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Ozzy Osbourne\u2019s<\/strong> final show had people crying well before he took the stage. The legendary rocker reunited with his Black Sabbath bandmates for a July 5 farewell show, Back to the Beginning, held at Villa Park in Birmingham, England.<\/p>\n Osbourne, 76, performed five solo songs and four songs with Black Sabbath: “War Pigs,” “N.I.B.,” “Iron Man,” and “Paranoid.\u201d It was the first time the singer performed with founding bandmates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler,<\/strong> and Bill Ward <\/strong>in more than 20 years. It was also the last. Osbourne died 17 days later.<\/p>\n During a September 2025 appearance on The Metallica Report podcast<\/a>, Osbourne\u2019s former bassist Robert Trujillo,<\/strong> who was part of his band from 1996 to 2003 before joining Metallica, recalled the emotional behind-the-scenes ahead of the historic Back to the Beginning show.<\/p>\n \u201cEven just hearing [Black Sabbath] warm up on their instruments, this is a whole other level,\u201d Trujillo recalled of witnessing the band\u2019s soundcheck. \u201cThis is like [watching] Muhammad Ali shadow box or hit the speed bag \u2013 it\u2019s that intense.\u201d<\/p>\n According to Trujillo, Iommi first played \u201cjazz chords” then segued into the classic Black Sabbath song \u201cInto the Void\u201d during the soundcheck.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd it was really slow and super heavy, but they just went into it,\u201d he said of the 1973 song. \u201cAnd everybody that was watching \u2013 there was a few of us \u2013 just started headbanging, and we were all smiling. And some people were crying. Some people were crying.”<\/p>\n \u201cIt was so beautiful, and it was a powerful moment that anybody that witnessed it, that was something that they’ll probably remember for the rest of their lives,” Trujillo added.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa4 <\/strong>SIGN UP for our The Voice newsletter to get access to exclusive news, interviews, insider info, sneak peeks & more<\/strong><\/a> \ud83c\udfa4<\/strong><\/p>\n Even though Osbourne\u2019s death, less than three weeks after Back to the Beginning, was unexpected, it was always known that it would be the pioneering heavy metal band’s final show.<\/p>\n In an interview with Music Week<\/a> (per Louder<\/a>), Iommi explained that the Black Sabbath band members agreed to perform the farewell concert because it was a charity show. “It\u2019s absolutely the end,\u201d he added of Sabbath, which formed in 1968. \u201cThere\u2019s no way we could go out and do a tour.\u201d<\/p>\n This story was originally reported by Parade<\/a> on Sep 29, 2025, where it first appeared in the News<\/a> section. 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