No visible tattoos for this performerpublished at 19:06 British Summer Time 5 July
Wait, hold on! There’s a heavy metal guitarist on stage with no visible tattoos.
That said, Pantera’s Zakk Wylde’s got one heck of a beard though!
Summary
Black Sabbath's Back to the Beginning farewell gig rocked out Birmingham on Saturday
Frontman Ozzy Osbourne took to the stage on throne to perform five songs
Then the band played their final ever show with the frontman saying "thank you from the bottom of our hearts"
"Without Sabbath there would be no Metallica" - James Hetfield told the crowd earlier in the day
Steven Tyler, of Aerosmith and the Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood were among the guests at Villa Park
No visible tattoos for this performerpublished at 19:06 British Summer Time 5 July
BBC Radio WM live at Villa Parkpublished at 18:58 British Summer Time 5 July
Ed James (centre) is all smiles just ahead of this evening's programme on BBC Radio WM, live from Villa Park - Back To The Beginning.
There's due to be commentary, interviews and atmosphere from the big night.
You can listen to his programme until 22:00 BST on 95.6FM, DAB and BBC Sounds.
Producer Leona Smart and engineer Andy Walters are enjoying it too...
'Bat' spotted in crowdpublished at 18:53 British Summer Time 5 July
Wouldn’t be an Ozzy gig without a bat somewhere around.
Think it’s a safe distance from the stage. Very sensible when the Prince of Darkness is around!
'The greatest of all time'published at 18:42 British Summer Time 5 July
Ian Youngs
Entertainment and Arts reporterPantera frontman Phil Anselmo told the crowd the artists on the bill "would all be different people" without Black Sabbath.
"That's the truth. I wouldn't be up here with this microphone in my hand without Black Sabbath. The greatest of all time," he added.
He then led the crowd in a chant of the band's name before adding: "Love you, love Black Sabbath, man."
Here for the vibespublished at 18:31 British Summer Time 5 July
Shaggy and Mick from Cannock have been speaking to PJ from BBC Radio WM.
They could not get tickets, but said they still came to Birmingham for the buzz, to carry on the party vibes.
Jack Black appears on screenpublished at 18:21 British Summer Time 5 July
Ben Sidwell
BBC Midlands Today, Villa Park
The crowd have just been treated to a video of Jack Black and some incredibly talented youngsters - no doubt from the School of Rock - who belted out the Ozzy classic "Mr Crowley".
Of course, Black knows all about the rock genre himself - he's lead singer and guitarist for the duo Tenacious D.
Jason Mamoa goes into the crowdpublished at 18:11 British Summer Time 5 July
Leona Smart
Broadcast Journalist, BBC Radio WMJason Mamoa introduces Pantera and goes straight into the crowd to get in the mosh pit!!
Pantera lead singer Phil Anselmo has no shoes on - it's all going on here!
Extreme star pays tribute to Diogo Jotapublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 5 July
Nuno Bettencourt, from rockers Extreme, who was born in Portugal, paid tribute to Diogo Jota from the stage at Villa Park.
Jota, 28, and his brother, fellow footballer André Silva, 25, have been honoured by their family, friends and teammates at a joint funeral in Portugal, after they died in a car crash on Thursday.
It's only Whole Lotta Love...!published at 17:53 British Summer Time 5 July
That’ll just be Led Zeppelin’s Whole Lotta Love by one of the greatest heavy metal supergroups ever put together then...
Gig set to give city £20m boostpublished at 17:49 British Summer Time 5 July
Vanessa Pearce
BBC News, West Midlands
Image source, ReutersImage caption, Ozzy Osbourne's final show is proving hugely beneficial to his home city
Black Sabbath's show today will help to boost the West Midlands economy by up to £20m, new figures revealed.
The West Midlands Growth Company said as many as 300,000 music, sport and food fans would descend on Birmingham for what is being described as a "super weekend".
At the end of June, hotels in the city were at 89% capacity for the weekend.
As well as the final homecoming of Ozzy Osbourne's band, there is a concert by Jeff Lynne's ELO, test match cricket at Edgbaston and the Colmore Food Festival.
Dave Longmate, owner of Subside Bar in Digbeth, is showing a stream of the concert.
"It's enormous really," he said.
"We've already had messages from people from all over the UK, from Ireland, from Europe and even from America saying that they're coming over for the event."
Aerosmith-Rolling Stones 'supergroup'published at 17:35 British Summer Time 5 July
Crowds have been roaring as Steven Tyler and Ronnie Wood shared the stage at Villa Park.
Check out the huge names now on stagepublished at 17:24 British Summer Time 5 July
Guess who just joined the supergroup? Only Steven Tyler from Aerosmith and Ronnie Wood from The Rolling Stones. I told you it was going to be big.
Dolly Parton appears on-screenpublished at 17:23 British Summer Time 5 July
Ben Sidwell
BBC Midlands Today, Villa Park
I was joking earlier when I said there was going to be some Country and Western music... but it looks like I've summoned Dolly Parton on screen.
But, between stage changes there are videos from some huge rock and metal stars who could not be here for the gig, and Dolly is also among them, paying tribute to Sabbath on this massive day.
Happy ending for Sabbath super fanpublished at 17:06 British Summer Time 5 July
David Sillito
Media and Arts correspondent
Image source, Alex WoodfordNow this is a feel-good story.
Alex Woodford, Sabbath super fan, spoke to the BBC last week about how he was unable to get tickets.
Well, the organisers took pity, and this week, he was told on BBC Breakfast that he did in fact have a ticket.
Here he is, in the stadium today.
West Midlands heavy metal royalty on stagepublished at 16:56 British Summer Time 5 July
Ben Sidwell
BBC Midlands Today, Villa Park
Another member of West Midlands’ heavy metal royalty, KK Downing from Judas Priest, has just done Breaking The Law, with yet another metal supergroup.
Just wait until you see who’s joining them in a minute!
Sabbath bridge still drawing crowdspublished at 16:52 British Summer Time 5 July
Things have well and truly kicked off at Villa Park with the bands thrashing out their hits, but back at the Black Sabbath bridge, crowds are still queuing to get their picture taken with the "stars of the show".
Here's how it looked mid-afternoon at Brindley Place.
No tickets, but the party continuespublished at 16:41 British Summer Time 5 July
Sarah Julian
BBC Radio WM, AstonThese fans couldn't get tickets and are having a picnic in Witton Lane Gardens near the stadium.
They can just about hear what’s going on.
There are lots of people sitting here - some from places like Finland and Germany.
Vibes are good, they're chatting, drinking and listening to the music, continuing the party.
French death metal band takes to the stagepublished at 16:30 British Summer Time 5 July
Ben Sidwell
BBC Midlands Today, Villa ParkTime for a bit of melodic Country & Western music now…
Only kidding, it’s the French death metal band Gojira!
When translated into English, from Japanese (you still following this?) it means Godzilla.
And the best leather jacket goes to...published at 16:27 British Summer Time 5 July
Ben Sidwell
BBC Midlands Today, Villa Park
Winner of the best leather jacket (so far) goes to William DuVall from Alice In Chains!
It's a competition we've made up entirely, but would it really be a metal gig if we didn't mention the leather jackets?!
Hello Ecuador!published at 16:18 British Summer Time 5 July
David Sillito
Media and Arts correspondentThe draw for this concert has been truly global as we've seen today.
These fans were from Ecuador and proud of it, as well as clearly looking forward to partying with Ozzy and chums!
