Transmission of the Back to the Beginning Festival starts at 11am in Brasilia, but shows have started and have taxes to the main band
It happens this Saturday, 5, at Villa Park Stadium in Birmingham, England, the festival Back to the beginning. The occasion marks the farewell of the original formation of the Black Sabbathas well as the final show of Ozzy Osbournevocalist who retires from stage after a number of health problems.
The event has a series of guests, such as Guns n ‘Roses, Metallica, Slayer, Gojira, Tool, Alice in Chainsamong many others. And some of them are already performing, always with a Sabbath song in the repertoire.
The first band to take the stage was the Mastodonat 9:30 am local time. They performed their own songs “Black Tongue” and “Blood and Thunder”. In addition, they were in charge of playing “Supernaut”track released by Black Sabbath on the album Vol. 4 (1972). For this, they had the participation of drummers MARIO DOUND (drummer of Gojira), Danny Carey (Tool) and the Brazilian ELOY CASAGRANDE (Slipknot).
Then the Rival sounds emerged with its own “Do Your Worst”the cover “Electric Funeral” – Sabbath, obviously – and also the author “Secret”. Following, the Anthrax I brought only two songs: your classic “Indians” and “Into The Void”heavy anthem of the honored group of the day.
The Back to the Beginning Festival will be transmitted online from 11am on the Backtothebeginning.com website. To access, you must pay a ticket of $ 82.25 + eventual fees. Stream is delayed in two hours compared to what happens on site.
Black Sabbath’s farewell
The vocalist Ozzy Osbournethe guitarist Tony Iommithe bassist Geezer Butler and the drummer Bill Ward It will go to the stage together for the last time at a charity festival, with a series of artists and metal bands. See below the list of attractions:
- Black Sabbath
- Ozzy Osbourne (solo)
- Metallic
- Guns n ‘Roses
- Tool
- Slayer
- Panther
- Gojira
- Alice in Chains
- Halestorm
- LAMB OF GOD
- Anthrax
- Mastodon
- Rival sounds
Additional guests:
- Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins)
- David Draiman (Disturbed)
- DUFF MCKAGAN
- Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit)
- LZZY HALE
- Jake E. Lee
- Jonathan Davis (Korn)
- Kk Downing
- Mike Bordin (Faith no More)
- Pope V Perpetua (Ghost)
- Rudy Sarzo
- Sammy Hagar
- Slash
- Sleep Token II (Sleep token)
- Tom Morello
The event will be charity, with all the profit for three charity institutions: Cure Parkinson’s, Birmingham Children’s Hospital and AHREN CHILDREN’S HOSPICE.
The festival Back to the beginning You will be transmitted online starting from 11am on the Backtothebeginning.com website. To access, you must pay a ticket of $ 82.25 + eventual fees. Stream is delayed in two hours compared to what happens on site.
See also:
+++ Read more: Why Black Sabbath brought mobsters to be his entrepreneurs
+++ Read more: Ian Gillan’s opinion on ‘Born Again’, his only album with Black Sabbath
+++ Read more: Black Sabbath’s best song with Ozzy, according to Ronnie James Dio
+++ Read more: the social character of Black Sabbath music, according to Tom Morello
+++ Follow Rolling Stone Brasil @rollingstonebrasil on Instagram
+++ Follow journalist Igor Miranda @igormirandasite on Instagram
Source: Rollingstone

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