Anyone else doing the Black Sabbath live stream?

[ambient]

On 17/06/2025 at 08:32, markbunney said:

I had a chance to buy a ticket for villa park last week when they released some more for sale, but just couldn’t bring myself to pay £412.50 for a seat

 

My brother’s friend paid several thousand pounds for two tickets.

[markbunney]

18 minutes ago, ambient said:

 

My brother’s friend paid several thousand pounds for two tickets.

Wow - that’s a lot. The timings and running orders have been leaked and most bands only seem to be getting 15 minute slots, with Metallica only getting 30 mins.

 

im glad I am not going tbh

[Cosmo Valdemar]

1 hour ago, Lozz196 said:

Just watching a great vid on YouTube from Ashdown about Geezers set up for tonight.

Watching it now! I love Geezer. Really looking forward to watching in an hour!

[Bernmeister]

Yeah, I did see that earlier this morning.

I found it very interesting, not only from a specification point of view, but also of a visual point of view too. 
 

[Newfoundfreedom]

Half way thought and I'm loving it so far. 

 

I've never really been a fan of Yungblud but his cover of "Changes" was phenomenal. 

 

Gorija were there worst act so far for me but then again it's not really my thing. 

 

Looking forward to all the big guns coming on in the next few hours. 

 

 

[Cosmo Valdemar]

9 minutes ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

Half way thought and I'm loving it so far. 

 

I've never really been a fan of Yungblud but his cover of "Changes" was phenomenal. 

 

Gorija were there worst act so far for me but then again it's not really my thing. 

 

Looking forward to all the big guns coming on in the next few hours. 

 

 

Ditto - apart from Gojira, I think they're incredible.

AIC were a little lacklustre, and the less said about that disastrous drum battle the better but apart from that, it's been an absolute killer day so far.

[oldslapper]

I won’t be watching but just listened to my 2 favourite BS albums whilst doing the ironing this afternoon. Rock n Roll 

[Newfoundfreedom]

Great to Steve Tyler doing his thing again. One of the greatest rock vocalists of all time for me. 

[Misdee]

To me the most extraordinary thing about all this is how Black Sabbath have become part of the mainstream. 

 

I literally grew up listening to Sabbath.  I remember when I was a child my friends older brothers  having  Black Sabbath albums and me being fascinated by the artwork, even if I couldn't really understand the music at such a young age. By the time Never Say Die came out I was into it, though. Sabbath were my favourite band. Back in those day, Sabbath were an enigma. You hardly ever saw them on television or heard them on the radio. You certainly didn't know much about the individual personalities or their lives. They had a mystique to them.

 

Nowadays they are celebrated as a national institution. They played at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. They appear on breakfast TV. We all know what Ozzy's kitchen looks like. They've become another media-led commodity. It's all a bit weird to me, and something I never dreamt I would see in my lifetime.

 

The real Black Sabbath disappeared into history in a puff of white powder many years ago. They belong in another era, when they were untamed and a bit dangerous. What you are seeing today is a pantomime based on a true story, performed by geriatrics. 

 

 

Edited Saturday at 19:22 by Misdee

[Dad3353]

1 minute ago, Misdee said:

... What you are seeing today is a pantomime based on a true story, performed by geriatrics. 

 

Oh no it isn't. 

[Newfoundfreedom]

1 hour ago, Misdee said:

To me the most extraordinary thing about all this is how Black Sabbath have become part of the mainstream. 

 

I literally grew up listening to Sabbath.  I remember when I was a child my friends older brothers  having  Black Sabbath albums and me being fascinated by the artwork, even if I couldn't really understand the music at such a young age. By the time Never Say Die came out I was into it, though. Sabbath were my favourite band. Back in those day, Sabbath were an enigma. You hardly ever saw them on television or heard them on the radio. You certainly didn't know much about the individual personalities or their lives. They had a mystique to them.

 

Nowadays they are celebrated as a national institution. They played at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. They appear on breakfast TV. We all know what Ozzy's kitchen looks like. They've become another media-led commodity. It's all a bit weird to me, and something I never dreamt I would see in my lifetime.

 

The real Black Sabbath disappeared into history in a puff of white powder many years ago. They belong in another era, when they were untamed and a bit dangerous. What you are seeing today is a pantomime based on a true story, performed by geriatrics. 

 

 

 

I think that's true of all great bands of that era. At least the ones who didn't die in excess. 

 

Social media is largely responsible for taking away the mistique of many bands, actors and celebrities. Much of the time not for the better. 

