Ozzy Osbourne to reunite with Black Sabbath -Bandmates in Birmingham to ‘Greatest’ Show Ever

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London (AP) – Ozzy Osbourne Will reunite with all the original members of Black Sabbath for the first time in 20 years, in a concert that will be his last and which will be billed as the “biggest” Heavy Metal show ever, promoters said Wednesday.

The band, one of the most influential of all heavy metal ribbons, will overwrite “The Back to the Beginning” Show on July 5 at Villa Park, home to Aston Villa Football Club in Birmingham, England.

“It’s my time to return to the beginning … Time for me to give back to the place where I was born,” Osbourne said in a statement. “How blessed am I to do it with the help of people that I love. Birmingham is the true home of metal. Birmingham forever. “

Osbourne, who was the band’s anterior man during his highest period in the 1970s, who was widely known as “Prince of Darkness”, will deliver his own short set before Sabbaths bandmates, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward, join to him for the first time in two decades.

The event throughout the day will also include a number of larger metal bands, including Metallica, Slayer and Alice in chains, with several names that will soon be announced.

Jason Bateman, a role crew in "Continuation," Bags on the premiere of the film on Thursday, December 5, 2024 at the Egyptian Theater Hollywood in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Jason Bateman, a role crew in "Continuation," Bags on the premiere of the film on Thursday, December 5, 2024 at the Egyptian Theater Hollywood in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

“This will be the biggest Heavy Metal show ever,” said music director Tom Morello.

In 2020, Osbourne revealed that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and He paused tour in 2023 After extensive spinal surgery. He has been struggling with health problems since 2003 after an almost deadly quad bike accident, injuries that deteriorated in 2019 when he fell at home.

Sabbath’s history began in Birmingham in 1968, when the four original members were looking to escape a life of factory work. Their eponymous debut album in 1970 made Britain the top 10 and paved the way for a number of Hitalbum, including 1971’s “Master of Reality” and “Vol. 4” a year later. They continued to become one of the most influential and successful metal bands of all time and sold more than 75 million albums around the world.

Osbourne’s fame expanded to Mainstream in the early 2000s when he joined his wife Sharon Osbourne, and two of their children in the hugely successful MTV reality -tv show “The Osbournes.”

All profits from the show 5. July go to charities, including Cure Parkinson’s, Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Acorn Children’s Hospice, which is supported by Aston Villa.

Tickets will be sold on Friday, February 14.