Black Sabbath reunion, 7/5/2025

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This is an insane lineup for one day

i will never understand how some of the metal that was popular when i was in school is still listened to and is actually still on lineups with bands like sabbath or slayer. fred durst???? disturbed??? come on. when i was like 12 i fucking LOVED limp bizkit, but like...im not 12 and the people who were kids when durst was popular are all adults now. how an adult can actually sit and listen to limp bizkit is beyond me.

ditto for all that pop-punk stuff that was popular(and that i was super into) when i was 12-ish, blink 182, green day, sum 41, that sort of stuff...i had always assumed that people would grow up and move on from music that seems designed to appeal to and make $ from teenagers, and that the reason so many people from my dad's generation only listened to music from when they were young is because the 60s and 70s were a VERY seldom seen explosion of creativity in popular music and it really was just that good...but i uess for lots of folks that just isnt the case and there is a very strong tendency to default to what you listened to as a teenager. honestly its a bit depressing.

would kill to see sabbath in the states tho.

I hear ya and much of that stuff doesn't interest me but what stands out is seeing Jake E Lee and Rudy Sarzo on there and wondering if it's gonna be rotating in artists tribute like Willie's 90, those who played Ozzfests over the years. I see Maiden conveniently left out, Sharon..,,

Including Bill Ward was the right move.

Making Tom Morello the M.D. was a good choice.

It's a charitable fundraiser for Parkinson's.

This could be epic.

Yes this could indeed be huge. Hope it's streamed 

Birmingham gets all the shows

If you want to see old Metal Bands come to Sacramento it's kind of our claim to fame.

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I'm just glad Pantera is up and running again, just about as good as ever

I just saw Zakk recently with Zakk Sabbath and will see him with Pantera and Metallica in April. I haven't seen Metallica since Cliff Burton was still alive, opened for Ozzy in Syracuse 86

Saugerties for me. Breadfan opener

I'd love to see zakk soon.

Sabbath was really good their first 4 albums I think.

Nothing else on that roster does not make me want to run away.  Never was a fan of any of those groups. 

Man, I'd love to see the original four just one more time. That rhythm section!!

>>how an adult can actually sit and listen to limp bizkit is beyond me.

That is what makes music fun. We all like different stuff. 

Saw the original  Black Sabbath lineup at Ozzfest in 2000 at Shoreline.

This looks really incredible.  I assume pay per view will be available?

Love to see Ozzy go out on top in his hometown after all the health struggles dude has had

I only wish the name Randy Rhoads was included :(

 

 

This was after Ozzy left, Alvin Lee opened &  tore it up..bought his shirt.

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4/1 was the first show after Randy Rhoads' fatal plane crash.  2 different lead guitarist at each show. Bought the Randy Rhoads shirt

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I saw Ozzy in 84 and 86 and then saw Black Sabbath on their reunion run in 99 and actually did a meet n greet at Jones Beach and got all four to sign my Paranoid album. Saw Ozzy again in 2018

^^^ 4:20

Pretty wild show, lotsa ups, a few downs but overall a solid day of music.... I streamed throughout the day while doing other things...anyone else check it out? 

Yep.  The entire thing since 7 am pacific.  Almost time for Black Sabbath.  I shed a tear when Ozzy was singing "Momma I'm coming home" and it looks he like might have done the same.

Little timing hiccup on War Pigs bug otherwise pretty solid set by Sabbath, was happy for Geezer to get a shot at one last NIB. wish Bill kept his shirt on but whatever it's rock n roll

How much time did each band get?

Did any of the bands give a shout out to the IDF?

Draimen didn't...

he was to busy getting booed for being an awful frontman to an awful band and for being an all around awful person. wonder how many women and kids the bombs he signed ended up killing. war pigs indeed.

I honestly was disappointed in that part as Jake E Lee was one of the artists I was most looking forward to 

Watched parts of Sabbath. People have serious issues with Dead & Company but not that???

I'm all for these guys getting one more final bow/final payday, but common. Don't try to tell us that was great rock 'n roll.

On the other hand, the final vestiges of Ozzie performing sitting on a throne was really not that different than when he was ever on his feet and fully able.

Maybe I didn't see one of his most famous bits today; did he throw water on the FOS security? If not, what a letdown for his true fans. Sad.

I've seen Ozzie many, many times in many different settings over many years, and with all due respect, even with all the hits & history, IMO that dude is the most overrated rock star of all time.

Still, hope all you OG metal heads enjoyed this.

On it goes.

Black Sabbath - Back To The Beginning, 5.07.2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDGk08j-dls

I'm not sure what "serious" issues one would have about all four original members of a band getting together one last time along with a bunch of bands they influenced to put on a fundraiser charity gig... how exactly does that relate to Dead and Company?

So with this Final Show,  they'll either be swinging through the casinos in Oklahoma soon, or will there be a Final Show II next year?

