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Back to The Beginning Festival took place at Villa Park Stadium in Birmingham’s English city, and featured live broadcast

The world of heavy metal stopped last Saturday, 5, to accompany the farewells of the original formation of the Black Sabbath and the solo career of his vocalist, Ozzy Osbourne. The “goodbye” was given during the festival Back to the beginningheld at Villa Park Stadium in Birmingham, England – homeland of those involved.

In addition to Sabbath and Osbourne, there were a series of special attractions. Bands like Metallica, Guns n ‘Roses, Tool, Slayer, Panther, Alice in Chainsamong others, they took the stage as well as supergroups formed by isolated guests, such as Tom Morello (Music Director of the Show), Jake E. Lee, Steven Tyler, Ronnie Wood, Vernon Reid, Tobias Forge, David Draiman, Billy Corgan, Chad Smith, Travis Barker And much more.

The event was broadcast online through the Backtothebeginning.com website. To have access, it was necessary to pay the amount of a ticket – in Brazil, around R $ 82.

According to the newspaper The GuardianBack to the Beginning was accompanied via streaming by 5.8 million fans worldwide. In addition, there was More than 40 thousand people Putting the Villa Park stadium to watch on the spot. Numbers that do justice to heavy metal pioneers.

The original Black Sabbath formation in 2025

It is noteworthy that the event has a charity, with all the profit for three charity institutions: Cure Parkinson’s, Birmingham Children’s Hospital and AHREN CHILDREN’S HOSPICE.

Setlists of all attractions of Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne farewells

All attractions of the Back to The Beginning festival played songs or Black Sabbath, or Ozzy Osbourne, as a way to honor them. Check out the repertoires executed at the time.

Mastodon

1. Black Tongue
2. Blood and Tongue
3. SuperNaut (Black Sabbath – with Danny Carey, Eloy Casagrande and Mario Durantier)

Rival sounds

1.
2. Electric Funeral (Black Sabbath)
3. Secret

Anthrax

1. Indians
2. Into The Void (Black Sabbath)

Halestorm

1. Love Bites (I)
2. Rain Your Blood On Me
3. Perry Mason (Ozzy Osbourne)

LZZY HALE, from Halestorm

LAMB OF GOD

1. LAID TO REST
2. Redneck
3. Children of the Severe (Black Sabbath)

Supergroup to

1.
LZZY HALE (Halestorm) – Vocal
Jake E. Lee (ex -Ozzy Osbourne) – Guitar
Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme) – Guitar
David Ellefson (former Megadeth) – Bass
Mike Bordin (Faith no More, former Ozzy Osbourne) – Battery
Adam Wakeman (support musician of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath) – Keyboards

2.
David Draiman (Disturbed) – Vocal
Scott Ian (Anthrax) – Guitar
Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme) – Guitar
David Ellefson (former Megadeth) – Bass
Mike Bordin (Faith no More, former Ozzy Osbourne) – Battery
Adam Wakeman (support musician of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath) – Keyboards

3. “Believer” (original by Ozzy Osbourne) played by:
Whitfield Crane (Ugly Kid Joe) – Vocal
Scott Ian (Anthrax) – Guitar
Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme) – Guitar
Frank Bello (Anthrax) – Guitar
II (Sleep token) – Battery
Adam Wakeman (support musician of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath) – Keyboards

4. “Mr Crowley” (original by Ozzy Osbourne)
Jack Black video singing with young musicians

5. “Changes” (original Black Sabbath) played by:
Yungblud – Vocal
Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme) – Guitar
Frank Bello (Anthrax) – Bass
II (Sleep token) – Battery
Adam Wakeman (support musician of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath) – Keyboards

