So it was surreal to stand on a football pitch with 45,000 strong to witness the end of this grand, institutional group who has touched me personally, professionally, and at times even intimately in stolen moments of work and camaraderie.

Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has described Black Sabbath's final concert as "beautiful and bittersweet," sharing an emotional tribute to the heavy metal legends following their last-ever performance in Birmingham.

Original Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward will take one final, long-deserved bow with Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Ozzy Osbourne at the Back To The Beginning concert, taking place July 5 at Villa Park in Birmingham.