Love them or hate them, the four lads from Brum left one hell of a legacy.
Would have loved to have been there.
Thank you lads.
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Neither love nor hate for them, but would prefer to give them my hard-earned shekels than the Gallagher brothers… 
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Black Sabbath featured large in my formative musical years … listening to music and playing power chord riffs.
My eldest sister had their first album and when I visited her house she played it for me on the stereo system, loud and raw. That was a monumental moment for a young teenager and my life was changed. In years that followed soon after I bought all their albums up to Technical Ecstasy with Ozzy plus Heaven and Hell with Dio. I saw Ozzy on the Blizzard of Ozz tour (with Randy Rhoads) at Middlesbrough Town Hall and Black Sabbath (with Ronnie James Dio) at Newcastle City Hall (Heaven & Hell tour) and Scarborough Spa (Mob Rules tour). Tony Iommi was one of my first guitar ‘heroes’ - those riffs just killed me. They are still unrivalled for power and groove. The whole band rocked and rolled.
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It looked like a great concert and I am keeping fingers crossed for a physical release down the line.
The first thing I ever learnt to play on a guitar was the Paranoid riff back at school in the early '90s.
While I love early Sabbath, it is the Tony Martin era that I have a soft spot for, my cassette tape of Headless Cross seeing a lot of action back in the day
I saw them play with Ozzy at Ozzfest in Milton Keynes in the late '90s. Amazing show but I remember being burnt to a crisp in the heat that year 
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I watched the stream of the concert, it was pretty well-organized and entertaining, although I’ve never been very keen on metal.
It was great to see the original Sabbath lineup play for one last time, even if it was only 4 songs. I’m sure Ozzy gave as much as was realistically possible in his condition.
Me too, the line up and special guest are amazing.
I have been watching it all morning. Its absolutly fantastic.
KK Downing, Jake E Lee, Rudy Sarzo, its great to see those guys up there ripping it up. It was also cool seeing Zakk Wylde. That guy is a monster. Imagine playing Pantera (in thebband now) in the morning and then reunited again that night with Ozzy. That was good to see.
I have not gotten through everything yet but Mastadon and Anthrax were great. GnR, slash is such a shredder. Even the drum off was amazing. I am still watching, but picking and choosing what I can find.
Wow Richard, those are amazing showes. I was lucky and saw Ozzy on the Diary Madman tour In Tucson Convention Center. I had no idea how special at the time i was not a teen yet. But I was when he came back in 84 with Motley Crew and he was a mess. It still rocked. And the lord of Darkness gets a pass from me.
The Heven and Hell has one of my all time favorite album art covers ever. Dio was amazing in his own right. (RIP)
Mob Rules is a great song.
Richard you were so metal. 
Me too.
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Didn’t know it had been streamed. Do you have a link ? 
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I do, it is a play list. A couple have been removed already. The GnR, mercury records wants their piece. Haha
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhJnZ7nX4dSLDsCky8jkLpAN8pDU-SZ14
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Cool thanks for that, will take my time and enjoy the gig. 
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Similar story here: my older sister had Paranoid, Mob Rules, Volume 4 and Born Again on vinyl, and Live Evil on a cassette (among a load of other great stuff, like Led, Kraftwerk, etc.)
I was hooked on this stuff from my early teens, maybe even before that 
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I saw Black Sabbath @ st.georges hall Bradford around 1979 they had just released never say die, as a 17 year old I was blown away especially as a relatively unknown band called van halen were support!
Happy days 
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What a sad day, I’ve literally been crying since. My old band covered a lot of Ozzy whether it was Sabbath or his solo stuff. I come here to mourn with old friends.
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Good to see you back John. Hope you’re well
You can check out any time you like, but… 
Sorry you’re feeling sad, Bro 
but the dude had one helluva life!
Good to see you still keeping a tight bottom end
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