On July 5, music historical past shall be made and now, followers across the globe will not miss a second. Ozzy Osbourne, the Prince Of Darkness, will take to the stage for his last-ever reside efficiency, joined by the unique BLACK SABBATH lineup for the primary and final time in twenty years.
With a lineup that reads like a Corridor Of Fame roll name, “Again To The Starting” is not only a live performance; it is a international celebration of steel, culminating in a last, thunderous farewell to the style’s godfather.
BLACK SABBATH‘s unique lineup — Ozzy, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Invoice Ward — will reunite for the primary time in 20 years to headline the sold-out occasion. They will be joined by steel’s most iconic and influential acts — METALLICA, GUNS N’ ROSES, TOOL, SLAYER, PANTERA, GOJIRA, HALESTORM, ALICE IN CHAINS, LAMB OF GOD, ANTHRAX, MASTODON and RIVAL SONS — all performing as a part of this monumental second, now confirmed for a world livestream.
With the live performance, which proudly helps charities near Ozzy‘s coronary heart promoting out in underneath 16 minutes, those that missed out on being there in individual can immerse themselves in what is ready to be the best heavy steel present ever. Broadcast instantly from Birmingham, United Kingdom’s Villa Park, followers all over the world will be capable to watch your complete steel household come collectively to rejoice Ozzy Osbourne‘s legacy, as he takes the stage for the final time. Ozzy is ready to play his personal quick set earlier than becoming a member of with BLACK SABBATH for his or her final-ever efficiency.
This may not simply be watched, will probably be remembered. For followers who’ve adopted Ozzy‘s 50-year reign, the worldwide livestream affords a entrance row seat to a once-in-a-lifetime goodbye. They will have entry to the uncooked livestream from 3:00 p.m. on July 5, and also will have unique entry to rewatch the live performance in its entirety for one more 48 hours.
Livestream tickets will go on sale at 15:00 on Friday, June 6 at www.backtothebeginning.com.
Ozzy‘s spouse and supervisor Sharon Osbourne stated: “We had such an awesome demand from followers from across the globe, who could not get tickets to the present, and so they took to social media, pleading with us to broadcast a livestream of the present. Being that is such a historic occasion, we simply could not allow them to down.”
“Again To The Starting” shall be captured, produced and distributed by Mercury Studios (“One To One: John & Yoko”, “American Symphony”, “Metallica Saved My Life”),who’re pioneering the way in which for premium, music-driven storytelling throughout movie, tv, podcasts and immersive codecs. Mercury has partnered with Kiswe — the worldwide D2C streaming companion behind the record-breaking BTS live performance livestream — to ship this unforgettable second of music historical past to followers throughout the globe.
Kelly Sweeney, managing director of Mercury Studios, stated: “Mercury Studios are extremely proud to be concerned in capturing this monumental milestone at Villa Park. ‘Again To The Starting’ shall be an unforgettable expertise, and our intention is to ship this second to followers worldwide, wherever they’re, so they do not miss out on seeing music historical past being made.”
The all-day occasion at Villa Park, produced by Reside Nation, shall be hosted and compered by American actor Jason Momoa, and have a supergroup of musicians.
This previous February, Sharon informed The Solar that her husband is struggling to stroll amid his battle with Parkinsons illness, however that his singing voice is “nearly as good as ever”. She stated: “[Ozzy‘s] very completely happy to be coming again and really emotional about this.
“Parkinson’s is a progressive illness. It is not one thing you’ll be able to stabilize. It impacts completely different components of the physique and it is affected his legs. However his voice is nearly as good because it’s ever been.”
Proceeds from the “Again To The Starting” present will assist Remedy Parkinson’s, the Birmingham Youngsters’s Hospital and Acorn Youngsters’s Hospice, a Youngsters’s Hospice supported by Aston Villa.
In response to Sharon, Ozzy, who paused touring “for now” in 2023 after in depth spinal surgical procedure and rescheduled his “No Extra Excursions 2” reveals from going forward a number of occasions due to sickness, the pandemic and logistical points, won’t play any extra reveals after the Villa Park occasion.
“Ozzy did not have an opportunity to say goodbye to his mates, to his followers, and he feels there is not any been no full cease,” she defined. “That is his full cease.”
As well as, there shall be a efficiency by a “supergroup of musicians” together with Duff McKagan and Slash (GUNS ‘N’ ROSES),Billy Corgan (THE SMASHING PUMPKINS),Fred Durst (LIMP BIZKIT),Okay.Okay. Downing (JUDAS PRIEST),Jake E. Lee (OZZY OSBOURNE),Wolfgang Van Halen (VAN HALEN, MAMMOTH WVH) and Tom Morello (RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE).
“It is an countless quantity of individuals,” stated Sharon. “They are going to be performing some SABBATH songs, some Ozzy songs, and so they’ll all combine collectively. Totally different little teams shall be approaching, however they’re all icons.”
The unique lineup of BLACK SABBATH final carried out in 2005. Since then, SABBATH has performed in partial reunions however by no means in its unique lineup.
“For Ozzy proper now, it is positively: ‘I like you and good evening’,” Sharon informed Reuters.
She added that Ozzy was doing nicely and excited in regards to the gig. “It is stimulated him,” she stated. “He is very, very excited and really grateful that he can do it.”
The legendary BLACK SABBATH frontman was recognized in 2003 with Parkin 2 — a really uncommon genetic type of Parkinson’s. Throughout a TV look in January 2020, the singer disclosed that he was ‘stricken” with the illness which happens when the nerve cells of the physique degenerate and ranges of dopamine are decreased. Dopamine is an important chemical that’s produced by these nerve cells which ship alerts to completely different components of the mind to manage actions of the physique.
Ozzy‘s well being points, together with struggling a nasty fall and dislodging steel rods positioned in his backbone following a quad-bike accident in 2003, in addition to catching COVID-19 three years in the past, pressured him to cancel a few of his beforehand introduced excursions.
Whereas Osbourne‘s well being points pressured him to scrap most of his reside appearances, the musician stated he would return if his situation improved.
Osbourne‘s beforehand introduced European tour with company JUDAS PRIEST, initially set for 2019 after which rescheduled 3 times, was formally canceled in early February 2023.
Regardless of his well being issues, Osbourne has carried out a few occasions within the final three years, together with on the Commonwealth Video games in Birmingham in August 2022 and on the NFL halftime present on the season opener Los Angeles Rams and Buffalo Payments recreation in September 2022.