Mark Your Calendar: 📆 Black Sabbath’s highly anticipated farewell concert set to happen this July at Villa Park in Birmingham — and that’s straight from Sammy Hagar. Sammy Hagar (The Red Rocker) Reveals Legendary rocker Ozzy Osbourne will only sing five songs while others like..

Mark Your Calendar: 📆 🗓️ Black Sabbath’s highly anticipated farewell concert set to happen this July at Villa Park in Birmingham — and that’s straight from Sammy Hagar. Sammy Hagar (The Red Rocker) Reveals Legendary rocker Ozzy Osbourne will only sing five songs while others like….

Ozzy Osbourne to Perform Just Five Songs at Black Sabbath Farewell Show, Sammy Hagar (The Red Rocker) Reveals
Legendary rocker Ozzy Osbourne will only sing five songs at Black Sabbath’s highly anticipated farewell concert this July at Villa Park in Birmingham — and that’s straight from Sammy Hagar.

In a recent interview on Loudwire Nights, the former Van Halen frontman shared that Ozzy’s performance will be limited to a handful of songs, likely due to ongoing health concerns. Hagar, who’s set to open the sold-out event and perform “Fly High Again,” said the news came to him through none other than Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, who’s serving as the show’s musical director.

“I originally picked ‘No More Tears’ for my set,” Hagar explained. “Tom thought it was a great idea, but then he came back and told me, ‘Hey, Ozzy wants to sing that one himself — he’s planning to do five songs.’”

The farewell concert promises to be a historic night. For the first time in two decades, Osbourne will reunite on stage with Geezer Butler, Bill Ward, and Tony Iommi as Black Sabbath’s original lineup. The bill also includes a powerhouse lineup of support acts like Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Gojira, Halestorm, Alice In Chains, Lamb of God, Anthrax, and Mastodon.

Ozzy’s limited set is believed to stem from his ongoing battle with Parkinson’s disease. Still, he’s not taking the moment lightly — he recently told fans he’s been “in heavy training” to prepare for the performance, though he tempered expectations by admitting he’ll only be doing “little bits and pieces.”

Not everyone is convinced the Prince of Darkness will make it through the night. Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan expressed some doubts during the same interview. “I’m cautiously optimistic,” Keenan said. “I don’t know what kind of miracles it’ll take to get him through the set — but it’s going to be a challenge.”

Despite the uncertainty, the event has a strong philanthropic spirit. All proceeds will go to charity, split evenly between Cure Parkinson’s, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, and Acorn Children’s Hospice — the latter of which is supported by Aston Villa Football Club.