Ozzy Osbourne's Final Black Sabbath Concert Heads to Vinyl December 11

Ozzy Osbourne's final Black Sabbath performance arrives on vinyl, CD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD on December 11. Mercury Studios announced the release plans on Wednesday for Ozzy Osbourne & Black Sabbath: Back to the Beginning, the two-hour concert film that documents the singer's last show. The film opened in theaters today.

The concert took place on July 5, 2025, 17 days before Osbourne died on July 22, 2025. More than 44,000 fans filled Villa Park stadium in Birmingham, England — Osbourne's hometown — for the farewell tribute. The 10-hour event featured performances by Metallica, Mastodon, Slayer and Guns N' Roses, alongside Osbourne's own final solo set. The show also reunited Black Sabbath's original lineup on stage for the first time in almost 20 years.

What do the physical releases include?

The December 11 editions span digital and physical formats: 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, CD and vinyl. Physical versions will carry bonus material from the event:

• Behind-the-scenes footage of the concert
• Video tributes from Dolly Parton
• Video tributes from AC/DC

Preorders are open now. In plain terms: fans who missed the one-day Birmingham event get the full film plus archival extras, in a format built to last.

What did Sharon Osbourne say about the concert?

Sharon Osbourne, in a rare interview with Rolling Stone earlier this month, said her husband was proud of the show and called it a lasting musical artifact. "It's bittersweet. It's amazing. Everything about the show was amazing and just a joyous occasion and one that will go down in music history," she said. "It's just something that will stand the test of time. It was groundbreaking for what it was. Like everything with Ozzy, he's the first."

She also revealed that Osbourne's medical team had advised against the performance — and that he refused to cancel. "They advised us not to do the show. They said it would kill him. We were all together and Ozzy said, 'It's not an option. It's what I want,'" Sharon told Rolling Stone. "He said, 'I know I'm dying. If I miss a few months of my life, I want to go this way. This is what I want.'"

She continued: "It was his wishes and we went through it. He was very, very emotional. But you know what? It was beautiful too. It was amazing. How lucky was he to go out that way? I say he went out like a Viking. It was the way he wanted."

Why the release matters

The numbers frame the scale: 44,000 attendees, 10 hours of live music, a 20-year wait for the original lineup's reunion, and 17 days between the show and Osbourne's death. The December 11 package turns a single July day in Birmingham into a permanent archive — film, soundtrack and tribute footage combined. Sharon Osbourne's prediction that the concert "will go down in music history" now has its physical载体 in stores, and the vinyl edition in particular positions the final Sabbath performance as a collectible rather than a stream-bound footnote.