Take a look through Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne's huge 68-song setlist
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Last updated 7th Jul 2025
Black Sabbath’s original line-up reunited for Ozzy Osbourne’s farewell concert at Villa Park in Birmingham, which took place on Saturday 5th July.
The all-day ‘Back to the Beginning’ concert took place at Aston Villa’s stadium featuring Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi and Bill Ward’s first performance together in 20 years, a short Ozzy solo set along with a stellar line-up of musicians they influenced.
Take a look through photos from the day:
Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne's Back to the Beginning
A giant inflatable Ozzy greeted fans arriving at Holte End of Villa Park.
Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne's Back to the Beginning
Back to the Beginning host Jason Momoa and Aerosmith's Steven Tyler pose in an empty Villa Park as gates open.
Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne's Back to the Beginning
Atlanta, Georgia metal monoliths Mastodon were the first band to take to the Back to the Beginning stage.
Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne's Back to the Beginning
Thrash legends Anthrax pose in front of the Villa Park crowd after their performance at Back to the Beginning. Wearing matching 'Sabbath Bloody Anthrax' T-shirts, Anthrax played their own song 'Indians' and a fiery cover of Black Sabbath's 'Into the Void'.
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Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian, wearing a 'Sabbath Bloody Anthrax' T-shirt with 'Iommi 666' on the back, at the Back to the Beginning concert.
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Yungblud belts out Black Sabbath's 'Changes' at the Back to the Beginning concert at Villa Park. Performing as part of Supergroup A, Yungblud dedicated the track to late Liverpool player Diogo Jota.
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Aerosmith's Steven Tyler performed as part of 'Supergroup B', singing on 'The Train Kept A-Rollin'' and 'Walk This Way / Whole Lotta Love'
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Back to the Beginning musical director Tom Morello with Steven Tyler at Villa Park.
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An inflatable Ozzy Osbourne ball in Aston Villa colours bounces in the crowd at Villa Park.
Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne's Back to the Beginning
Although he didn't appear at Villa Park, Tenacious D's Jack Black performed Ozzy Osbourne's 'Mr. Crowley' on the screens with a young band that included Scott Ian's son, Revel.
Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne's Back to the Beginning
Tom Morello wore a Randy Rhoads T-shirt with 'Sabbath Rules' taped to the back of his guitar.
Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne's Back to the Beginning
In character as Papa V Perpetua, Ghost leader Tobias Forge sang 'Bark at the Moon ' with Vernon Reid, Nuno Bettencourt, Adam Wakeman, Rudy Sarzo and Travis Barker.
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One of the surprise performers, The Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood played on The Train Kept A-Rollin' as part of Supergroup B.
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Metallica's James Hetfield and Robert Trujillo in front of the glorious Villa Park crowd at Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne's Back to the Beginning concert on Saturday 5th July.
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Metallica's Lars Ulrich at Back to the Beginning. The metal titans' six-song set included covers of Black Sabbath's 'Hole in the Sky' and 'Johnny Blade', plus their own Metallica classics 'Creeping Death', 'For Whom the Bell Tolls', 'Battery' and 'Master of Puppets'.
Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne's Back to the Beginning
As he took to the stage on his bat throne, Ozzy Osbourne told the adoring Villa Park crowd: "It's so good to be on this stage... You have no idea how I feel. Thank you from the bottom of my heart."
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Ozzy Osbourne flips the bird at photographer Ross Halfin.
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The Prince of Darkness on his bat throne.
Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne's Back to the Beginning
Ozzy sang five solo tracks - 'I Don't Know', 'Mr. Crowley', 'Suicide Solution', 'Mama, I'm Coming Home' and 'Crazy Train' - before he was joined on stage by his Black Sabbath band mates Bill Ward, Geezer Butler and Tony Iommi one last time.
Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne's Back to the Beginning
The concert at Villa Park was Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's last-ever live performance.
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The Hand of Doom himself Tony Iommi at Black Sabbath's final concert at Villa Park.
