It has been this weekend at Villa Park in Birmingham, a city turned into the hard rock mecca during the last weeks. The city in which they were born Black Sabbath He has hosted this Saturday, July 5 “Back to the Beginning”that many consider the great rock concert of what we have of the century.
“Back to the Beginning” It has been a monumental event in which taxes were paid to Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Will Wardthe four original members of the band that many consider the true creator of heavy metal. Hence, the most pomegranate of the metal world participated both with performances by complete groups and a couple of supergroups gathered especially for the occasion. The final dish were brief sets of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath performing some of its eldest and immortal hits. Recall that Osbourne has seventy -six years and has been suffering from Parkinson since 2020, hence he had to act from a throne.
The concert exhausted all the locations just a few minutes after the sale, but the event could be followed live on streaming platforms with payment access.
Among the participating groups – which combined their own songs with versions of Birmingham – were Mastodon (They version “Supernaut” with members of Slipnot and Tool), Rival Sons (“Funeral Electric”), Anthrax (“Into the void”), Halestorm (“Perry Mason” by Ozzy Osbourne), Lamb of God (“Children of the serious”), Alice in Chains (“Fairies Wear Boots”), Gojira (“Under the Sun”), Panther (“Planet Caravan” and “Electric Funeral”), Tool (“Hand of Doom”), Slayer (“Wicked World”), Guns N ‘Roses (“It’s Alright”, “Never Say Die”, “Junior’s Eyes”, “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath”) and Metallica (“Hole in the Sky”, “Johnny Blade”).
With regard to supergroups, the first formed it Lzzy Hale, David Draiman, Whitfield Crane, Yungblud, Jake E. Lee, Mike Bordin, David Ellefson, Adam Wakeman, Nuno Bettencourt, Scott Ian, Frank Bello and Sleep Token II). They interpreted “Ultimate without”, “Shot in the Dark”, “Believer” and “Changes” by Ozzy Osbourne and “Sweet Leaf” by Black Sabbath.
As for the second supergroup, they formed it Billy Corgan, Sammy Hagar, Pope V Perpetual, Steven Tyler, Tom Morello, Nuno Bettencourt, Rudy Sarzo, Travis Barker, Chad Smith, Danny Carey, KK Downing, Adam Jones, Adam Wakeman, Vernon Reid, Ron Wood and Andrew Wattcombining to interpret “Symptom of the Universe” and “Snowblind” by Black Sabbath, “Flying High Again” and “Bark at The Moon” by Ozzy Osbourne, in addition to covers of other artists such as Judas Priest, Montrose, Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin. Both supergroups also had various special guests. Judas Priest They were not there as a band, but the same day they shared a brilliant version of “War Pigs” as a tribute. And you can not miss the version that Jack Black and a band of young musicians – among them the children of Scott Ian de Anthrax and Tom Morello de Ratm – has shared “Mr. Crowley.”
A true day for the story that hard rock fans will never forget.
