Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne’s final gig – follow it live!

<p>The Birmingham band are back together for one last concert at Villa Park, entitled Back to the Beginning – joined by the cream of heavy metal, from Mastodon to Anthrax – plus a host of special guests. Follow every song here</p><p>You’ll be thinking: show me photos of all these starry metal shenanigans! I’m really sorry but Live Nation have told me there won’t be any photos available until the end of the gig, and the livestream doesn’t allow screengrabs. Use the power of your mind, I guess.</p><p>There are a notable number of empty seats there, but remember this was all going on two hours ago which is quite an early start for a massive stadium show. “Stadium really pretty full from the beginning – testament to the depth of the line up,” Michael says. “Maiden a fortnight ago had a higher proportion of battle jackets though.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/live/2025/jul/05/black-sabbath-ozzy-osbourne-final-gig-back-to-the-beginning-villa-park-live">Continue reading...</a>