Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath have gone out with a bang at what they say will be their final gig, in front of 40,000 fans and supported by an all-star line-up of rock legends who have been influenced by the founding fathers of heavy metal.

Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath played their final concert together with an epic send-off at Birmingham's Villa Park on Saturday (July 5). The gig, billed as ‘Back to Beginning,' was a homage to Ozzy and the metal titans who formed in Birmingham back in 1968.

The Back To The Beginning concert was billed as the "final bow" for the man revered as a founder of heavy metal after several years of health problems, including Parkinson's disease.