{"id":449921,"date":"2026-02-05T05:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T05:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/449921\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T05:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T05:30:09","slug":"on-this-day-in-2017-black-sabbath-played-the-final-show-of-their-final-tour-in-the-city-where-it-all-began","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/449921\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day in 2017, Black Sabbath Played the Final Show of Their Final Tour in the City Where It All Began"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On this day (February 4) in 2017, <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/tag\/black-sabbath\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Black Sabbath<\/a> played the final show of their The End Tour at the Genting Arena in their hometown of Birmingham, England. While it wasn\u2019t the band\u2019s final show, they would not embark on another tour.<\/p>\n<p>Black Sabbath kicked off The End Tour at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska, on January 20, 2016. The trek took the band through North and South America, Australia, New Zealand, and several European countries for a total of 81 stops.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/on-this-day-in-1970-black-sabbath-was-at-no-1-in-the-uk-with-one-of-the-most-important-metal-albums-in-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[RELATED: On This Day in 1970. Black Sabbath Was at No. 1 in the UK With One of the Most Important Metal Albums in History]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not all original members of Black Sabbath were on the tour. Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi (guitar), and Geezer Butler (bass) were joined by session drummer Tommy Clufetos and Adam Wakeman (guitar\/keys). Ward wouldn\u2019t join his former bandmates again until their farewell show in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Fans who attended the tour could also buy the exclusive The End EP. The eight-track disc featured four tracks from the recording sessions for 13 and four tracks recorded during their 2012-2014 reunion tour.<\/p>\n<p>Black Sabbath Bring the End to an End<\/p>\n<p>After 79 concerts, Black Sabbath returned to Birmingham, England, where it all started, for two nights. They played for a hometown crowd on February 2. Then, two days later, they returned to the Genting Arena to finish their final tour.<\/p>\n<p>Sabbath made the most of their final show with a setlist packed with fan favorites that spanned their decades-long career. They sandwiched it all between a pair of classics. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.setlist.fm\/setlist\/black-sabbath\/2017\/genting-arena-birmingham-england-3bf8245c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Setlist.fm<\/a>, they opened the show with \u201cBlack Sabbath\u201d and closed with \u201cChildren of the Grave\u201d before returning to play \u201cParanoid\u201d as their encore. See the full setlist below.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlack Sabbath\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFairies Wear Boots\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder the Sun\/Every Day Comes and Goes\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter Forever\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInto the Void\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSnowblind\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWar Pigs\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBehind the Wall of Sleep\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cN.I.B.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHand of Doom\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSupernaut\/Sabbath Bloody Sabbath\/Megalomania\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRat Salad\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIron Man\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDirty Women\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChildren of the Grave\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParanoid\u201d (Encore)<\/p>\n<p>Featured Image by Frazer Harrison\/Getty Images for ABA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On this day (February 4) in 2017, Black Sabbath played the final show of their The End Tour&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[89,88,25605,216],"class_list":{"0":"post-449921","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-black-sabbath","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-heavy-metal","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}