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Ross Halfin<\/p>\nAndrew Dawkins<\/p>\n
BBC News, West Midlands<\/p>\n
Ross Halfin<\/p>\n
Ozzy Osbourne said goodbye to performing with Black Sabbath at the age of 76<\/p>\n
A film of the star-studded show that Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath said would be their final gig will be released early next year.<\/p>\n
They bade farewell to live performing in Birmingham, supported by a host of legendary music acts in front of 40,000 fans at Villa Park on 5 July.<\/p>\n
The group were joined by performers including Metallica, Guns N’ Roses and Slayer, with guest appearances from the likes of Ronnie Wood, Steven Tyler and Jack Black.<\/p>\n
Back To The Beginning: Ozzy’s Final Bow, would be a “distilled version” of the all-day event and include exclusive behind-the-scenes access and interviews, a post on Osbourne’s X account said.<\/p>\n
The concert film would be a celebration of the 76-year-old singer and the legacy of Black Sabbath, the post said, capturing “the raw power and emotional weight of Ozzy’s final bow in his hometown”.<\/p>\n
It said: “Featuring thunderous performances of War Pigs, Iron Man, Children of the Grave, and a show-stopping Paranoid, the film promises a deeply personal and electrifying farewell from the godfather of heavy metal.” <\/p>\n
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Tickets for the concert sold out well in advance<\/p>\n
The legendary frontman, who has Parkinson’s disease, sang with his fellow founding fathers of heavy metal while seated on a black throne.<\/p>\n
Famous musicians and celebrities sent in video messages that were played at the show – held a stone’s throw from Ozzy’s childhood home – alongside messages from fans.<\/p>\n
“You are one of the most remarkable singers of our time,” Sir Elton John told Osbourne in his message.<\/p>\n
“Without Sabbath there would be no Metallica,” the US group’s frontman James Hetfield told the crowd during their set.<\/p>\n
Fans travelled from across the world and sported their own rockstar outfits for the farewell – with everything from tattoos to socks bearing Osbourne’s name or image.<\/p>\n
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Ross Halfin<\/p>\n
US metal band Metallica also played at the show<\/p>\n
After playing five songs from his solo career, Ozzy was joined by his Black Sabbath bandmates – guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist and lyricist Geezer Butler, and drummer Bill Ward – for four more, finishing with 1970 classic Paranoid.<\/p>\n
The group’s final performance raised \u00a3140m for charity, according to the event’s musical director, Tom Morello.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andrew Dawkins BBC News, West Midlands Ross Halfin Ozzy Osbourne said goodbye to performing with Black Sabbath at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":["post-7975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}