[Harps]

I know the gig is over, but the live stream is way behind so waiting on the last Sabbath performance. 
 

I’ve watch since the start and loved pretty much every minute   Bloody fantastic

Edited Saturday at 23:10 by Harps

[Jack]

Well that was fun. 

[Misdee]

I have a strong suspicion that throne was actually a commode. 

 

I'm glad it went so well. I've only seen bits on YouTube.  What's for certain is that, even in the winter of their lives, Sabbath can still play, it sounds uniquely special and only they can work the magic that was Black Sabbath. Geezer Butler and Bill Ward, what a combination!

 

I certainly wouldn't have turned out to see it, but if everyone enjoyed themselves then good for them.

 

It's the end of an era that ended a long time ago.

Edited 17 hours ago by Misdee

[PaulWarning]

just watched the Sabbath set on youtube, wasn't embarrassing at all, Ossie's voice is still sounds the same, amazingly, you could tell he really wanted to stand up but the old legs wouldn't let him, rest of the band were spot on, a great way to go out.

Any lip readers out there? be interested to know what Ossie said when the rest of the band exited the stage and left him there

[Doctor J]

SHARRRROOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNN?

[PaulWarning]

1 hour ago, Doctor J said:

SHARRRROOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNN?

might have been fucccccccking SARRROOOOONNNNNNN, the cnuts have left me sitting here

[Newfoundfreedom]

4 hours ago, PaulWarning said:

just watched the Sabbath set on youtube, wasn't embarrassing at all, Ossie's voice is still sounds the same, amazingly, you could tell he really wanted to stand up but the old legs wouldn't let him, rest of the band were spot on, a great way to go out.

Any lip readers out there? be interested to know what Ossie said when the rest of the band exited the stage and left him there

 

I think he said "Turn the f@#king stage!" As he obviously couldn't leave on his own and once the rest of the band went off he was kind of just left sitting there. 

[Mudpup]

42 minutes ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

 

I think he said "Turn the f@#king stage!" As he obviously couldn't leave on his own and once the rest of the band went off he was kind of just left sitting there. 

Reckon he's still there????

[Beedster]

Still remember the first time I heard War Pigs, what a band

[Salt on your Bass?]

Loved the stream yesterday. Really awesome day and I thought the sound quality was ace. Bit of an abrupt edit though as I think geezer and Toni brought out a cake for Ozzy. 

 

Felt like a proper send off, those riffs are timeless and geezer is incredible as ever. 

[PaulWarning]

51 minutes ago, Salt on your Bass? said:

Loved the stream yesterday. Really awesome day and I thought the sound quality was ace. Bit of an abrupt edit though as I think geezer and Toni brought out a cake for Ozzy. 

 

Felt like a proper send off, those riffs are timeless and geezer is incredible as ever. 

so he could have been saying "Where's my fcuking cake" 😂

[Marvin]

I've watched a few clips on YouTube. 

 

I watched the Tool set. The sound wasn't great, at times the vocals were a bit buried. But then it's a support slot. Otherwise, a good set. I could listen to Danny Carey drum all day.

 

I watched various clips of Sabbath, and it sounded great. Ozzy, considering his health issues sounded fine. Iommi, Butler and Ward... power house. I'd also been watching Geezer Butler talking about his rig for the show. What a decent guy he is. I've never listened to Black Sabbath much, but I would have rather gone to their farewell than the other event on that night. They created a genre, they innovated and this was their farewell.

 

[Cosmo Valdemar]

9 hours ago, PaulWarning said:

just watched the Sabbath set on youtube, wasn't embarrassing at all, Ossie's voice is still sounds the same, amazingly, you could tell he really wanted to stand up but the old legs wouldn't let him, rest of the band were spot on, a great way to go out.

Any lip readers out there? be interested to know what Ossie said when the rest of the band exited the stage and left him there

A happy update on this - the band had left the stage briefly to get Ozzy a cake 😆

They came straight back on for their farewell but unfortunately the livestream was focused on the fireworks.

 

 

[RussFM]

I was there, had a great day! Geezer was amazing, he can still play as fast as he ever could. Ozzy was clearly struggling to talk and move, but absolutely nothing wrong with his will to entertain and belt out the lyrics.

 

Some of the choices weren't great (I could have skipped Sammy Hagar) but overall it was a perfect tribute to Sabbath and Ozzy. 

 

Shame Villa Park didn't plan to feed 40,000 people past 4pm and they were struggling with beer towards the end of the day too.