Yesterday at the stadium Villa Park, Birmingham, England, was the epic farewell of Ozzy Osbourne with his fans. Black Sabbath’s original members had to play for the last time together. 57 years after their founding in Birmingham, vocalist Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, and drummer Bill Ward finished their carreer with a grand spectacle. A lot of fans and star musicians from other bands were there to see Ozzy’s last goodbye. The legendary singer has many health issues that do not allow him to continue his carrier on stage.

The concert tickets were sold out for 16 minutes, and because of this, the show was streamed online. The proceeds will support Cure Parkinson’s, the Birmingham Children’s Hospital, and Acorn Children’s Hospice. It will be later distributed as a video record by Mercury Studios, which captured the movies “One To One: John & Yoko”, “American Symphony”, “Metallica Saved My Life”. 

The concert in Villa Park was a gathering of the metal music elite. There were supergroups with famous musicians from the most important iconic bands of the today’s metal music. They performed tributes to Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne.

Supergroup 1 – ‘The Ultimate Sin’ (Osbourne Cover)
Lzzy Hale
Jake E. Lee
Mike Bordin
David Ellefson
Adam Wakeman
Nuno Bettencourt

Supergroup 2 – ‘Shot in the Dark’ (Osbourne Cover)
David Draiman
Jake E. Lee
David Ellefson
Mike Bordin
Adam Wakeman

Supergroup 3 – ‘Sweet Leaf’ 
David Draiman
Scott Ian
Nuno Bettencourt
David Ellefson
Mike Bordin

Supergroup 4 – ‘Believer’ (Osbourne Cover)
Whitfield Crane
Frank Bello
II (Sleep Token)
Nuno Betterncourt
Scott Ian
Adam Wakeman

Supergroup 5 – ‘Changes’
Yungblud
Nuno Bettencourt
II (Sleep Token)
Frank Bello
Adam Wakeman

Supergroup 6 – ‘Mr. Crowley’ (Osbourne Cover – Pre-Recorded)
Jack Black
Revel Ian
Roman Morello

Supergroup 7 – ‘Symptom of the Universe’ Drum Off
Nuno Bettencourt
Rudy Sarzo
Travis Barker
Chad Smith
Danny Carey

Supergroup 7 – ‘Breaking the Law’ (Judas Priest cover)
Billy Corgan
Tom Morello
KK Downing
Adam Jones
Rudy Sarzo
Danny Carey

Supergroup 8 – ‘Snowblind’
Billy Corgan
Tom Morello
KK Downing
Adam Jones
Adam Wakerman
Rudy Sarzo
Danny Carey

Supergroup 9 – ‘Flying High Again’ (Osbourne Cover)
Sammy Hagar
Nuno Bettencourt
Adam Wakerman
Rudy Sarzo
Danny Carey

Supergroup 10 – ‘Rock Candy’ (Montrose Cover)
Sammy Hagar
Nuno Bettencourt
Adam Wakerman
Rudy Sarzo
Travis Barker

Supergroup 11 – ‘Bark at the Moon’ (Osbourne Cover)
Papa V Perpetua
Vernon Reid
Nuno Bettencourt
Adam Wakeman
Rudy Sarzo
Travis Barker

Supergroup 12 – ‘Train Kept A Rollin” (Aerosmith)
Steven Tyler
Ron Wood
Nuno Bettencourt
Tom Morello
Andrew Watt
Rudy Sarzo
Travis Barker

Supergroup 13 – ‘Walk This Way / Whole Lotta Love’ (Aerosmith / Led Zeppelin)
Steven Tyler
Ron Wood
Nuno Bettencourt
Tom Morello
Andrew Watt
Rudy Sarzo
Chad Smith

Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Mastodon, Gojira, Anthrax, Pantera, Halestorm, Tool, Alice In Chains, Lamb Of God, and many other guests stars took part in the concert. The show was hosted by Jason Momoa, who who couldn’t resist and went to wave his hair in the crowd below the stage to Pantera’s songs.

Ozzy Osbourne rose from below onto the stage on a black throne crowned with a black bat. In front of more than 40,000 fans, the Prince of Darkness sang five songs:
1. “I Don”t Know”
2. “Mr. Crowley”
3. “Suicide Solution”
4. “Mama, I’m Coming Home”
5. “Crazy Train

He sang four songs with the founders of heavy metal Black Sabbath:
1. “War Pigs”
2. “N.I.B.”
3. “Iron Man
4. “Paranoid”

The world famous concert photographer Ross Halfin was invited to capture these glorious moments.

photo: Ross Halfin

Judas Priest were sorry very much that cannot play in Birmingham because of their concert in Hanover, Germany, for the 60th anniversary of Scorpions. To compensate their absence, they recorded a tribute song to Black Sabbath: