{"id":38791,"date":"2025-07-05T23:20:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T23:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/05\/metallica-guns-n-roses-cover-black-sabbath-at-farewell-show-watch\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T23:20:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T23:20:37","slug":"metallica-guns-n-roses-cover-black-sabbath-at-farewell-show-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/05\/metallica-guns-n-roses-cover-black-sabbath-at-farewell-show-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Metallica, Guns N\u2019 Roses Cover Black Sabbath at Farewell Show: Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/ozzy-osbourne\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ozzy-osbourne\" data-tag=\"ozzy-osbourne\">Ozzy Osbourne<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/black-sabbath-original-members-reunite-ozzy-osbourne-final-concert-1235257226\/\">all-star farewell concert<\/a> on Saturday, dubbed Back to the Beginning, featured <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/metallica\/\" id=\"auto-tag_metallica\" data-tag=\"metallica\">Metallica<\/a> and Guns N\u2019 Roses, who paid tribute to Osbourne and the original <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/black-sabbath\/\" id=\"auto-tag_black-sabbath\" data-tag=\"black-sabbath\">Black Sabbath<\/a> at what was billed as their final show in Birmingham, England at Villa Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tMetallica was the penultimate band to perform before the Osbourne\/Black Sabbath finale performances. Metallica kicked off their set by covering Black Sabbath\u2019s \u201cHole in the Sky\u201d from 1975\u2019s <em>Sabotage<\/em> and they also covered \u201cJohnny Blade\u201d from 1978\u2019s <em>Never Say Die!, <\/em>as fan footage captured.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Back to the Beginning Black Sabbath Metallica \u2018\u2019Hole in the Sky\u2019 - Tales from the PowerAge\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JnH9GDDSNm0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tGuns N\u2019 Roses performed four Black Sabbath renditions, including opening with <em>Technical Ecstasy<\/em>\u2019s \u201cIt\u2019s Alright\u201d before launching into \u201cNever Say Die.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For the first time since 1992, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gunsnroses?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@gunsnroses<\/a> played It\u2019s Alright at Back to the Beginning in ode to Black Sabbath. \ud83d\udda4<\/p>\n<p>I love Sabbath and the night is about them and Ozzy, but for us GN\u2019R fans specifically, it\u2019s really special to hear this again in 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N5A4CFox9W\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/N5A4CFox9W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jen \u26a1\ufe0f (@TheGNRGiirl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheGNRGiirl\/status\/1941601897368125891?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">July 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Back to the Beginning &#039;Guns N&#039; Roses&#039; &quot;Never Say Die&quot; - Tales from the PowerAge #gunsnroses\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HjTO2Ii4-LM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tGuns N\u2019 Roses also performed \u201cJunior\u2019s Eyes\u201d from <em>Never Say Die! <\/em>along with the title track to 1973\u2019s <em>Sabbath Bloody Sabbath<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe charity gig featuring the four original Black Sabbath members \u2014 Osbourne, guitarist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/tony-iommi\/\">Tony Iommi<\/a>, bassist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/geezer-butler\/\">Geezer Butler<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0drummer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/bill-ward\/\">Bill Ward<\/a> \u2014 also included performances from Slayer, Pantera, Gojira, Alice in Chains, and more, with Tom Morello serving as the musical director. The event featured all-star jams that included Aerosmith\u2019s Steven Tyler, Smashing Pumpkins\u2019 Billy Corgan, Morello, Sammy Hagar, and more, including a team-up for a rendition of Led Zeppelin\u2019s \u201cWhole Lotta Love.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, Tom Morello &amp; more performing Led Zeppelin&#8217;s &#8220;Whole Lotta Love&#8221; at Back To The Beginning | Black Sabbath&#8217;s final show <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tMK4zBWnPe\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/tMK4zBWnPe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83c\udfb8 Rock History \ud83c\udfb8 (@historyrock_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/historyrock_\/status\/1941578151353778686?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">July 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s my time to go back to the beginning \u2026 time for me to give back to the place where I was born,\u201d Osbourne, who in recent years has been battling Parkinson\u2019s disease and underwent several spinal surgeries, said\u00a0of his \u201cfinal\u201d concert in a statement from February. \u201cHow blessed am I to do it with the help of people whom I love. Birmingham is the true home of metal. Birmingham for ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tProceeds from Back to the Beginning will benefit Cure Parkinson\u2019s, Birmingham Children\u2019s Hospital, and the Birmingham-based Acorns Children\u2019s Hospice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/metallica-guns-n-roses-cover-black-sabbath-final-concert-1235379387\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ozzy Osbourne\u2019s all-star farewell concert on Saturday, dubbed Back to the Beginning, featured Metallica and Guns N\u2019 Roses, who paid tribute to Osbourne and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":38792,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}