Guns N’ Roses and Tool added to Ozzy and Black Sabbath’s final show at Villa Park

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Guns N’ Roses, Tool and Rival Sons will perform at Ozzy Osbourne’s farewell show in Birmingham on 5 July.

This all-star event - billed as Back To The Beginning - sold out in less than 10 minutes last week.

The show will feature the reunion of the original Black Sabbath - Ozzy, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward – plus a solo set from Ozzy and performances from a host of major acts.

Also confirmed for the event are Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Gojira, Alice In Chains, Halestorm, Lamb Of God, Anthrax and Mastodon.

The all-day event will also feature a supergroup with a revolving cast of musicians which will feature the following names:

Andrew Watt, Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Dave Ellefson, Vernon Reid (Living Colour) and Whitfield Crane (Ugly Kid Joe), will join Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins), David Draiman (Disturbed), Frank Bello (Anthrax), Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit), Jake E Lee, Jonathan Davis (Korn), KK Downing, Lzzy Hale (Halestorm), Mike Bordin (Faith No More), Rudy Sarzo, Sammy Hagar, Scott Ian (Anthrax), Sleep Token ii (Sleep Token), Papa V Perpetua (Ghost), Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine), and Wolfgang Van Halen.

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Paul Elliott
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Paul Elliott has worked for leading music titles since 1985, including Sounds, Kerrang!, MOJO and Q. He is the author of several books including the first biography of Guns N’ Roses and the autobiography of bodyguard-to-the-stars Danny Francis. He has written liner notes for classic album reissues by artists such as Def Leppard, Thin Lizzy and Kiss. He lives in Bath - of which David Coverdale recently said: “How very Roman of you!”

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