{"id":747524,"date":"2026-07-07T01:11:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T01:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/747524\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T01:11:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T01:11:15","slug":"metallica-honor-black-sabbath-at-final-show-of-m72-world-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/747524\/","title":{"rendered":"Metallica Honor Black Sabbath at Final Show of “M72 World Tour”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Metallica<\/a> wrapped up their three-year \u201cM72 World Tour\u201d on Sunday, July 5th, in London. With the date falling on the one-year anniversary of the historic \u201cBack to the Beginning\u201d concert, the band paid tribute to Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne during the show.<\/p>\n

The metal legends kicked off the \u201cM72 World Tour\u201d in April 2023, playing multiple legs around the world and grossing roughly $600 million along the way.<\/p>\n

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At Sunday\u2019s show, bassist Robert Trujillo and Kirk Hammett performed their \u201cdoodle\u201d in which they pay tribute to one or more acts local to the venue. In this case, they performed a medley of Black Sabbath\u2019s \u201cElectric Funeral\u201c and Sex Pistols\u2019 \u201cHolidays in the Sun.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Prior to launching into the \u201cdoodle,\u201d Trujillo mentioned that the \u201cBack to the Beginning\u201d concert took place exactly a year ago, and held up a fan poster that read \u201cDo It For Ozzy!\u201d<\/p>\n

The Back to the Beginning concert, which took place in Birmingham, England, featured the final performances of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath. Sadly, Ozzy passed away 17 days later on July 22nd, 2025.<\/p>\n

While Metallica\u2019s \u201cM72 World Tour\u201d is over, the band will kick off its highly anticipated \u201cLife Burns Faster\u201d residency at Las Vegas\u2019 Sphere<\/a>, running from October 1st, 2026, through March 13th, 2027. Tickets are available here<\/a>, with 20-percent off your first order using the code VIVID20.<\/p>\n

Watch Robert and Kirk perform their Black Sabbath \/ Sex Pistols medley in the videos below.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Metallica wrapped up their three-year \u201cM72 World Tour\u201d on Sunday, July 5th, in London. With the date falling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":747525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216],"class_list":["post-747524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747524","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=747524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/747525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}