This summer, the original lineup of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath will play together for the first time in 20 years at a concert in Birmingham, England.
The concert on July 5 in the band’s homeland will feature Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Heather Butler, and drummer Bill Ward. Tickets will go on sale on February 14.
Since their last concert in 2005, Black Sabbath has participated in partial reunions but never performed with their original lineup.
At their last concert in Villa Park, Black Sabbath will play alongside rock and heavy metal icons such as Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Alice in Chains, Lamb Of God, and Anthrax.
According to the organizers, the profits from the Back to the Beginning concert will be donated to charity, particularly for treating Parkinson’s disease.
Osbourne, who left the band in 1979 due to drug and alcohol problems and continued his successful solo career, announced the diagnosis of the disease in 2020.