When Black Sabbath played their final show of their ‘The End’ world tour to their hometown of Birmingham, they brought down the curtain on one of the most influential careers in music that had lasted almost half a century.
Thankfully, the emotional scenes were captured for one last doco/concert film, The End of The End, which works that final show in with other behind the scenes footage taken in the studio to put a final exclamation mark on their pioneering efforts in heavy metal.
Later this year, the film will be released to 1500 cinemas worldwide for a single night, bringing Sabbath fans together in cinemas instead of stadiums. Australia can boast as many metalheads per capita as just about anywhere else in the world, and we’ll be getting our own screenings across the country.
“To bring it all back home after all these years was pretty special,” Sabbath said after the tour was all said and done. “It was so hard to say goodbye to the fans, who’ve been incredibly loyal to us through the years. We never dreamed in the early days that we’d be here 49 years later doing our last show on our home turf.”
And of course Ozzie put it best: “What a journey we’ve all had. It’s fucking amazing”
Tickets are on sale now for the September 28 screenings, and if your neck of the woods isn’t on the list you can get some Sabbath fans together to request it. Tickets, session times/locations and more info are available here.
The band recently took out the #1 spot on Rolling Stone’s list of best metal albums of all time, and Ozzie celebrated by giving his own top 10.
