So you missed the Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath “Back to the Beginning” farewell concert. You couldn’t afford to go to Birmingham and you didn’t pay to watch the stream online, well then here’s your chance to enjoy all of the performances on the big screen!
Mercury Studios will cut the all-day event into a 100-minute film titled Back to the Beginning: Ozzy’s Final Bow!
"Presented as a love letter to Ozzy and the pioneering sound of Black Sabbath, the theatrical release will be a distilled version of the epic all-day event held at Villa Park," a press release stated. "Featuring thunderous performances of 'War Pigs,' 'Iron Man,' 'Children of the Grave' and a show-stopping 'Paranoid,' the film promises a deeply personal and electrifying farewell from the godfather of heavy metal with exclusive behind-the-scenes access and interviews from this iconic live performance."
The Back to the Beginning concert drew 40,000 fans to Villa Park in the birthplace of Heavy Metal, Black Sabbath's hometown of Birmingham, England. The massive event featured Osbourne, the original Black Sabbath lineup of Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward, as well as Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Slayer, Pantera and Anthrax, plus supergroups, that paid tribute to Sabbath and Ozzy songs. The concert raised $190 million for a variety of charities, including Birmingham Children's Hospital, Acorn Children's Hospice and Cure Parkinson's, which made it the highest-grossing charity concert of all time.
There will also be a separate documentary titled No Escape From Now, which details Osbourne's Parkinson's diagnosis and preparations for the Back to the Beginning concert, and will air on Paramount+ later this year.