Alice in Chains

1. Man in the box
2.
3. Fairies Wear Boots (Black Sabbath)

Alice in Chains in 2018

Gojira

1. Strnaded
2. Silvera
3. Mea guilt (ah! Ça wrath!)
4. Under the Sun (Black Sabbath)

Drum OFF

1.
Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine) – Guitar
Rudy Sarzo (former Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Dio etc) – Bass
Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers) – Battery
Danny Carey (Tool) – Battery
Travis Barker (Blink -182) – Battery

Supergroup B

1.
Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins) – Vocal
KK Downing (KK’s Priest, former Priesjudas Priest) – Guitar
Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave) – Guitar
Adam Jones (Tool) – Guitar
Rudy Sarzo (former Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Dio etc) – Bass
Danny Carey (Tool) – Battery
Adam Wakeman (support musician of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath) – Keyboards

2.
Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins) – Vocal
KK Downing (KK’s Priest, former Priesjudas Priest) – Guitar
Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave) – Guitar
Adam Jones (Tool) – Guitar
Rudy Sarzo (former Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Dio etc) – Bass
Danny Carey (Tool) – Battery
Adam Wakeman (support musician of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath) – Keyboards

3. “Flying High Again” (Ozzy Osbourne) played by:
Sammy Hagar (former Van Halen, Montrose) – Vocal
Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme) – Guitar
Vernon Reid (Living Color) – Guitar
Rudy Sarzo (former Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Dio etc) – Bass
Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers) – Battery
Adam Wakeman (support musician of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath) – Keyboards

4.
Sammy Hagar (former Van Halen, Montrose) – Vocal
Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme) – Guitar
Vernon Reid (Living Color) – Guitar
Rudy Sarzo (former Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Dio etc) – Bass
Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers) – Battery
Adam Wakeman (support musician of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath) – Keyboards

5.
Tobias Forge (Ghost) – Vocal
Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme) – Guitar
Vernon Reid (Living Color) – Guitar
Rudy Sarzo (former Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Dio etc) – Bass
Travis Barker (Blink -182) – Battery
Adam Wakeman (support musician of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath) – Keyboards

6.
Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) – Vocal
Ronnie Wood (Rolling Stones, Faces) – Guitar
Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave) – Guitar
Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme) – Guitar
Andrew Watt (producer) – Guitar
Rudy Sarzo (former Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Dio etc) – Bass
Travis Barker (Blink -182) – Battery

7.
Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) – Vocal
Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave) – Guitar
Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme) – Guitar
Andrew Watt (producer) – Guitar
Rudy Sarzo (former Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Dio etc) – Bass
Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers) – Battery

Photo: TomMaso Boddi / Getty Images For Janie's Fund

Panther

1. Cowboys from hell
2. Walk
3. Planet Caravan (Black Sabbath)
4. Electric Funeral (Black Sabbath)

Tool

1. Forty Six & 2
2. Hand of Doom (Black Sabbath)
3. Ænema

Maynard James Keenan, vocalist of Tool

Slayer

1. Disciple
2. WAR ENSemble
3. Wicked World (Black Sabbath)
4. South of Heaven (with Wicked World Reprise)
5. Raining Blood
6. Angel of Death

Guns n ‘Roses

1. It’s Alright (Black Sabbath)
2. Never Say Die (Black Sabbath)
3. Junior’s Eyes (Black Sabbath)
4. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (Black Sabbath)
5. Welcome to the Jungle
6. Paradise City

Guns n 'Roses in 2023

Metallic

1. Hole in the Sky (Black Sabbath)
2. Creeping Death
3. For Whom the Bell Tolls
4. Johnny Blade (Black Sabbath)
5. Battery
6. Master of Puppets

Metallica in 2024

Ozzy Osbourne

1. I don’t know
2. Mr. Crowley
3. Suicide Solution
4. Mama, I’m Coming Home
5. Crazy Train

Ozzy Osbourne, singer of Black Sabbath and Solo, in 2024

Black Sabbath

1. WAR PIGS
2.
3. Iron Man
4. Paranoid

Black Sabbath in 2005

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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