Black Sabbath Announce Final Show Featuring Special Guests Metallica, Slayer & More

Black Sabbath have announced their final-ever show—and, by extension, singer Ozzy Osbourne’s last show—closing their influential chapter on heavy metal history.

The concert will take place in the band’s home city of Birmingham on Saturday, 5 July, at Villa Park (the home of Premier League team Aston Villa). The show will mark the first time Black Sabbath’s original line-up of Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, and drummer Bill Ward have performed together in 20 years.

In addition to the band’s performance, Ozzy Osbourne will perform a short solo set. The group will be joined by special guests, including Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Anthrax, Lamb Of God, Halestorm, Mastodon, Alice In Chains, Gojira, Slash, Wolfgang Van Halen, Tom Morello, and more. Additional acts will be announced soon.

In addition to his appearance on the night, Morello will also serve as the evening’s musical director. The guitarist described the event as “the greatest heavy metal show ever.”

Tickets will go on sale next Friday (14 February) at 10 am GMT via Ticketmaster. All proceeds from the show will go to three charities: Cure Parkinson’s, Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Acorn Children’s Hospice – a Children’s Hospice supported by Aston Villa.

“It’s my time to go Back to the Beginning….time for me to give back to the place where I was born,” Ozzy Osbourne said. “How blessed am I to do it with the help of people whom I love. Birmingham is the true home of metal. Birmingham Forever.”

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In an emotional statement, Tony Iommi added, “It’s been an incredible journey, but it’s only fitting that it ends here, where it all began in Aston. It’s great to be honoured by your fellow musicians and, at the same time, support good causes.

“None of this would’ve been possible without Ozzy, Geezer, and Bill. What we created together was bigger than any one of us, and I’ll always be grateful for that.”

Black Sabbath brought their The End tour to Australia in 2016. Reviewing the band’s final show in Perth, The Music’s Dan Cribb wrote, “The show was a bittersweet goodbye to an iconic band that had given punters so much over the past five decades.”