Ozzy Osbourne beamed for the camera as he posed for a powerful snap ahead of the Black Sabbath concert at Villa Park on July 5. In a collaboration post between Aston Villa Football Club and Ozzy, the Prince of Darkness posed with a host of rock and metal stars ahead of the superconcert.

Bev Bevan explores the origins of heavy metal music and Black Sabbath's homecoming gig, with interviews and music from Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Slipknot. As the music stops, fireworks go off above Villa Park as the founders of heavy metal bow out of their unbelievable career.

Ozzy Osbourne was overwhelmed with emotion as he played his last-ever gig tonight. The Black Sabbath rocker, 76, took to the stage at Villa Park in Birmingham for the Back to the Beginning show, in which he delivered a short solo set before being joined by bandmates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward.