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‘I’ll be there’: Ozzy Osbourne insists he will perform final concert amid health doubts
Exclusive: Black Sabbath frontman details training he is doing to ensure he is fit to play all-star reunion gig in July
The concert, titled Back to the Beginning and held at the band’s beloved Villa Park in Birmingham, features an all-star supporting lineup of metal greats including Metallica, Slayer and Anthrax. Photograph: Pictorial Press Ltd/AlamyBack to the Beginning will reunite Osbourne with his original Black Sabbath bandmates for the first time in 20 years: guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward. After forming in 1968 in Birmingham, the almighty weight of their sound, topped with Osbourne’s penetrating holler, ushered in an entire genre of heavy metal and resulted in classic albums such as Paranoid and Master of Reality.
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