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Ozzy Osbourne’s All-Star Farewell Concert With Black Sabbath Draws 40,000
Reuniting onstage for the first time in 20 years, Black Sabbath performed to a sold-out crowd with its all-star festival in honor of Ozzy Osbourne
Reuniting onstage for the first time in two decades, Black Sabbath performed to a sold-out crowd of 40,000 with its all-star, one-day-only charity festival Back to the Beginning, held in Ozzy Osbourne ‘s hometown of Birmingham on July 5 and serving as a farewell concert to and celebration of the longtime rocker. Held at Villa Park, the lineup billed heavy metal music royalty like Metallica, Alice in Chains, Guns N’ Roses, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, The Smashing Pumpkin’s Billy Corgan, Korn’s Jonathan Davis, Wolfgang Van Halen, Yungblud and many others. Organized by wife Sharon Osbourne and Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, the riotous affair was streamed worldwide with a two-hour delay and touted as final hurrahs for the seminal group and hometown hero himself.
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