Tony Iommi And Metalhead Welcome The Enthusiasm Of The Last Black Sabbath Show With The Initial Formation

Black Sabbath Guitarist Tony Iommi (right) and Sharon Osbourne (Instagram @tonyiommi)

JAKARTA - Tony Iommi (guitar) was a figure who was gamang when Ozzy Osbourne (vocals) previously expressed his hope for the final Black Sabbath show with original personnel withester Butler (bass) and Bill Ward (drums).

But when the last Black Sabbath show was officially announced in Birmingham on July 5 Iommi looked so enthusiastic.

Through her Instagram account, the 76-year-old guitarist shared an emotional statement, featuring a photo of herself with Ozzy's wife Sharon Osbourne at Villa Park, the stadium to be used for the final Black Sabbath show.

This is an extraordinary journey, but it deserves to end here, where it all started, in Aston. It's great to get a tribute from fellow musicians and at the same time supporting a good goal, "wrote Iommi, citing the caption of the post, Thursday, February 6.

"All of this will not be possible without Ozzy, Right, and Bill. What we created together was bigger than anyone else of us, and I will always be grateful for that," he continued.

Meanwhile, Black Sabbath will appear with the starting formation for the first time in 20 years. This heavy metal pioneer will appear on stage to become the main performer in a show titled BACK TO THE BEGINNING.

Iommi also welcomed the involvement of Tom Morello guitarist Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave who will act as music director.

"This will be the greatest heavy metal show ever," said Iommi.

Enthusiasm is not only shown by Black Sabbath personnel, metalheads also seem so enthusiastic about this show.

"I'm ready to do anything to get a ticket for this (concert)," wrote one fan in the comments column.

"It's amazing! I can't wait to see them," said another fan.

"I'm going to find a way to go to England, whatever it is. I'm really blown away by knowing (the last show of Black Sabbath) is happening," said another fan.

The last Black Sabbath show will also feature dozens of other musicians, such as Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, Pantera, Sammy totaling, Zakk Wylde, Wolfgang Van Halen, Slash, Zakk, Lamb of God, KK Downing, and Gojira.

In addition, there are also Billy Corgan from SimishingGods, David Draiman from Disturbed, Duff McKagan from Guns N Roses, Fred Durst from Limp Bizkit, Papa V Perpetua from Ghost, Jonathan Davis from Korn, Mastodon, Alice In Chains, Lzzy Hale, Jake E Lee, Mike Bordin from Faith No More, Rudy Sarzo, Sleep Token ii from, and Halestorm.