It’s a moment 50 years in the making. Today, July 5th, Black Sabbath is taking their final bow on the very soil where it all began. Villa Park in Birmingham, UK with a jaw-dropping, once-in-a-lifetime event: Back to the Beginning.

The show isn’t just a farewell to the originators of heavy metal—it’s a thunderous celebration of their legacy, featuring a staggering lineup of metal and rock royalty paying tribute through song, sweat, and shared history.

Back to the Beginning isn’t just another mega-festival—it’s a generational closing chapter. With all profits going to Cure Parkinson’s, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, and Acorn Children’s Hospice, the event also proves that the soul of Sabbath has always been about more than the riffs—it’s about legacy, family, and survival.

Hosted by Jason Momoa and packed with once-in-a-lifetime collaborations, this show is a love letter from the global metal community to the band that started it all.

From the minute the doors opened at 11:30 AM, the energy was electric. Here’s what has happened so far:

Mastodon

1. “Black Tongue”
2. “Blood and Thunder”
3. “Supernaut” (Black Sabbath cover) (with Mario Duplantier, Danny Carey and Eloy Casagrande)

Rival Sons

1. “Do Your Worst”
2. “Electric Funeral” (Black Sabbath cover)
3. “Secrets”

Anthrax

1. “Indians”
2. “Into the Void” (Black Sabbath cover)

 

Halestorm

1. “Love Bites (So Do I)”
2. “Rain Your Blood on Me”
3. “Perry Mason” (Ozzy Osbourne cover)

 

Lamb of God

1. “Laid to Rest”
2. “Redneck”
3. “Children of the Grave” (Black Sabbath cover)

Supergroup A

1. “The Ultimate Sin” (Ozzy Osbourne cover) (with Lzzy Hale) (with Lee, Bettencourt, Ellefson, Bordin and Wakeman)
2. “Shot in the Dark” (Ozzy Osbourne cover) (with David Draiman) (Also with Lee, Ellefson, Bordin and Wakeman)
3. “Sweet Leaf” (Black Sabbath cover) (with David Draiman) (with Ian, Bettencourt, Ellefson, Bordin and Wakeman)
4. “Believer” (Ozzy Osbourne cover) (with Ian, Bettencourt, Ellefson, II and Wakeman)
5. “Changes” (Black Sabbath cover) (with YUNGBLUD)
6. “Mr. Crowley” (Ozzy Osbourne cover) (with Jack Black) (pre-recorded)

 

Alice In Chains

1. “Man in the Box”
2. “Would?”
3. “Fairies Wear Boots” (Black Sabbath cover)

Gojira

1. “Stranded”
2. “Silvera”
3. “Mea culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)” (traditional cover) (with Marina Viotti)
4. “Under the Sun” (Black Sabbath cover)

Drum Off

1. “Symptom of the Universe” (Black Sabbath cover) (with Tom Morello, Nuno Bettencourt, Rudy Sarzo, Travis Barker, Chad Smith, Danny Carey)

 

Supergroup B

1. “Breaking the Law” (Judas Priest cover) (with Billy Corgan) (Also with Tom Morello, K.K. Downing, Adam Jones, Rudy Sarzo and Danny Carey)
2. “Snowblind” (Black Sabbath cover) (with Billy Corgan) (Also with Tom Morello, K.K. Downing, Adam Jones, Rudy Sarzo and Danny Carey)
3. “Flying High Again” (Ozzy Osbourne cover) (with Sammy Hagar) (Also with Nuno Bettencourt, Adam Wakeman, Rudy Sarzo, Chad Smith and Vernon Reid)
4. “Rock Candy” (Montrose cover) (with Sammy Hagar) (Also with Nuno Bettencourt, Adam Wakeman, Rudy Sarzo, Chad Smith and Tom Morello)
5. “Bark at the Moon” (Ozzy Osbourne cover) (with Papa V Perpetua) (Also with Vernon Reid, Nuno Bettencourt, Adam Wakeman, Rudy Sarzo and Travis Barker)
6. The Train Kept A-Rollin’ (Tiny Bradshaw cover) (with Steven Tyler) (Also with Ron Wood, Nuno Bettencourt, Tom Morello, Andrew Watt, Rudy Sarzo and Travis Barker)
   7.”Walk This Way / Whole Lotta Love” (with Steven Tyler) (Aerosmith / Led Zeppelin cover, + Bettencourt, Morello, Watt, Sarzo and Smith)
   8. “Changes”(Black Sabbath song) (Fred Durst singing with a violinist.) (pre-recorded)

Pantera

1. “Cowboys From Hell”(Dedicated to Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul)
2. “Walk”
3. “Planet Caravan” (Black Sabbath cover)
4. “Electric Funeral” (Black Sabbath cover) (Live debut by Pantera)
5. “Under the Sun” (Black Sabbath cover)

Tool

1. “46 x 2”
2. “Hand of Doom” (Black Sabbath cover)
3. “Aenema”

 

Slayer

1. “Disciple
2. “War Ensemble”
3. “Wicked World”  (Black Sabbath cover) (snippet)
4. South of Heaven (with “Wicked World” reprise)
5. “Raining Blood”
6. “Angel of Death”

Guns and  Roses

1. “It’s Alright” (Black Sabbath cover)
2. “Never Say Die” (Black Sabbath cover)
3. “Junior’s Eyes” (Black Sabbath cover)
4. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” (Black Sabbath cover)
5. “Welcome to the Jungle”
6. “Paradise City”

Metallica

1. “Hole in the Sky” (Black Sabbath cover)
2. “Creeping Death”
3. “For Whom the Bell Tolls”
4. “Johnny Blade” (Black Sabbath cover)
5. “Battery”
6. “Master of Puppets”

Ozzy

1. “I Don’t Know”
2. “Mr. Crowley”
3. “Suicide Solution”
4. “Mama, I’m Coming Home”
5. “Crazy Train”

Black Sabbath

1. “Sabbra Cadabra  (Intro with video history of Black Sabbath)
2. “War Pigs (with “Black Sabbath” intro)
3. “N.I.B. (with band introductions)”
4. “Iron Man (extended outro”
5. “Paranoid”

Stay tuned to the Ghost Cult YouTube channel on Monday for a full recap of this historic day and night.

 

Thank you, Black Sabbath. You gave us heavy music. You gave us everything.

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