Billy Corgan, an American guitarist and front man of Smashing PumpkinsRecently, Black Sabbath’s last concert, held at Villa Park on Saturday, July 5th.
Corgan brought to social media to share an emotional post and wrote “I first heard Black Sabbath on my uncle’s stereo about 50 years ago. So it was surreal to stand on a 45,000 strong football field to witness the end of this large, institutional group that has touched me personally, professionally and at times even intimately in stealing moments of work.”
He also honored the show’s architect, Sharon Osbourne, and said, “Music is of course the soundtrack of our lives, but yesterday in my estimate was something really special. As a three -dimensional soundtrack was designed in real time. Everything to celebrate this coming home for the band once known as the earth.”
Corgan’s tribute was ended with a poetic goodbye, “Every big journey has trials and hardships, tragedies and surprise. Therein lies the magic that lies the tears. I both clung yesterday in pure cheer in the right place in the right moment, and I cried silently as my hero fell on their guide, Mythic Sword to bid us bye.”
“We have the music and we have them in our hearts. You don’t have to be a musician to understand. But it helps, at least if you try to decode what is evasive in the cosmos.”
Eventually he added, “Now the band is both here and not here; with us and yet gone. As it should be.”
For the unwarterized marked Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath their goodbye with a last concert, a full-day stadium show called Back to the beginningIn Villa Park in Birmingham, England.