I don't know but I def think Aerosmith should reconsider their retirement... Steven Tyler sounded great imho

https://youtu.be/pxsJECyJThE

^^^Watched parts of Sabbath. People have serious issues with Dead & Company but not that???

I'm all for these guys getting one more final bow/final payday, but common. Don't try to tell us that was great rock 'n roll.^^^^

For one there was no final payday dude.  Proceeds from the show will directly benefit Cure Parkinson's, the Birmingham Children's Hospital and Acorn Children's Hospice, a Children's Hospice supported by Aston Villa.  Nobody was paid to be there, unlike Dead and Company.

Also the Black Sabbath songs were basically played at the same tempo as the original, not slowed the fuck down like Dead and Company.

There are no more shows for black sabbath ever either! This was a one and done.

Seen bits and parts and wish the whole thing was streaming on Nugs.  Ozzy's evil throne is bad ass. That thing needs a place in the rock n roll hall of fame or on the seventh level of Hell.

But the crowd looks weak.  Sorry, but a custy fest and I have seen crowds at WSP that are more metal than that lot.

I thought Geezer and Tony were rock solid. I Didn't pay any attention to the crowd 

Was working so I missed it, but it sounds like it was fun and for a good cause.  Impressed that Ozzy performed 5 solo and 5 Sabbath numbers.  
 

Cool that Ronnie Wood was there for Train Kept A Rollin'.   From The Concert For Bangladesh to The Last Waltz, he has shared the stage at some very big nights in music history.

Saying farewell gracefully isn't easy.  The GD didn't know for sure that Soldier Field would be their last show (although Phil and some of the others may have intuitively known).  I watched Led Zeppelin's "Celebration Day" on July 4th.  While it wasn't billed as their final show, it most likely was.  It's hard to think of another band that has gone out on such a high note.

 

Mastodon:
1. Black Tongue
2. Blood and Thunder
3. Supernaut (Black Sabbath cover) (with Mario Duplantier) (also with Danny Carey and Eloy Casagrande)

Rival Sons:
4. Do Your Worst
5. Electric Funeral (Black Sabbath cover)
6. Secret

Anthrax:
7. Indians
8. Into the Void (Black Sabbath cover)

Halestorm:
9. Love Bites (So Do I)
10. Rain Your Blood on Me
11. Perry Mason (Ozzy Osbourne cover)

Lamb of God:
12. Laid to Rest
13. Redneck
14. Children of the Grave (Black Sabbath cover)

Supergroup A (Tom Morello's All Stars):
15. The Ultimate Sin (Ozzy Osbourne cover) (with Lzzy Hale) (Jake E. Lee, Nuno Bettencourt, David Ellefson, Mike Bordin, Adam Wakeman)
16. Sweet Leaf (Black Sabbath cover) (with David Draiman) (Scott Ian, Nuno Bettencourt, David Ellefson, Mike Bordin, Adam Wakeman)
17. Believer (Ozzy Osbourne cover) (Scott Ian, Nuno Bettencourt, David Ellefson, Adam Wakeman)
18. Mr. Crowley (Ozzy Osbourne song) (Video tape of Jack Black singing with young musicians)
19. Changes (Black Sabbath cover) (with YUNGBLUD) (Jake E. Lee, David Ellefson, Mike Bordin, Adam Wakeman)
20. Shot in the Dark (Ozzy Osbourne cover) (with David Draiman) (Jake E. Lee, David Ellefson, Mike Bordin and Adam Wakeman)

Alice in Chains:
21. Man in the Box
22. Would?
23. Fairies Wear Boots (Black Sabbath cover)

Gojira:
24. Stranded
25. Silvera
26. Mea Culpa
27. Under the Sun (Black Sabbath cover)

28. Drum Off

29. Symptom of the Universe (Black Sabbath cover) (with Tom Morello) (Nuno Bettencourt, Rudy Sarzo, Travis Barker, Chad Smith, Danny Carey)


Supergroup B:
30. "Breaking the Law" (ft. Danny Carey, Billy Corgan, K. K. Downing, Adam Jones, Tom Morello, Rudy Sarzo)
31. "Snowblind" (ft. Danny Carey, Billy Corgan, K. K. Downing, Adam Jones, Tom Morello, Rudy Sarzo)
32. "Flying High Again" (ft. Nuno Bettencourt, Sammy Hagar, Vernon Reid, Rudy Sarzo, Chad Smith, Adam Wakeman)
33. "Rock Candy" (ft. Nuno Bettencourt, Sammy Hagar, Tom Morello, Rudy Sarzo, Chad Smith, Adam Wakeman)
34. "Bark at the Moon" (ft. Nuno Bettencourt, Travis Barker, Tobias Forge, Vernon Reid, Rudy Sarzo, Adam Wakeman)
35. "Train Kept A-Rollin'" (ft. Travis Barker, Nuno Bettencourt, Tom Morello, Rudy Sarzo, Steven Tyler, Andrew Watt, Ronnie Wood)
36. "Walk This Way" (ft. Nuno Bettencourt, Tom Morello, Rudy Sarzo, Chad Smith, Steven Tyler, Andrew Watt)
37. "Whole Lotta Love" (ft. Nuno Bettencourt, Tom Morello, Rudy Sarzo, Chad Smith, Steven Tyler, Andrew Watt)

