Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne’s farewell show at Villa Park in Birmingham, England ended up raising over $190 million for charity. The large sum of money will be donated to Cure Parkinson’s, the Birmingham Children’s Hospital, and Acorn Children’s Hospice. Notably, 40,000 people attended the concert and 5.8 million people watched the livestream.
The show’s musical director Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine, etc.) reflected on the show:
“1. Boom. We set out to not just create the greatest day in the history of heavy metal.
2. Generals gathered in their masses. @tonyiommi
3. @iamstevent rocked the joint to the ground.
4. @adamjones_tv of @toolmusic & I played in a band together in high school in Libertyville but haven’t shared the stage in decades…until now.
5. I’m a huge @judaspriest fan and doing the synchronized metal chug with @kkspriest during “Breaking The Law” was epic.
6. An indisputable statement after last weekend.
7. @jackblack lifting my @romanmorello1 during their “Mr. Crowley” tribute brought a tear.
8. Our great host @prideofgypsies Jason Momoa & I going through his script.
9. And then a dude from @therollingstones showed up.
10. THANKYOU @ozzyosbourne for trusting me to be the Musical Director of the “Back To The Beginning” show.
It was over a year of hard work but heavy metal was the music that made me love music and it was a labor of love. We raised a ton of money for a great cause and so many great musicians & bands & fans all over the world paid tribute to the ALL TIME greats.”
Metal Anarchy 
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