Last concert of Ozzi Osborne: Black Sabbath will return to the stage in the original composition

06 February 2025, 18:45 | Show Business 
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British cult Havi-metal Black Sabbath group will reunite in the original composition for a charitable concert called " The event will take place on July 5 at Villa Park in Birmingham, writes The Guardian.

Original vocalist Black Sabbath Ozzi Osbourne, guitarist Tony Aimmy, bassist Heather Batler and drummer Bill Ward will gather on the same stage for the first time in 20 years. Fans of Havi-Meutal did not hope that the group would once play together again, because of a difficult relationship between participants.

" time I return to the place where I was born. What a blessing to do this with the help of people whom I love. Birmingham - a real homeland. Birmingham forever, ”Osborne said in his new statement.

This performance will be final in his career, journalists write. First, Ozzi Osbourne will perform with a short solo set, after which the entire Black Sabbath composition will join it. Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Gojira, Halestorm, Alice in Chains, Lamb of God, Anthrax and Mastodon will also perform on the stage of Villa Park.. In addition, the audience will see and hear the performances by the Smashing PumpKins Billy Corgan, Disturbed David David David, Duff McCagan and Slisha from Guns' N Roses, Frank Bello and Scott Yana from Anthrax, Jonathan Davis from Korn and others.

“It will be the best Havi-Metal show in history,” said the musical director of the concert, Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine.

Ticket sales will begin on February 14.

The British are considered one of the founders of Havi-Meetal and, possibly, the most influential heavy rock band in history. Their stunning psychedelic melodies, partially inspired by the atmosphere of industrial Birmingham, formed Havi-metal as a genre, journalists note. The debut album of the Black Sabbath album was released in 1970, since then the group has sold 75 million copies of albums around the world, including the chita "

Ozzi Osborn left the group in 1979, and before his return in 1997, the vocalists in Black Sabbath were in particular Ronnie James Dio from Rainbow, Jan Gillan from Deep Purple and Tony Martin.

The original composition of the group was the last time on stage during the 2005 OZZFEST round, after which the drummer Ward left.

In February 2017, Black Sabbath graduated from a farewell tour called The End with a performance in Birmingham and announced the end of his career.

Recall, on January 27, Russian singer Andrei Makarevich, who supported Ukraine and was declared a “foreign agent” in the Russian Federation, explained why it does not give money for the Armed Forces.

On January 21, Focus wrote about death at the age of 65 years old British musician John Saix, who played in groups such as Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake.

По материалам: theguardian.com