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Ozzy Osbourne in 2024. Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images/The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Ozzy Osbourne‘s emotional goodbye to his fans will be the subject of the upcoming concert film Back to the Beginning, which will hit movie theaters beginning on Oct. 28. Osbourne headlined the star-studded Back to the Beginning concert, performing a solo set and one with the original lineup of Black Sabbath, in his hometown of Birmingham, England last July less than three weeks before his death.
Tickets for screenings go on sale at 10 a.m. ET on Sept. 24. Full details are on the Back to the Beginning website.
“Back to the Beginning came about because I asked Ozzy what would really make him happy,” Sharon Osbourne, Ozzy Osbourne’s wife and manager, said in a statement. “And he said the only thing that would make him happy was if he could perform again and say goodbye to his fans. That’s all he wanted to do. He wanted to say goodbye and thank you.”
The day-long concert at Birmingham’s Villa Park stadium featured performances by Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Slayer, Pantera, Anthrax, Halestorm, Yungblud, and many others. The music director for the concert was Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, who commented in a statement that “there’s never been a precedent for a show like this.” It all led up to Osbourne’s solo set and four songs by Black Sabbath.
“It was a closure for the band, and it was a good way to go out, I think,” Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi said in a statement.
“To me it was like pure love,” the band’s bassist, Geezer Butler, said. “It was just a wave of love. It’s the only way I can describe it really. I mean I could feel it as if it is like tangible.”
“[I] felt completely at home in a place where I belong,” drummer Bill Ward said. “It almost felt like I was in a dream.”
