Culture reporter
Ozy Osbourne and Black Sabbath have gone out with a bang, which they say will be their last gig, in front of 40,000 fans and supported by an all-star line-up of rock legends who have been influenced by the father of heavy metal who have been influenced by the father of the heavy metal.
The 76 -year -old Ozi, who has Parkinson’s disease, sang while sitting on a black throne – clapping, waving his arms and pulling a wild -looking look like old times.
He appeared overwhelmed in a few moments. “You don’t know how I feel. Thanks from under my heart,” he told the crowd at Villa Park in Birmingham.
He joined for the first time in 20 years by full original Sabbath Line-up.
The show’s bill also included fellow Rock Gods Metalica, Guns N ‘Roses, Slair, The Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood and Steven Tyler of Aarosmith.
Wearing a leather overcoat and gold armband, impressing his name, Ozi got up from the crowd in his throne to a huge roar from the crowd.
“Are you ready? Let the madness start,” he called.
“It is very good to be at this level. You don’t know,” he told the crowd who replied by chanting his name.
After playing five songs from his solo career, Ozi joined his Sabbath Bandmates – Guitarist Tony Iomi, Bassist and Lyricist Geiser Butler, and Drummer Bill Ward – Finishing with Classic Pararanoids of Four and, 1970.
Parkinson’s, other health problems and age have taken their toll, which means they performed sitting down. His voice was slightly cast but still packed a fair punch.
The fans came from all over the world – if they could get tickets – for the start of Aston Villa’s football stadium for the whole day, throw a stone from Ozi’s childhood house.
The Star-Staded show was described as “Heavy Metal Live Aid”, and the profit would go into the charity.
The pitch was a sea of ​​signs of Black Sabbath T-shirt and rock hand, in which some areas had a scuffle of mossing. A person waved an inflatable bat, notorious 1982 incident when Ozy left the head with a live bat – the most notorious moments in many The Rock Star’s wild career,
Other artists of the day paid tribute to him and other band members.
“There will be no metallica without Sabbath,” the American group frontman James Hetfield told the mob during his set. “Thank you for giving us an objective in life.”
The presence of Guns Ann ‘Roses’ included a cover of the 1978 song Never Die Die in Sabbath, the cry ends with Axal Rose: “Birmingham! Ozi! Ozi! Sabbath! Thank you!”
A series of star -staded supergroups saw Tyler, who has faced serious vocal problems in recent years, sound back as part of a band, including Ronnie Wood, Travis Barker of Blink -182 and the raj against the machine’s Tom Moreloo.
Another version of the band included Pumpkin singers Billy Corgon and KK Downing from Judas Priest, one of the original metal heroes of West Midlands.
Drummers fight
Small artists included Yungabala, who sang, change, originally released in 1972, and in 2003, which took a duet with daughter Kelly to number one.
Yungblust was part of another supergroup, whose revelations of musicians consisted of Megadeth, Fath No Peacock and members of Anthrax.
The “drum-off” also had a Titanic battle of three drumors in the middle of the barker, Chad Smith from Red Hot Chile Papers and Danny Kerry of Tool.
Panera’s frontman Phil Anslmo told the crowd to the artists on the bill that “all are different people” without Black Sabbath. “This is the truth. I will not stay here with this microphone in my hand without Black Sabbath. The biggest ever.”
Momoa in mosquit
Hollywood actor Jason Momo was a compar to the show and introduced Panera, told the fans that he was joining the mosquit, saying: “Make some places for me, I’m coming in.”
At another point, he told the crowd: “The history of Black Sabbath and Ozi Osbourne is the best who has ever done it. We still have some great rock and metal musicians today at this level.”
Jack Black, co-star of Momoa’s Minicraft Movie, sent a video message, as other big names ranging from Billy Idol to Dolly Parties.
“Black Sabbath actually started all this, the metal era,” former van Helen Frontman Sammy Hagar told BBC News Backstage. “Everyone looks at them like kings, and if the Kings are going out then we are going to honor them.
“Everyone who was asked to do so, shoot, you leave everything and do so. It is going to go down as the biggest metal event of all time in history.”
Ozi already said that the show “will be goodbye as far as my live performance goes, and what is the way to go out”.
Line-ups of legends “means everything”, he said in an interview provided by the organizers.
“I am in their debt to show me and fans forever. I can’t put it in words, but I feel very emotional and blessed.”
Ticket prices ranged from around 200 pounds to £ 2,000, with the benefit between Cure Parkinson’s, Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Acorn Children Hospital.
Back to beginning line-up:
- black Sabbath
- Ozy Osbourne Solo
- Metallica
- guns N Roses
- Slayer
- tool
- Panthera
- Billy Corgon (Smashing Pumpkin), Ronnie Wood (The Rolling Stones), Steven Tyler (Aerosmith), Adam Jones (Tool), KK Downing (Judas priest), Vernon Reid (Living Color), Chad Smith (Red Hot Chile Papers), Tom Halen (Van Halen), Tom Halen (Van Halen) Supergroup (Blink -182) and Tobias Forge (Ghost) including Helen)
- Drum-of-Chad Smith (Red Hot Chile Papers), Travis Barker (Blink-182) and Danny Carry (Tool)
- Gojira
- Alice in Chains
- Bisharia
- Lizzie Hell (Halstorm), David Allefson (Megadeth), Mike Boardin (Faith No Peacock), David Drimon (Disturbed), Scott Ian (Anthrax), Yungblust and Nuno Bethenkourt (Extreme) Supergroup
- Lamb of God
- Mild
- Rival son
- Mestodone