The Back To The Beginning show will see the band’s original line-up of Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward reunite for the first time in 20 years at Villa Park in Birmingham, the home of Aston Villa, the football club supported by the band’s lead singer, Osbourne.
The 29-year-old was trying to get tickets for her and her boyfriend, Brandon Hall, who had tickets to see Osbourne’s last solo tour No More Tours II, which was cancelled in 2023 due to his ill health, and explained it was her boyfriend’s “last chance” to see the singer.
Sabbath fan Emily Pywell, from London, said: “It’s just disappointing for the actual fans that want to (go), that have tried to see them for years, and have lucked out to touts and potentially not as big fans, people that are just going for the experience.”.
Another fan of the Birmingham-founded rock and roll band, Olivia Bridge, said she thought the Ticketmaster site was “not fit for purpose” after saying she experienced similar issues, including the website’s seating map freezing.
John Garrett, a 36-year-old internet sales manager who lives in Ipswich, had also been trying to get tickets to the concert since Wednesday’s pre-sale, and claimed he faced issues that saw him kicked out of Ticketmaster’s waiting room.
