Black Sabbath geared up for their final performance as a band. We’ve got details on the date, lineup, and more.<\/p>\n
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Black Sabbath<\/strong> is credited with being nothing short of pioneers in the metal movement. For the first time in nearly 20 years, legendary frontman Ozzy Osbourne<\/strong><\/a> took the stage, along with bassist Geezer Butler<\/strong>, drummer Bill Ward<\/strong>, and guitarist Tony Iommi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s my time to go \u2018Back To The Beginning\u2019\u2026 time for me to give back to the place where I was born,\u201d Ozzy said in a statement, per Billboard.<\/em> <\/a>\u201cHow blessed am I to do it with the help of people whom I love. Birmingham is the true home of metal. Birmingham Forever.\u201d\u00a0Added music director Tom Morello<\/strong> in a statement via Instagram<\/a>, \u201cThis will be the greatest heavy metal show ever.\u201d<\/p>\n The term “heavy metal,” incidentally, didn’t come from Black Sabbath.\u00a0“We called it heavy rock,” Tony told BBC News<\/em><\/a> in a 2017 interview. “The term heavy metal came about from a journalist when I came back from America (in the 1970s). “He said ‘you’re playing heavy metal’ and I said ‘no, it’s heavy rock – what’s that?'”<\/p>\n Below, we’ve got a breakdown of the band’s final show.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n A post shared by Ozzy Osbourne (@ozzyosbourne)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\nWhen Was Black Sabbath’s Final Show?<\/h2>\n
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