After Metallica’s performance, Osbourne, 76, came out on stage and performed a five-song set by himself, before he was joined by his former bandmates Tony Iommi, Bill Ward and Geezer Butler for four of the group’s songs.

Bands pay tribute prior to final performances from Ozzy Osbourne and reunited Black Sabbath in Birmingham, England

Kirk Hammett played Gibson’s one-off CEO4 SG at Black Sabbath’s tribute show—soon heading to auction to benefit Gibson Gives.

Birmingham plays host to big events including Black Sabbath's farewell gig, Test cricket, Jeff Lynne, and Colmore Food Festival.

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Black Sabbath reunites for their final show with the emotional ‘Back to the Beginning’ concert, marking the end of a legendary metal era.

Metallica rocked Birmingham, England’s Villa Park as part of Black Sabbath‘s gargantuan Back to the Beginning concert, storming through a six-song set of Sabbath covers and originals that got the audience primed for the evening’s main attractions.

Black Sabbath are playing their final show today at the Back To The Beginning festival, and all the bands are paying tribute to them during their sets. In addition to Tool covering “Hand Of Doom,” Metallica performed two Black Sabbath songs and Guns N’ Roses tackled four.

Calls to preserve the Birmingham pub where Black Sabbath played its first gig as a heritage site are louder than ever. The city saw 40,000 rock fans pour in to experience to watch Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Dave Ward play their final performance amid a mammoth metal weekend.