BBC News, West Midlands
Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iomi has said that performing a farewell gig in the band’s home city will be completely different from what we have done “.
Performance at Villa Park in Birmingham on Saturday will be the first time that the original line -up – Ozi Osbourne, Tony Iom, Gyger Butler and Bill Ward – play together in 20 years.
IOMMI told the BBC, “We are all really nervous”, but he said that the preparation had gone well.
“People are coming from all over the world and I can’t absorb it,” he said.
More than 40,000 fans are expected to attend the event, which will also show performance of acts including Metalica, Sledra, Panera, Halstorm and Anthrax.
Ozi Osborne is expected to sing four songs only because of health issues and Iomi explained that the rehearsal was difficult on all classic lineups of Sabbath.
“I won’t say that it is easy, it is difficult, because none of us is getting small and tired to stand there for a few hours,” he said.
IOMMI stated that it was good to work with the supporting band, and “there was no ego”.
Getty imagesAlthough they have been a long route from their early days in Birmingham, Sabbath – formed in 1968 – still recalls the city and talks about their memories.
Iomi said: “I don’t remember what happened yesterday, but we can remember what happened in the days where we used to go, and the gigs we did.”
He made farewell to Birmingham additional poignant, said, “This is completely different from anything we do, you know that we have played for 300,000 people, but it is nervous-veraging.”
It was also thought that there would be no other return after this.
“We are not going to do this again, it would be,” he confirmed.
He said that he hoped that the giggling will eliminate things on a good note and, when he was asked what he felt that the legacy of Black Sabbath would be, he said that it would be bands that follow their footsteps.
He said that his legacy will continue through him.
