Singer died on Tuesday, 22, at age 76, and could say goodbye to the public 17 days earlier at the Back to The Beginning festival
Ozzy Osbourne He could say goodbye to the public 17 days before his death, confirmed on Tuesday, 22. On July 5, the festival was held Back to the beginningmarking the retirement of the 76 -year -old singer in solo career and the Black Sabbath.
The Villa Park Stadium in Birmingham, England received the party with a series of special guests. Everything was transmitted online.
But not everything on this historic day for music was about, in fact, Heavy Metal. The event was charity, with all the profit from ticket sales for three charity institutions:
- Cure Parkinson’sEnglish entity that finances research aiming to cure, interrupt or reduce the evolution of Parkinson;
- Birmingham Children’s HospitalMedical Center in Birmingham specializing in taking care of children and adolescents;
- AHREN CHILDREN’S HOSPICEinstitution that provides palliative care and support to children with serious health problems and their families throughout the West Midlands region.
It is estimated that the event raised around $ 200 million in all. It has not yet been revealed which part of this amount will be addressed to the entities, as it will be necessary to discount expenses and taxes.
The choices did not occur by chance. Osbourne revealed by 2020 being diagnosed with Parkinson, so Cure Parkinson’s. The other two entities work in the city and in the region where Sabbath was created.
In addition to financial support, Ozzy and Black Sabbath were careful to make fans watching their online broadcast. During the intervals between shows, videos showing some of the work of the institutions helped and warns about Parkinson, palliative care, among other topics of public interest.
Black Sabbath’s farewell
The vocalist Ozzy Osbournethe guitarist Tony Iommithe bassist Geezer Butler and the drummer Bill Ward They took 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
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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Source: Rollingstone
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