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Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler at Back to the Beginning
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Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward at Back to the Beginning
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Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi at Back to the Beginning
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Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler at Back to the Beginning
Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne's Back to the Beginning
Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler at Back to the Beginning
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Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi at Back to the Beginning
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Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward at Back to the Beginning
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Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi at Back to the Beginning
Black Sabbath's Back to the Beginning concert line-up
The full line-up on the day included Mastodon, Rival Songs, Anthrax, Halestorm, Lamb of God, Tom Morello’s All Stars (Supergroup A), Jack Black, Alice in Chains, Drum Off, Gojira, Tom Morello’s All Stars (Supergroup B), Pantera, Tool, Slayer, Fred Durst, Guns n' Roses, Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath.
Ahead of the concert, the musical director Tom Morello said: “This will be the greatest heavy metal show ever.”
Sharon Osbourne first revealed during her spoken word show Cut The Crap in January 2024 that Ozzy was planning a farewell concert at Villa Park as a “goodbye” to fans.
"Ozzy feels very much like he's not said goodbye to his fans,” Sharon said on stage at Birmingham’s Alexandra Theatre.
"So he's going to be coming to do a show at Aston Villa. But he's going to have his mates with him, all his great mates that he's toured with for years, so he'll have many friends with him and it's going to be a celebration."
Ozzy, Tony, Geezer and Bill formed Black Sabbath just a stone’s throw away from Villa Park in 1968, and as heavy metal torchbearers, they went on to change the face of music forever.
The reunion was announced by Ozzy’s wife Sharon Osbourne and Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi at a press conference at Villa Park on Wednesday 5th February 2025.
Commenting on his final show, Ozzy Osbourne said: “It’s my time to go Back to the Beginning. Time for me to give back to the place where I was born.
“How blessed am I to do it with the help of people whom I love. Birmingham is the true home of metal. Birmingham Forever.”
What songs were on the playlist?
A massive 68 songs were played on Saturday 5th July, by artists such as Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Anthrax, Metallica, Slayer and more. See the full list of songs below.
- Mastodon:
- Black Tongue
- Blood and Thunder
- Supernaut (with Mario Duplantier, Danny Carey and Eloy Casagrande)
- Rival Sons:
- Do Your Worst
- Electric Funeral
- Secret
- Anthrax:
- Indians
- Into the Void
- Halestorm:
- Love Bites (So Do I)
- Rain Your Blood on Me
- Perry Mason
- Lamb of God:
- Laid to Rest
- Redneck
- Children of the Grave
- Supergroup A:
- The Ultimate Sin (with Lzzy Hale, Nuno Bettencourt, Jake E Lee, David Ellefson, Mike Bordin and Adam Wakeman)
- Shot in the Dark (with David Draiman, Jake E Lee, David Ellefson, Mike Bordin and Adam Wakeman)
- Sweet Leaf (with David Draiman, Nuno Bettencourt, Scott Ian, David Ellefson, Mike Bordin and Adam Wakeman)
- Believer (with Whitfield Crane, Nuno Bettencourt, Scott Ian, Frank Bello, II of Sleep Token and Adam Wakeman)
- Changes (with Yungblud, Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, II and Adam Wakeman)
- Mr. Crowley (on screen performance with Jack Black, plus Revel Ian, Roman Morello and other young musicians)
- Alice In Chains:
- Man in the Box
- Would?
