Day. All profits will go to three important causes and health facilities: Cure Parkinson’s, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, and Acorn Children’s Hospice.

Ozzy Osbourne to Reunite With Black Sabbath for Final Show

Decrepit old hippies and ageing headbangers rejoice! His manipulating old waxwork of a wife has organised this swansong. Doubt if he will manage to appear though. he is very frail now.

Originally Posted by bsnub

Slayer, Pantera, Anthrax

Time to leave after the War Ensemble encore.

Did his daughter do some kinda emo-rock-pop crap as a bloater dressed like Avril Lavigne back around 2005-ish or did I just have a nightmare?


Surely his wife will manage a way to squeeze her onto the stage for a nice payday.

Maybe she'll take ozzy's place.

Poor bloke has Parkinson's and can barely walk.

Originally Posted by cyrille

Poor bloke has Parkinson's and can barely walk.

Now known as Sheik Ozzy Osbourne


I'll take my coat..

Originally Posted by Molle

I'll take my coat..

you didn't get round to hanging it up?

Originally Posted by cyrille

Poor bloke has Parkinson's and can barely walk.

That’s too bad. Even when his family had the reality show on, he was a doddering old man. That was years ago.

With all the other big names, guess it doesn’t matter much if he performs well.

Lord, I saw them the one and only time on Hammersmith in 1977, i don't remember much of it.

I’ve never seen any of that lot.

Though one night just after coming in from dinner, a metal head friend stopped by and asked if I wanted to do some acid and go see Black and Blue at the midnight showing in a local theatre. I says sure and off we went, me wearing the dress I had on. Standing in line with all the Ozzy fans, a cop singles me out to tell me this is a rough crowd and I should think twice about going in. Of course, I’m tripping and very uncomfortable with this attention.

We go in and after a while all hell breaks loose. People screaming and throwing empty liquor bottles through the screen. Jumping around the seats and fighting. Then here comes that cop again, trying to save me. I have to convince him I’m ok and don’t need to be rescued.

All in all it was a fun night. Could only have been better had I been wearing jeans and a helmet of some sort.

Originally Posted by misskit

All in all it was a fun night. Could only have been better had I been wearing jeans and a helmet of some sort.

Trip advisor of the year!

Originally Posted by misskit

Even when his family had the reality show on, he was a doddering old man. That was years ago.

Yeah, I got a feeling that was put on. He must have only been 53 when it first aired.


That's years younger than Snubs for crying out loud.

Good stuff. Fucking love ozzie

Ozzy Osbourne Sets Paramount+ Doc on Health Issues and Final Black Sabbath Performance: I Want to ‘Say a Proper Goodbye’

Ozzy Osbourne is the subject of a new Paramount+ documentary, titled “No Escape From Now,” which will chronicle his health issues and upcoming final show with Black Sabbath.


The feature-length project, which is currently in production and slated to premiere on the streamer later this year, will “reveal the devastating setbacks” the 76-year-old Brit has “faced since his fateful fall in 2019,” according to a press release.

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