Black Sabbath’s classic music that no one dared to play in the farewell

Villa Park Stadium, in the English city of Birmingham, received the farewell shows on Saturday, 5 Black Sabbath and from Ozzy Osbourne soil. Were the final attractions of a megaphostival called Back to the Beginning, with presentations still Metallica, Guns n ‘Roses, Tool, Alice in Chains, Slayer, Pantheramong many others.

Virtually all attractions played some Sabbath song – in the Ozzy era – or the solo career singer himself as a tribute. From the headlight of Heavy Metal, the guests performed since classics such as “Fairies Wear Boots”, “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath”, “Children of the Severe”, “Sweet Leaf” and “Changes” even less known lanes, such as “Hand of Doom”, “Junior’s Eyes”, “Johnny Blade” and “Wicked World”.

Of course, the biggest successes were reserved for Sabbath himself to execute at the end: “War Pigs”, “Nib”, “Iron Man” and “Paranoid”. But there is a very acclaimed song that did not enter anyone’s repertoire, either from the main attraction or who was at the opening.

It is about “Black Sabbath”track that baptizes and opens Black Sabbath’s debut album, released in 1970. At first, the band itself considered to play it, along with “Fairies Wear Boots”but both songs were discarded because, according to the guitarist Tony Iommiphysical limitations of the drummer Bill Ward – Away from tours since 2005 – would prevent good execution.

“Fairies Wear Boots” was remembered by Alice in Chains, but no one risked performing the song that names the band and the album considered the Heavy Metal Marco Zero as we know it. In a way, it is even a sign of respect, as other musicians seemed to know that they could not reproduce the dark and visceral tone of the original composition.

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)

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)

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

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

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

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

Ozzy Osbourne

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

Black Sabbath

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

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
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