- Fairies Wear Boots
- Gojira:
- Stranded
- Silvera
- Mea culpa (Ah! Ça ira!) (with Marina Viotti)
- Under the Sun
- Drum Off:
- Symptom Of The Universe (with Chad Smith, Travis Barker and Danny Carey, plus Tom Morello, Nuno Bettencourt and Rudy Sarzo)
- Supergroup B:
- Breaking the Law (with Billy Corgan, Tom Morello, K.K. Downing, Adam Jones, Rudy Sarzo and Danny Carey)
- Snowblind (with Billy Corgan, Tom Morello, K.K. Downing, Adam Jones, Rudy Sarzo and Danny Carey)
- Flying High Again (with Sammy Hagar, Nuno Bettencourt, Adam Wakeman, Rudy Sarzo, Chad Smith and Vernon Reid)
- Rock Candy (with Sammy Hagar, Nuno Bettencourt, Adam Wakeman, Rudy Sarzo, Chad Smith and Tom Morello)
- Bark at the Moon (with Papa V Perpetua, Vernon Reid, Nuno Bettencourt, Adam Wakeman, Rudy Sarzo and Travis Barker)
- The Train Kept A-Rollin' (with Steven Tyler, Ron Wood, Nuno Bettencourt, Tom Morello, Andrew Watt, Rudy Sarzo and Travis Barker)
- Walk This Way / Whole Lotta Love (with Steven Tyler, Nuno Bettencourt, Tom Morello, Andrew Watt, Rudy Sarzo and Chad Smith)
- Pantera:
- Cowboys From Hell
- Walk
- Planet Caravan
- Electric Funeral
- Tool:
- Forty Six & 2
- Hand of Doom
- Ænema
- Slayer:
- Disciple
- War Ensemble
- Wicked World
- South of Heaven
- Raining Blood
- Angel of Death
- Guns N' Roses:
- Never Say Die
- Junior's Eyes
- Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
- Welcome to the Jungle
- Paradise City
- Metallica:
- Hole in the Sky
- Creeping Death
- For Whom the Bell Tolls
- Johnny Blade
- Battery
- Master of Puppets
- Ozzy Osbourne:
- I Don't Know
- Mr. Crowley
- Suicide Solution
- Mama, I'm Coming Home
- Crazy Train
- Black Sabbath:
- War Pigs
- N.I.B.
- Iron Man
- Paranoid
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All profits will go to the following charities: Cure Parkinson’s, Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Acorn Children’s Hospice, a Children’s Hospice supported by Aston Villa.
The real names of famous rock stars, including Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler:
Edward Louis Severson III (Eddie Vedder)
William Bruce Rose (Axl Rose)
Farrokh Bulsara (Freddie Mercury)
Michael Peter Balzary (Flea)
Perry Bernstein (Perry Farrell)
Robert Deal (Mick Mars)
Frank Ferrano (Nikki Sixx)
Frank Edwin Wright III (Tré Cool)
Courtney Michelle Harrison (Courtney Love)
Georg Albert Ruthenberg (Pat Smear)
Chaim Klein Witz (Gene Simmons)
James Newell Osterberg, JR. (Iggy Pop)
Vincent Damon Furnier (Alice Cooper)
Joey Ramone (Jeffrey Ross Hyman)
Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Glenn Colvin)
Saul Hudson (Slash)
Michael Ryan Pritchard (Mike Dirnt)
Ronald James Padavona (Ronnie James Dio)
Bree Joanna Alice Robinson (Brody Dalle)
Chad Robert Turton (Chad Kroeger)
Kim Bendix Petersen (King Diamond)
Glenn Allen Anzalone (Glenn Danzig)
James Owen Sullivan (The Rev)
Richard Allan Ream (Rikki Rockett)
Anthony Scott Flippen (Scott Stapp)
Brian Elwin Haner, Jr. (Synyster Gates)
Deborah Anne Dyer (Skin)
Nicholas Jones (Nicky Wire)
Andrew Fetterly Wilkes Krier (Andrew W.K.)
Zachary James Baker (Zacky Vengeance)
Amy Lynn Hartzler (Amy Lee)
Robert James Ritchie (Kid Rock)
William Perks (Bill Wyman)
Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson (Joey Tempest)
Jeffrey Isbell (Izzy Stradlin)
Stanley Eisen (Paul Stanley)
Henry Garfield (Henry Rollins)
Colin Flooks (Cozy Powell)
Richard Harrison (Rick Parfitt)