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Black Sabbath’s Original Members to Reunite for Ozzy Osbourne’s Final Concert
The original Black Sabbath will reunite this July for a British heavy metal festival performance hailed as Ozzy Osbourne’s final concert.
The four original members — Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, and drummer Bill Ward, who hadn’t taken part in recent reunions, including their The End Tour in 2016 — will perform together live for the first time since 2005 at what’s being called Back to the Beginning, an all-star, one-night-only charity gig in Birmingham, England on July 5. Also on the lineup for Osbourne’s farewell party at Back to the Beginning: Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Gojira, Alice in Chains, and more, with Tom Morello serving as musical director. Also appearing at Birmingham’s Villa Park on July 5 are Lamb of God, Anthrax, Halestorm, Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan, Disturbed singer David Draiman, Wolfgang Van Halen, Duff McKagan, and Slash of Guns ‘N Roses, Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst, Korn’s Jonathan Davis, and more.
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