If you were one of the 40,000 people crammed into Villa Park on July 5 for the Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath farewell show, you should consider yourself lucky. The screens next to the stage showed everything you would want to see, and you were there to enjoy the atmosphere of the last goodbye.
If you watched the live stream of the event, and more than 2 million people worldwide did, you also got a great viewing experience until the very last moment. The live stream was on a two-hour delay, so enough time for the production team to make edits, but the final moment was left strange.
Those watching on their computers and TVs were left to wonder why Black Sabbath had not done a final bow together and seemingly walked off stage after their final song leaving Ozzy to be stuck in his chair-throne by himself. Only Ozzy seemed confused by this.
The moment at the end of the live stream of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath was not reality
There was a close-up of him where he seemed to mouth something about getting him off the stage. The reality, thankfully, was quite different.
What we couldn't see on the live stream is that after Sabbath had finished playing "Paranoid," guitarist Tony Iommi didn't leave, but he came over to Ozzy and the two had a short but affecting conversation. Bassist Geezer Butler left the stage but came back with a cake that had Ozzy's image on it, which he presented to the singer.
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Instead of an awkward moment at the end of an otherwise excellent farewell gig, there was a heart-warming one where Sabbath said goodbye to Ozzy. The production value on the live stream was high, but the one fail moment at the end definitely hurt the overall feel.
And the long-planned concert did come off remarkably well. The other legendary bands paying homage to Sabbath and Ozzy by playing covers was brilliant, and a huge thanks should go to concert music director Tom Morello for that.
There were only a few subpar moments, and the event even gave lesser-known bands such as Rival Sons a chance to show how good they were. Everyone came out a winner, except for live-stream viewers in the final moments.