It was announced today that that Black Sabbath Mk I will reunite for one final show in 2025. That’s Ozzy, Tony, Geezer, & Bill. Yeah, Bill Ward.
It’s a single concert – 5 Jul in Villa Park (#UpTheVilla), and Sabbath will be the headliner on a day of concerts, which will also include a solo set by Ozzy. Sharon & Ozzy have both stated that this is “full stop” for Ozzy and Black Sabbath (the later confirmed elsewhere too). So it really is one last show.
It will be a bloody madhouse if you’re going to attempt to go, with prices off the bloody charts. People have been emailing the hell out of me asking what the pre-sale code is (I don’t bloody know people!!), I know the interest is high.
There was a press conference at Villa Park with Sharon Osbourne & Tony Iommi. Geezer Butler said on social media that he couldn’t attend due to a commitment with one of his granddaughters. Good on him.
The full list of bands is in the image below. It has been stated that due to Ozzy’s health, he will perform sitting down (ala Phil Collins or Axl Rose at the first few Axl/DC shows). He will do both a solo and Sabbath set, but how long the sets ARE is unknown. I can’t imagine it will be more than a handful of songs – won’t be a full 90 min set for sure. Iron Man, War Pigs, Paranoid, Children of the Grave, the usual suspects, and then done.
“The End” indeed.
It warms my heart to see the mk 1 lineup together again for the first time in 20 years and ultimately for the final time in a public performance. It’s unfortunate this did not happen after the 11.11.11 reunion announcement but here we are 13.5 yrs later with Tony, Geezer, Ozzy, and Bill Ward. It will be a celebration/tribute while these four humans are still on this mortal coil. Truly; 1968-2025.
Fantastic news ….
i saw a news clip where they are trying to say that fans are complaining at the high costs of the tickets– seems like the range was say about $200 to i thought i saw around $1600 —- if you where to go see ANY of these acts on their own you would spend a minimum $80-$120 per ticket so to get all these people in a one day festival how much did they think it was going to cost $50 per ticket??????? wake up everyone the days of seeing big names live for $40 is lonnnnnnnnnnnnnng gone so its like everything else if you dont want to pay it then do without but this is the world we live in now
zzzzzzzz………..
Get rid of fred durst, david draiman and wolfgang van halen and add MEGADETH!
I’m surprised that people are still moaning about TM/LN in this day and age.. I know people who work for them. The business model to to create panic buying and sell crap ticket first in all these presales, vip, platinum etc etc. Tickets are always released closer to the show and often day of show at more reasonable prices. You just have to have the balls to wait and be ok with not potentially getting tickets.
Will there be a commemorative t shirt that you will be able to buy via the internet as I can not afford a ticket.
Wonderful that the four original members will play together one last time.