Black Sabbath’s authentic lineup – Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Invoice Ward – are set to reunite for one ultimate present of their hometown of Birmingham, England on 5 July.

The comeback was introduced at Villa Park at this time (5 February) by Osbourne’s spouse, Sharon, alongside Iommi. The one-day competition – described by Tom Morello, who’s serving as its musical director, as “the best heavy metallic present ever” – can even see performances by Metallica, Pantera, Slayer, Gojira and Anthrax, in addition to Alice in Chains, Lamb of God and Mastodon.

Ozzy Osbourne will play a brief solo set earlier than becoming a member of his Sabbath bandmates, marking the primary time the band’s authentic lineup have performed collectively in 20 years. The live performance can even function a “supergroup” composed of the likes of Slash, Fred Durst, Billy Corgan, Wolfgang Van Halen and Tom Morello, and it’s at the moment suspected that a number of the visitor stars could fill in for Osbourne throughout components of the Sabbath set.

The band’s most up-to-date present collectively dates again to a sold-out, farewell gig performed on the NEC Area again in 2017. Osbourne l went on to launch two solo data afterwards – Atypical Man (2020) and Affected person Quantity 9 (2022) – although he stepped away from touring because of a spinal damage in 2019. That very same yr, he was additionally identified with Parkinson’s illness. Osbourne’s most up-to-date stage look was on the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Video games in Birmingham again in 2022.

Rumours of a Black Sabbath reunion have been circulating for a while now, with Butler sharing again in 2024 that Osbourne was eager to play a ultimate present with the band. “Ozzy was speaking to me about, when he does his farewell live performance – which he nonetheless needs to do,” he instructed Lifeminute. “He’s dying to nonetheless get on the market and play, and he urged, at his very ultimate live performance, for the 4 of us to stand up onstage and possibly do three or 4 songs collectively. And that will be it, completed.”

Proceeds from the ultimate reunion present will likely be donated to Remedy Parkinson’s, the Birmingham Youngsters’s Hospital and Acorn Youngsters’s Hospice – a Youngsters’s Hospice supported by Birmingham-based soccer membership Aston Villa. In an announcement in regards to the occasion, Osbourne says (through NME), “It’s my time to go Again To The Starting… time for me to provide again to the place the place I used to be born. How blessed am I to do it with the assistance of individuals whom I really like? Birmingham is the true dwelling of metallic. Birmingham Eternally.”

Tickets go on sale subsequent Friday (14 February) at 10am GMT. Go to Ticketmaster for extra info.