Black Sabbath at Villa Park – tickets, packages, seating plan & HUGE line up

OZZY Osbourne's final show has been described as “the greatest heavy metal show ever” and promises to be a who’s who of rock giants. The original members of Black Sabbath will say a final farewell to rock's greatest hell-raiser this summer in their native Birmingham. Bringing one of the great performing careers to a close with a final gig, Ozzy – infamous the world over for relieving various bats and doves of their heads – will be joined by guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward for the charity show at Villa Park on July 5.

Ozzy, 76, has vowed it will be his final performance due to his battle with Parkinson’s disease, which he went public with in 2020. Here's everything we know so far. Tickets for the gig - which has been dubbed Back to the Beginning - go on pre-sale at 10am on Tuesday, February 11. General ticket sales start at 10am on Friday, February 14 and are available from:. This is the first time the full band has reunited in 20 years. Many fans feared the reunion show would never happen, not only because of their combined age of 303, but also due to fractious inter-band relations.

The supporting line-up is a who’s who of metal greats, including Metallica, Below, Slayer, Pantera and many more. The concert’s musical director, Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, promises it will be “the greatest heavy metal show ever”. Other stars who will perform include Duff McKagan and Frank Bello from Anthrax, Fred Durst from Limp Bizkit and The Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan.

Disturbed’s David Draiman, Jake E Lee and Jonathan Davis from Korn are lined up to play, while Mike Bordin from Faith No More will be there too. But according to Ozzy's wife, Sharon, there is one celebrity who will be left off the guest list – Kanye West. The rapper sampled Black Sabbath’s song Iron Man on his album Vultures last year. Sharon criticised him for using the song after he was told he could not. On whether Kanye - who legally changed his name to Ye - would be welcome at the gig, Sharon said: "No, not at all. I wouldn’t have him anywhere near.".

Ticket prices have not been announced yet so we won't know exactly how much general sale tickets are priced at until they go on sale. But the prices of hospitality packages at Villa Park has been revealed – and prices start at £445. Ticket cost: £795 per person, excluding VAT. (Minimum of 12 guests.). What you get:. Ticket cost: £795 per person, excluding VAT. Price: £595 per person, excluding VAT.

Price: £445 per person, excluding VAT. Inspired by the industrial sounds of their hometown, Black Sabbath have sold a reported 75 million albums worldwide and arguably remain the most influential rock bands in history; their first eight albums featured Ozzy, and included the UK number one Paranoid. Ozzy left for a solo career in 1979 – to be replaced by various vocalists, including Deep Purple’s Ian Gillan – but was brought back into the band in 1997.

The last time the original line-up performed was on the 2005 Ozzfest tour, but Ward left the group shortly after citing a contract disagreement. Ozzy later publicly chastised Ward on Facebook stating the drummer wasn’t “capable” of doing the album and tour and calling on him to “stop playing the victim and be honest with yourself and our fans”. Their final album, 13, was released in 2013 with Brad Wilk, drummer with Rage Against The Machine, filling in for Ward.

In 2022, Ozzy had spinal surgery after a 2019 fall while a 2023 tour was cancelled as he recuperated. It is perhaps fitting that his final gig will be at the home of Aston Villa in the area of Birmingham where he grew up before forming Black Sabbath in 1968. While it has not yet been confirmed what the setup will look like at Villa Park, the stadium has a capacity of more than 42,000 across four stands.