Ozzy's final gig with Sabbath

[TimR]

On 12/02/2025 at 11:14, Cosmo Valdemar said:

After 90 minutes in the O2 presale today, all that was left were two "ultimate side of stage experience" tickets. 

 

A mere £2932.50 each. 

 

Sadly I'd already decided to set my spending limit at £2930. Yeah, I know... tightarse.

 

And didn't those people look miserable. So many of them that during the day you couldn't tell who was in the band, who was stage crew and who was a VIP. 

 

Bad stage management in my opinion. Audience should see no one except the performers.

 

Oh, and who let that one stage hand wear white socks and white trainers. 😆

[David B]

Had a great day. 12 hour drive each way so it was quite a trek. Tickets were still available on Ticketmaster on the morning of the event and these were not showing as re-sales. I did notice a surprising number of empty seats. My weekend away was a retirement gift from my children so I did not have to delve into the budgetary aspects of the trip (other than parking and some fast food). I have read some reviews bemoaning various aspects of it but I liked the variety of bands, the quick turnaround times and the general vibe. Live music doesn’t need to be perfect, it just needs to be fun. An unforgettable gig.

[Russ]

Been working my way through videos of the show. Haven't watched it all yet, but Gojira slayed, Tool smashed it (loving Justin's "bohemian caveman" look these days), Halestorm were fantastic, loved Jack Black's video contribution with Scott Ian and Tom Morello's sons, Metallica were, well, Metallica. Good, but you know exactly what you're going to get, and the two superstar jams were probably the highlight outside of Ozzy and Sabbath - Nuno Bettencourt didn't miss a note the whole day. There's a man who's done his homework. Sammy Hagar and Steven Tyler both sound amazing for 77, and the tune with Whitfield Crane, Nuno, Scott Ian, Frank Bello and II from Sleep Token was probably my highlight from the whole thing (Frank's new Spector sounds the b0llocks). That Yungblood bloke was pretty bloody good too. The only set I couldn't get through was G'n'R's - was not impressed.

 

More to watch, but what an event. Jealous of those of you who got to go. 

[bassbloke]

5 hours ago, Russ said:

Frank's new Sansamp Pedal sounds the b0llocks).

FTFY.  Granted it was an excellent bass sound, but I am finding that rock and metal bass tones now fall into one of two categories

 

1) Sansamp

2) Darkglass

 

GnR were woeful.  Only polished thing about them were Axl Rose's teeth.  He absolutely butchered Never Say Die.  I haven't heard a singer that out of time since the vocalist in my first band and that was 28 years ago.

Edited 4 hours ago by bassbloke

[Supernaut]

We'll just ignore Orange, Hiwatt and Matamp 😁

[JPJ]

We didn’t attempt to get tickets despite both being life long fans because we just don’t enjoy stadium gigs any more, especially not at the ridiculous prices they charge. As I said, I’ve been a fan for close to 50 years, and whilst I’ve loved the music, I didn’t really appreciate Geezer’s playing until I did a short stint in a Sabbath tribute and had to learn the songs properly. So far I’ve only seen YouTube clips from this latest final show, and looking at Ozzy, I’d say this really was the final ‘final’ show. But for me, they didn’t disgrace themselves or their legacy. Sure, they weren’t super tight but hey, it’s hardly like this gig was off the back of a tour where you could reasonably expect them to be road ready. Thinking out loud, I suppose Geezer and Tony could do a farewell gig with Tony Martin, just to close the whole thing down……….

[Russ]

5 hours ago, bassbloke said:

FTFY.  Granted it was an excellent bass sound, but I am finding that rock and metal bass tones now fall into one of two categories

 

1) Sansamp

2) Darkglass

 

GnR were woeful.  Only polished thing about them were Axl Rose's teeth.  He absolutely butchered Never Say Die.  I haven't heard a singer that out of time since the vocalist in my first band and that was 28 years ago.

Frank's bass was one of the few you could actually hear, apart from Geezer's (with his massive purple Ashdown rig, which I now really want  ) and Josh from Halestorm. Poor Rudy Sarzo deserved better in the all-star segments, he was completely buried in the mix.