Ozzy Osbourne’s final ever gig as Black Sabbath’s frontman will be streamed worldwide after fans snapped up tickets for the hometown show, starring the original line-up, in just 16 minutes, the band said Friday.

Osbourne, who revealed in 2020 that he has Parkinson’s disease, will join Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward for the all-day “Back To The Beginning” show in Birmingham, central England, where the heavy metal giants formed in 1968.

The July 5 gig at Aston Villa Football Club’s Villa Park stadium will also feature sets by US rockers Metallica, Guns N’Roses, Tool and Slayer among others, as well as a short solo set by Osbourne.

It will be the original line-up’s first show together in 20 years and Osbourne’s swansong.

“With the concert … selling out in under 16 minutes, those

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