Original BLACK SABBATH To Play Final Show In July, With METALLICA, SLAYER, PANTERA, Others Supporting

The original lineup of BLACK SABBATH will play its final concert in July.

Dubbed "Back To The Beginning", the charity show will be held at Villa Park in Birmingham, United Kingdom on July 5, with tickets on sale from 10 a.m. on February 14. Support at the gig will come from METALLICA, SLAYER, PANTERA and many more.

Rounding out the event will be an all-star group featuring Billy Corgan (THE SMASHING PUMPKINS),Tom Morello (RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE),Fred Durst (LIMP BIZKIT),Jonathan Davis (KORN),Wolfgang Van Halen and many others. Morello will also serve as the musical director for the event.

See the full list of performers in the poster below.

Proceeds from the show will support Cure Parkinson's, the Birmingham Children's Hospital and Acorn Children's Hospice, a Children's Hospice supported by Aston Villa.

Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello, who is serving as the event's musical director, said it would be "the greatest heavy metal show ever".

They previously played a farewell show to a sold out audience of 16,000 people at the city's NEC Arena in 2017.

The set consisted mainly of songs from their early days - including War Pigs, N.I.B and Black Sabbath - before finishing on their breakthrough hit and signature song, Paranoid.

The concert came at the end of an extensive, 81-date world tour, and Osbourne thanked the fans for their support over the band's career.

"I've got to tell you something, what a journey we've all had," he said.

"We started this in 1968 and now it's 2017 – I don't believe that, man. But you know what? We wouldn't survive if it wasn't for the fan base. So if you're a veteran fan, great. If you're new, welcome. But I can't tell you enough how grateful we are for your support."

Following that concert, Osbourne released two solo albums - Ordinary Man and Patient Number 9. However, he suffered a spinal injury in 2003 after a crash involving an ATV, exacerbated by a late-night fall in 2019, that required several rounds of extensive surgery.

He revealed his Parkinson's diagnosis in 2020 and largely stepped back from touring after playing the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in 2022.

However, he recently told Rolling Stone UK of his desire to return to the stage.

"I'm taking it one day at a time, and if I can perform again, I will," he said. "But it's been like saying farewell to the best relationship of my life."

He added: "I'm not going to get up there and do a half-hearted Ozzy looking for sympathy. What's the [expletive] point in that? I'm not going up there in a [expletive] wheelchair."

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