Back to the Beginning, a festival that ended the history of the parents of Heavy Metal, moved the finances of Birmingham, England
The festival Back to the beginningheld last Saturday, 5, boosted the economy of Birminghamin England. The city received the event that marked the farewell to Black Sabbath and their most illustrious wires: Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward.
The “Saideira” of the parents of Heavy Metal, added to other musical and sporting events over the weekend, injected 20 million pounds (almost R $ 150 million) in the economy of the English city, located in the region of West Midlands.
The estimate is from West Midlands Growth Companypromotion and management company in the city. According to her, approximately 300,000 tourists passed Birmingham over the weekend (via Blabberouth).
Beyond the farewell festival of the Black Sabbaththe city also received shows from Jeff Lynne’s Electric Light Orchestrasporting events and gastronomic festivals in early July, which boosted finances.
Black Sabbath farewell virtual audience
In addition to the revenue generated by local consumption, including gastronomic tourism and hotel occupation, the Back to the beginningwhich had sold out tickets, was also a streaming success for streaming. According to the British newspaper The Guardianthe event was broadcast to about 5.8 million viewers around the world.
Announced as available on live streaming, the transmission made by the festival’s official website had about 2 hours of delay.
Back to the beginning
Besides Ozzy and Black Sabbathalso presented giants of rock and heavy metal, as Metallic, Guns n ‘Roses, Slayer, Steven Tyler, Alice in Chains and others.
The event was charity, with all the profit for three charity institutions: Cure Parkinson’s, Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Awk Children’s Hospice.
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Source: Rollingstone
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