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Billy Corgan Reflects on ‘Beautiful and Bittersweet’ Final Black Sabbath Show


Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has shared a tribute to to Black Sabbath following their final performance.

Held at Villa Park on Saturday (July 5), the monumental show saw Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward reunite for the first time since 2005, with an all-star lineup of rock and metal acts paying tribute to the pioneering band. Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Guns N’ Roses, Tool, KoRn, and Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler were among those performing, while Jason Momoa hosted and Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello served as musical director. Corgan joined the celebration as part of a supergroup alongside Tyler, Sammy Hagar, Tool’s Adam Jones and Morello, delivering powerful covers of Judas Priest’s “Breaking the Law” and Black Sabbath’s “Snowblind.”

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