{"id":38801,"date":"2025-07-06T16:23:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T16:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/06\/back-to-the-beginning-photo-gallery\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T16:23:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T16:23:43","slug":"back-to-the-beginning-photo-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/06\/back-to-the-beginning-photo-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Back to the Beginning&#8217; Photo Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/ozzy-osbourne\/\">Ozzy Osbourne<\/a> ended his touring career in spectacular fashion Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Prince of Darkness was the guest of honor at the star-studded Back to the Beginning&#8217; concert, as a wide variety of hard rock and metal&#8217;s biggest acts performed their own songs as well as Osbourne and <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/black-sabbath\/\">Black Sabbath<\/a> covers to commemorate his retirement from live performances.<\/p>\n<p>Osbourne then closed out the show with <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/ozzy-osbourne-last-show-video\/\">a five-song solo set<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/black-sabbath-last-show\/\">a four-song reunion with the original lineup of Black Sabbath<\/a>, overcoming years of health setbacks to say goodbye to the stage on his own terms.<\/p>\n<p>You can see dozens of live photos from the event below, as well as candid backstage and rehearsals photos posted by various rock stars on social media.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the Osbourne and Sabbath sets, the day&#8217;s highlights included <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/guns-n-roses\/\">Guns N&#8217; Roses<\/a> performing <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/guns-n-roses-black-sabbath-covers\/\">four different Black Sabbath covers<\/a> during their six-song set, and <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/metallica\/\">Metallica<\/a> basically setting the stadium on fire <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/metallica-black-sabbath-reunion-set-list-video\/\">with their take on &#8216;Hole in the Sky.<\/a>&#8216;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/aerosmith\/\">Aerosmith<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/steven-tyler\/\">Steven Tyler<\/a> made an impressive return to the stage, singing as well as you could possibly ever remember as he and an all-star band tore through &#8220;Train Kept a Rollin&#8217;,&#8221; &#8220;Walk This Way&#8221; and <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/led-zeppelin\/\">Led Zeppelin<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;Whole Lotta Love.&#8221; We don&#8217;t want to get our expectations up, but it was impossible not to hope this was the start of some form of return to action.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/who-covered-which-black-sabbath-songs-at-back-to-the-beginning\/\">Our Full &#8216;Back to the Beginning&#8217; Set List and Video Report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The entire &#8216;Back to the Beginning&#8217; concert is still available to purchase for on-demand live streaming at the event&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/backtothebeginning.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">Ozzy&#8217;s Final Show: &#8216;Back to the Beginning&#8217; Photo Gallery<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>Rock and Metal&#8217;s biggest stars pay tribute to Ozzy and Black Sabbath<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Matthew Wilkening<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/rest\/carbon\/api\/scripts.js?mver=159&#038;gver=6&#038;bid=295&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fbtloader.com%2Ftag%3Fo%3D5642230212591616%26upapi%3Dtrue&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.p-n.io%2Fpushly-sdk.min.js%3Fdomain_key%3DmxuuNIMSzp6MHphJEoAGlLFQ3qmwQguzkGZl&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Ftownsquare.media%2Fpublic%2Fresources%2Fjs%2Fpubcid.min.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.twitter.com%2Fwidgets.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fapis.google.com%2Fjs%2Fplatform.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Fsdk.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.pinterest.com%2Fjs%2Fpinit.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer data-osano=\"ESSENTIAL\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/ozzy-osbourne-last-show-photos\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ozzy Osbourne ended his touring career in spectacular fashion Saturday night. 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