Ozzy's final gig with Sabbath

[Cato]

It's a hell of a line up.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c805m3l02v5o

 

Despite being a huge metal fan as a teenager I haven't really listened to heavy music for 25 years but I'm very tempted to try and grab some tickets.

Edited 15 hours ago by Cato

[cetera]

Ticket price will be ridiculous I'm sure......

Tempted, but I was never a huge fan of Sabbath or any of the other acts advertised.

[acidbass]

What a lineup!  Going to try and get to this one.

[mikebass456]

6 minutes ago, cetera said:

Ticket price will be ridiculous I'm sure......

Tempted, but I was never a huge fan of Sabbath or any of the other acts advertised.

I'll probably risk a tenner on the DVD......😉👍🤘

[prowla]

I had an invite to go to their last final tour, but the ex double-booked me, so I missed out.

[Lozz196]

40 minutes ago, cetera said:

Ticket price will be ridiculous I'm sure......

Tempted, but I was never a huge fan of Sabbath or any of the other acts advertised.

Same, I like some of their songs but not all, and most of the bands on the bill aren`t on my fave last

 

I wonder if these tickets will generate the same fiasco as Oasis did last year?

[dave_bass5]

39 minutes ago, cetera said:

Ticket price will be ridiculous I'm sure......

 

As will be the vocals. The bloke can hardly talk, let alone sing. At his age there is no way he will suddenly start to sing in tune 🤔

Saw Sabbath the Dio was fronting them (Heaven and Hell), what a difference. 

 

[Stub Mandrel]

2 minutes ago, dave_bass5 said:

The bloke can hardly talk

 

That's been true since 1969, to be fair.

 

His singing seems to bypass his brain's mumble centre.

[Supernaut]

10 minutes ago, dave_bass5 said:

As will be the vocals. The bloke can hardly talk, let alone sing. At his age there is no way he will suddenly start to sing in tune 🤔

Saw Sabbath the Dio was fronting them (Heaven and Hell), what a difference. 

 

Let me know when you have Parkinson's how well you can sing. 

[Cato]

I don't think anyone going to the gig is going to be under any illusions over Ozzy's physical health.

 

It's a celebration, a chance to say goodbye, both for him and the fans.

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[lemmywinks]

Saw the original lineup in the 2000s when they sandwiched an Ozzfest day into Download, Ozzy was knackered even back then but they were brilliant tbh. Love Ward's drumming.

 

They need to reissue the World Tour '78 tshirt in brown as well, wore mine until it fell apart.

[thodrik]

It is great that it is the 'proper' Sabbath line up of the four original members. It is also cool that it seems to be a celebration of the heavier end of popular music being used for charitable causes. 

My main takeaway is curious wonder/bewilderment of what a  band featuring Billy Corgan, Slash, Fred Durst, Wolfgang Van Halen and Tom Morello is going to sound like. Are they going to have 4 guitarists, no drummer and Fred Durst or is Slash going to play drums? 

 

All in all a perfect way for the band to say goodbye in their own hometown. 

[lemmywinks]

Wolfgang could be playing bass like he did for Van Halen.

[dave_bass5]

31 minutes ago, Supernaut said:

Let me know when you have Parkinson's how well you can sing. 

Well i wouldn’t be going out and charging a lot of money if i wasn’t up to the job. 
For the record, i don’t rate his singing at all, never have. Awful voice. 
 

It’s a shame that people’s last memory of a once great band will be this. Sure, Ozzy will get a lot of praise from those who are fans, and sympathy from other, but it will be ‘he did well considering’. 
 

 

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[Shaggy]

1 hour ago, prowla said:

I had an invite to go to their last final tour, but the ex double-booked me, so I missed out.

 

 

I feel your pain.  I had tickets to see Led Zep play Knebworth in 1979 - had the flu and couldn't go 

 

OP sounds a hell of a great gig.  Who've have thought in 1968 the classic line up would still be playing together in 2025

[asingardenof]

2 hours ago, Cato said:

It's a hell of a line up.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c805m3l02v5o

 

Despite being a huge metal fan as a teenager I haven't really listened to heavy music for 25 years but I'm very tempted to try and grab some tickets.

That is a hell of a lineup, but I'm not willing to sell my child for a ticket

[dudewheresmybass]

I'm so sorely tempted - I love Sabbath, and haven't seen them since the NEC reunion shows back in the day (97?)

 

I suspect we'll be talking not much short of Taylor Swift pricing, especially as it's for Charidee mate! 

 

 

[Jonesy]

The full line up looks insane. 

 

 

 

Take my money!

[Skybone]

My lad is desperate to go, so we'll have to see how much the tickets are.

 

Thankfully, I did get to see the original line up play the NEC in 1997, was there the night they recorded the "Reunion" live album.

[Stub Mandrel]

3 hours ago, dave_bass5 said:

For the record, i don’t rate his singing at all, never have. Awful voice. 

 

We'll have to disagree on that!

[PaulWarning]

Ossie and Tony played at the closing ceremony of the Birmingham Commonwealth games, Ossie sounded good but some thought he was miming

[tauzero]

4 hours ago, prowla said:

I had an invite to go to their last final tour, but the ex double-booked me, so I missed out.

 

There's bound to be another one.

[Woodinblack]

3 hours ago, dave_bass5 said:

It’s a shame that people’s last memory of a once great band will be this. Sure, Ozzy will get a lot of praise from those who are fans, and sympathy from other, but it will be ‘he did well considering’. 

 

I don't think it really matters how good / bad they are, with any of these gigs, its just an event. No he is not going to be as 'good' as the 90s or the 80s, but I don't think that is the point, and in all of these farewell concerts there is an implicit 'considering' on the 'They were really good'. 

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

Fundraising gig in Birmingham turns into another Ozzfest . Will there be another show or 2 added on ?
A lot of bands and megastars there . Probably be more than one stage to choose from .

Potentially short sets by all performers . 

Whatever floats your boat .

[markbunney]

Hoping to get a ticket for this.

 

Also was at the reunion shows in ‘97. I was 17 then and now feeling old!