Pantera:
38. "Cowboys from Hell"
39. "Walk"
40. "Planet Caravan" (Black Sabbath cover)
41. "Electric Funeral" (Black Sabbath cover)(yes, they played it again after Rival Sons also did earlier)


Tool:
42. "Forty Six & 2"
43. "Hand of Doom" (Black Sabbath cover)
44. "Ænema"

Slayer:
45. "Disciple"
46. "War Ensemble"
47. "Wicked World" (Black Sabbath cover)
48. "South of Heaven"
49. "Raining Blood"
50. "Angel of Death"

Guns N' Roses:
51. "It's Alright" (Black Sabbath cover)
52. "Never Say Die" (Black Sabbath cover)
53. "Junior's Eyes" (Black Sabbath cover)
54. "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" (Black Sabbath cover)
55. "Welcome to the Jungle"
56. "Paradise City"

Metallica:

57. Hole In The Sky (Black Sabbath cover)
58. Creeping Death
59. For Whom The Bells Toll
60. Johnny Blade (Black Sabbath cover)
61. Battery
62. Master Of Puppets

Ozzy Osbourne:

63. I Don’t Know
64. Mr Crowley
65. Suicide Solution
66. Mama I’m Coming Home
67. Crazy Train

Black Sabbath:

68. War Pigs
69. NIB
70. Iron Man
71. Black Sabbath 

72. Paranoid

 

 

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The Band's Last Waltz wasn't really their last waltz, as they all found themselves on stage together a couple of years later at a Rick Danko show at the Roxy in L.A.

The Beatles rooftop show was a great last show, although so few witnessed it in person.  Surprised Ronnie didn't show up.

 

Good lord how awful was Tom morello? That guy is all thumbs.

Steve Tyler actually sounded really good to my ears. It was nice to see him up there

jack black and the school of rock kids, man. Always impressed.

Looking forward to watching the Pantera and AIC segments, specifically 

https://youtu.be/hm-M8GvgYws

Couple notes about the Jack Black segment....

 

1) Revel Ian (son of Scott Ian) on bass, and Hugo Weiss on keyboards.
Yoyoko on drums, the Japanese girl who went viral drumming Good Times Bad Times when she was 8.
2) Jack is wearing Ozzy's outfit from the '81 NBC (?) performance.
3) Roman Morello (son of Tom Morello) on guitar, is playing the polka dot V guitar
4) Black lifts the kid in honor of the Tribute cover
5) They shot it in 4:3 aspect ratio.

 

That is hilarious.  Jack Black has all the Ozzy moves and expressions down.  And those kids rock.

Breadfan!!!

Mostly adoring this thread

Saw og Sabbath in 86? New Haven coliseum 

Then again outside the Meadows many years later

 

And yes insane line up for one day

Rudy MF Sarzo 

way underrated player

mike Inez too

My little corner of Sabs.. all obtained in person, Jones Beach and Syracuse...met Ronnie a few times but somehow never got a sig from him. My 6th grade teacher was his best friend growing up. I've got Oz 4 or 5 times and a couple from Geezer and Tony too.. 

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^^Awesome Fishcane.

I wanted to capture the stream and archive the Ozzy/Black Sabbath sets but they have got it super locked the fuck down. I couldn't even use Airplay to stream from my computer to my smart Tv.  

First world problems ha! I will assume that all the 'back to the beginning'  will be released on dvd Blu-ray someday soon and hopefully those profits/proceeds will also benefit Cure Parkinson's, the Birmingham Children's Hospital and Acorn Children's Hospice.

I noticed that Crazy Train was played in a different albeit lower key since Ozzy's voice no longer reaches that original vocal register.  It was nice to see Randy Rhoads on the big screen behind them.  I wonder if anyone from the Rhoads family was in attendance. 

I got mob rules in a box of free records when I was about 10 and not gonna lie the cover made me way too scared to listen to it 

Randys sister did a video appearance. Yeah Mob Rules is hands down scariest cover of all time

from the painting Dream 1: Crucifiers by Hildebrandt. 

Fun fact Tony said mob rules was written in the same house/room ("this is not here") with the white piano from the JL imagine video

hell below us, hell above us?

Great song, great album ^^^
 

id have a hard time choosing.... I'd say Electric Funeral After Forever and Into the Void are regularly in top spots at my house tho..these so many tho

great choice

LOVE this whole album

>>>>>listening now and so funny how many lyrics pop right out !!! this truly rocks

fave song will take some thought 

but, always, always:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJBQwOIMzDQ&pp=ygUgZmFpcmllcyB3ZWFyIGJvb...