Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath finally confirms 2025 Farewell Show to Stream Worldwide.The show is being billed as a celebration, with the openers performing covers of Sabbath and Osbourne songs in addition to their own material. For example

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Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath finally confirms 2025 Farewell Show to Stream Worldwide.The show is being billed as a celebration, with the openers performing covers of Sabbath and Osbourne songs in addition to their own material. For example

Black Sabbath’s final show will now be live streamed for fans across the world to watch at home.

The Back to the Beginning concert will take place on July 5 in Birmingham, England and feature the original lineup of the band – Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward – performing together for the first time since 2005.

Osbourne, Iommi and Butler have toured repeatedly without Ward, most recently on their 2016-2017 The End tour. The upcoming show has been described as Osbourne’s last-ever live performance. The singer has been battling a series of health issues in recent years, including a 2020 Parkinson’s diagnosis.

They’ll be joined by some of rock and metal’s biggest names, including Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Slayer, Pantera, Gojira, Halestorm, Alice in Chains, Lamb of God, Anthrax, Mastodon, Sammy Hagar and more.

The show is being billed as a celebration, with the openers performing covers of Sabbath and Osbourne songs in addition to their own material. For example, Hagar has said that he will be performing “Flying High Again” from 1981’s Diary of a Madman. Due to his health, Osbourne himself is only expected to perform in a limited capacity.

“I’m not planning on doing a set with Black Sabbath, but I am doing little bits and pieces with them,” the singer explained on a recent episode of his SiriusXM show Ozzy Speaks (as transcribed by Blabbermouth). “I am doing what I can, where I feel comfortable.”

46 Farewell Tours: When Rock Stars Said Goodbye

They said it was the end, but it wasn’t really.

Cream (1968)

Cream had been together for barely two years when they decided to call it quits in 1968. Building discord and egos within the band led to Eric Clapton’s decision to call time on the whole endeavor, but not before the band engaged in a run of farewell performances. Two weeks of gigs in the U.S. were followed by a pair of shows at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Nov. 25 and 26. The group reunited at the same location 37 years later, performing four shows in 2005. Although these gigs were well-received, the band was unable to keep the momentum going when they added further performances at New York’s Madison Square. Old issues reared their heads once more, and these 2005 performances would prove to be Cream’s last.
Elton John (1977)

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Elton John (1977)

Elton John first made a serious overture that he was done with road work during a performance at Wembley Stadium in 1977. “I haven’t been touring for a long time and it’s been a painful decision, to decide whether to come back on the road or not,” he announced to the audience. “I’ve made a decision tonight … this is going to be the last show. There’s a lot more to me than playing on the road.” Had John stuck to his word, the singer would have ended his touring life roughly a decade after it began. Instead, he was back on the road again by 1979.
Doobie Brothers (1982)

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The Doobie Brothers (1982)

The relentless pace of the Doobie Brothers’ schedule of recording and touring in the ‘70s found members shuffling in and out of the lineup, particularly principal songwriter and singer Tom Johnston, who stepped away officially in the mid-’70s to address health problems. Joined by blue-eyed soul singer Michael McDonald, the group found a second life and new waves of success. But the relentless rigors of the road continued to wear on the remaining members. By the early ‘80s, they’d had enough and announced plans to disband, calling it quits after a high-profile farewell tour in 1982. But their individual prospects stalled as the decade progressed, and by the end of it, they were back together – without McDonald, who had developed a successful solo career post-Doobies. Fans finally got the best of both worlds in 2020 when the group announced its 50th-anniversary tour, with McDonald on board. The trek continues in 2023.

Ozzy Osbourne (1992)

After a couple of decades of debauchery in the music business, Ozzy Osbourne began his first retirement in November 1992. The Prince of Darkness had been mistakenly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and decided he’d be better off spending time with his family than enduring the grind of touring. The No More Tours tour ran from June 9 to Nov. 15, 1992, ending with a pair of shows in Costa Mesa, Calif., that included surprise performances with former Black Sabbath bandmates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward. Almost immediately after the farewell tour ended, Osbourne had a change of heart. “What else am I supposed to do?” he pondered. “Knit? No fucking way!”

Black Sabbath (1999)

Black Sabbath’s summer stint headlining Ozzfest ‘99 carried the banner of “The Last Supper,” with the marketing surrounding the trek promoting it as the end of the road for the Birmingham metal legends. But just like Ozzy Osbourne’s retirement attempts as a solo artist, Black Sabbath wasn’t finished. The group was back on the road by 2001.
Tina Turner (2000)

Tina Turner (2000)

A decade after she first announced she’d be leaving the stage behind, Tina Turner embarked on another farewell outing, this time dubbed the Twenty Four Seven tour. “I can’t keep up with Janet Jackson,” the singer said at the time, explaining her reasoning for quitting road work. “I’m not a diva like Diana Ross. I’m rock ‘n’ roll, but I’m happy I can do it one more time, so people can remember me at my best.” The Twenty Four Seven tour included 121 shows, with more than 2.4 million people watching the icon perform. The trek wrapped Dec. 6 in Anaheim, Calif., and Turner did indeed step away from the road for quite some time. Still, the lure of adoring fans is hard to ignore. Turner returned to the road in 2008, embarking on a 50th-anniversary tour that ran through 2009.

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