Black Sabbath fans were left unhappy as they headed over to Ticketmaster to purchases tickets for their last gig and realised the cost.
Ozzy Osbourne will reunite with his Black Sabbath bandmates one last time to play a fundraising concert in Birmingham on July 5.
The heavy metal stars will headline a one-day festival at Villa Park, featuring dozens of bands they inspired, including Metallica, Pantera, Slayer, Gojira and Anthrax, writes The Mirror.
There will also be performances from Alice In Chains and Lamb of God as well as a supergroup performance of members from Limp Bizkit, Van Halen, The Smashing Pumpkins and Faith No More.
When the special gig was announced, fans were absolutely delighted and couldn’t wait to get their hands on tickets.
However, when they saw the pre-sale ticket prices, fans took to social media to rant about the cost. Pre-sale ticket prices ranged between £197.50 to as much as £834 when they went on sale.
One fan shared a picture of the seating price of £487.50.and penned: “I know it’s for charity but come on now.”
Another fan wrote: “I don’t wanna hear s*** when the pop girlies charge £100 for a ticket,” while one commented: “Black Sabbath charging £420 for nosebleeds that aren’t VIP is actually f***ing insane.”
One fan shared a screenshot of the ticket price for the Gold Circle “with an Ultimate Side of Stage Experience”. “I’d expect to be rocking out on stage with Black Sabbath for the price of these tickets,” he wrote as he shared the £2,932.50 price tag on X, formerly known as Twitter.
“Man, I knew black sabbath tickets were gonna be expensive but over 800 pounds for tickets is actually a crime wtf,” another complained. Someone else slammed the Ticketmaster website as they wrote: “In the sale for Black Sabbath for the site to say it can’t load tickets, what’s going on.”
General sale tickets went live this morning here.
The proceeds from the gig will be split equally across three charities -Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Acorn Children’s Hospice and Cure Parkinson’s – a cause that is close to Ozzy’s heart as he has lived with Parkinson’s since 2020.
The all-day event will be the first time that Black Sabbath’s original line-up, including Ozzy, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward – have played together in over 20 years.
Ozzy, who previously paused touring due his Parkinson’s battle, is expected to play a short solo set before joining his bandmates.