Billy Corgan and Steven Tyler formed part of a supergroup at Black Sabbath‘s final show, which also featured Sammy Hagar, members of Rage Against The Machine and more.
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This was part of Black Sabbath’s final ever show, dubbed ‘Back To The Beginning’, which took place at Villa Park in their hometown on Saturday night (July 5). It was the final farewell for the iconic heavy metal band, with founding members Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward playing alongside each other for the first time since 2005.
In addition to Black Sabbath, a slew of other staple names in the world of rock joined the legendary Birmingham band at the event – providing a total of almost 10 hours of music. This included a supergroup, which featured Billy Corgan, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, Sammy Hagar, members of Rage Against the Machine, Tool, and more.
Corgan joined Tom Morello for covers of Judas Priest’s ‘Breaking the Law’ and Black Sabbath’s ‘Snowblind’. Meanwhile, Hagar sang Ozzy’s ‘Flying High Again’, and Ghost’s Papa performed ‘Bark at the Moon’.
Then, Steven Tyler was joined by The Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood for ‘Train Kept a Rollin’ and later for a medley of ‘Walk This Way’ and Led Zeppelin’s ‘Whole Lotta Love’.
Check out some footage from the show below.
Steven Tyler, Ronnie Wood, Tom Morello, Tobias Forge, Billie Corgan, Travis Barker
Danny Carey, Nuno Bettencourt & Chad Smith performing at Back To The Beginning | Black Sabbath’s final show pic.twitter.com/SKl4h6E0gT— 🎸 Rock History 🎸 (@historyrock_) July 5, 2025
A who’s who of hard rock music history played sets at ‘Back To The Beginning’, including members of The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Rage Against The Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Blink-182 joining forces for a Led Zeppelin cover and Yungblud leading another supergroup in a version of ‘Changes’, which they dedicated to the late footballer Diogo Jota.
Elsewhere at the gig, Jason Momoa started a circle pit during Pantera‘s set. As they played ‘Cowboys From Hell’, the actor took out his hair braid, climbed over the barricade and started a circle pit, before crowd-surfing back to the stage.
In an interview with The Guardian earlier this year, Osbourne looked ahead to playing the last Black Sabbath show in good health, saying: “I’ll be there, and I’ll do the best I can. All I can do is turn up.” From there, there were also suggestions that he “may be sitting down” on stage, and rumours that he’d be performing from a “throne that flies over the stadium”.
His wife and manager, Sharon, also said to NME that, although he now “can’t walk” as a result of Parkinson’s, his illness “doesn’t affect his voice”. “He wants to say thank you to everybody,” she explained to us at Villa Park. “He didn’t have that chance because of his illness, but now he does have the chance.”
