Black Sabbath is credited with being nothing wanting pioneers within the steel motion. Now, they’re prepared to hold up their guitars and take their locations within the glam pantheon of rock historical past with a ultimate present. For the primary time in practically twenty years, legendary frontman Ozzy Osbourne will take the stage, together with bassist Geezer Butler, drummer Invoice Ward, and guitarist Tony Iommi.
“It’s my time to go ‘Again To The Starting’… time for me to provide again to the place the place I used to be born,” Ozzy stated in an announcement, per Billboard. “How blessed am I to do it with the assistance of individuals whom I really like. Birmingham is the true house of steel. Birmingham Without end.” Added music director Tom Morello in an announcement by way of Instagram, “This would be the biggest heavy steel present ever.”
The time period “heavy steel,” by the way, didn’t come from Black Sabbath. “We known as it heavy rock,” Tony advised BBC Information in a 2017 interview. “The time period heavy steel took place from a journalist after I got here again from America (within the Seventies). “He stated ‘you’re enjoying heavy steel’ and I stated ‘no, it’s heavy rock – what’s that?’”
Beneath, we’ve received particulars on the band’s ultimate present this summer season.
When is Black Sabbath’s Ultimate Present?
The all-day occasion will happen on July 5, 2025, at Villa Park in Birmingham, England — the band’s hometown.
Who Else is Performing with Black Sabbath in Villa Park?
The farewell celebration will quantity to a pageant of a few of steel’s most iconic bands. Together with Black Sabbath, followers will see units from Metallica, Alice in Chains, Anthrax, Mastodon, Slayer, Gojira, Pantera, Lamb of God, and Halestorm. Artists together with Billy Corgan, Slash, Tom Morello, Wolfgang Van Halen, Sammy Hagar, Fred Durst, Jake E. Lee, and extra will even be part of the lineup. And that’s just the start — in keeping with the band’s Instagram announcement, “extra names can be introduced shortly.”
When Do Black Sabbath Tickets Go on Sale?
Ticket gross sales will open up at 10 AM GMT (Greenwich Time) on Friday, February 14, 2025. All income from the large day-long rock occasion will go to Remedy Parkinsons, Acorn Youngsters’s Hospice, and Birmingham Youngsters’s Hospital.
