Black Sabbath in Concert, Final Show Review in Birmingham 5\7\2025

Ozzy Osbourne and his amazing wife Sharon have done it again, blasted us with the most amazing bands lined up as the all-time champions of Heavy Metal! All in attendance gathered for the glory of Black Sabbath, and Ozzy; with Osbourne on vocals, Geezer Butler on bass, Bill Ward appearing on drums, and Tony the great Iommi, the only constant member of Black Sabbath on guitar. More good news, this concert festival day in Birmingham, UK all of it was for the benefit of charities, which raised a good amount of money close to 200 million dollars. The BBC reports that the following organizations will receive funds: Cure Parkinson’s, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, and Acorn Children’s Hospice. We all have the Osbournes in mind, after Ozzy’s 2019 diagnosis.

The Godfather of Metal namely Ozzy himself… along with his contemporaries and his own solo band, and the band Black Sabbath, including the works with the famous guitarist Randy Rhoads, together they forged Metal which lie molten in Hell’s depths. The heaviest of Metal musicians, how do they break the overkill barrier every time they play? Once created, no one will ever be able to stop their music from being enjoyed… for all this time and passing decades, the players, die-hard fans, and so many people who support them all over the world anticipate it’s impact on their ears, as it flows like liquid molten metal before their very eyes!!

Ozzfest has ruled the world for as many years as he’s been playing. Everyone always appreciated the mega- fun filled Ozzfests. This Black Sabbath tribute was also tons of fun as the fans which were also on the live stream, anticipated each one of the bands who played in tribute to Ozzy and his bands.

All of the tribute players all were super-heroic in their powerful cover performances of the classic Sabbath songs which were created in just over a half of a century of time, as many as 19 studio albums thru 1970- 2025. The tours have been all over the universe and back, as many as 31 since 1968- 1969, The End tour was 2016-2017.

The line up and set lists of songs were as follows:

Mastadon

• 1. “Black Tongue”
• 2. “Blood and Thunder”
• 3. “Supernaut” (Black Sabbath Cover)

Rival Sons

• 1. “Do Your Worst”
• 2. “Electric Funeral” (Black Sabbath cover)
• 3. “Secret”

Anthrax

• 1. “Indians”
• 2. “Into the Void” (Black Sabbath Cover)

Halestorm

• 1. “Love Bites (So Do I)”
• 2. “Rain Your Blood on Me”
• 3. “Perry Mason” (Ozzy Osbourne Cover)

Lamb of God

• 1. “Laid to Rest”
• 2. “Redneck”
• 3. “Children of the Grave” (Black Sabbath cover)

Group A

Mike Bordin, Frank Bello, Nuno Bettencourt, Whitfield Crane, David Draiman of Disturbed, David Ellefson, Scott Ian, Jake E. Lee, Sleep Token II, Adam Wakeman, and Yungblud.

• 1. “Ultimate Sin” (Ozzy Osbourne cover)
• 2. “Shot in the Dark” (Ozzy Osbourne cover)
• 3. “Sweet Leaf” (Black Sabbath cover)
• 4. “Believer” (Ozzy Osbourne cover)
• 5. “Changes” (Ozzy Osbourne cover)

• Jack Black, Revel Ian, Roman Morello

  • 1. “Mr. Crowley” (Ozzy Osbourne Cover, pre-taped video performance)

Alice in Chains

• 1. “Man in the Box”
• 2. “Would?”
• 3. “Fairies Wear Boots” (Black Sabbath cover)

Gojira

• 1. “Stranded”
• 2. “Silvera”
• 3. “Mea Culpa” (with Marina Viotti)
• 4. “Under the Sun” (Black Sabbath cover)

Drum Off

Group B

The unbelievable Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler appeared, dazzling the crowd with “Whole Lotta Love.” Sammy Hagar’s rendition of Montrose’s “Rock Candy”, definitely a favorite. The others in the group consisted of Travis Barker, Nuno Bettencourt, Danny Carey, Billy Corgan, K.K. Downing, Tobias Forge of Ghost (Papa V Perpetua), Adam Jones, Tom Morello, Vernon Reid, Rudy Sarzo of Quiet Riot, Adam Wakeman, Andrew Watt, and Ron Wood.

Pantera

• 1. “Cowboys From Hell”
• 2. “Walk”
• 3. “Planet Caravan” (Black Sabbath cover)
• 4. Electric Funeral (Black Sabbath cover)l

Tool

• 1. “Forty Six & 2”
• 2. “Hand of Doom” (Black Sabbath cover)
• 3. “Ænema”

Slayer

• 1. “Disciple”
• 2. “War Ensemble”
• 3. “Wicked World” (Black Sabbath cover)
• 4. “South of Heaven”
• 5. “Wicked World” (Black Sabbath cover)
• 6. “Raining Blood”
• 7. “Angel of Death”

GNR

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

Metallica

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

OZZY

• 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. “N.I.B.”
• 3. “Iron Man”
• 4. “Paranoid”

Ozzy gave it his all, beginning the OZZY solo band show, the Prince of Darkness who was seated in a black throne rose up from the below stage to greet us with his microphone, before the music began. Excited was the crowd who welcomed the bat crowned throne, with shouts and praises for our favored vocalist.

Black Sabbath followed suite and Ozzy by that time, was up and dancing at the microphone once again for what might be termed the final time… I certainly have hope that to see him sing more times. How many times have we seen the amazing Oz run to and from and dance up and down the stage clapping his famous arms for us. Singing a phenomenal show with his band members playing fantastically. So, every time we wish to listen to them all again. And every time they’ve never disappointed anyone at all.