The End: Live in Birmingham

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The End: Live in Birmingham
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Live album by
Black Sabbath
Released17 November 2017
Recorded4 February 2017
Venue Genting Arena (Birmingham, England)
Genre Heavy metal
Length108:06
Label Eagle Vision
Producer Jeremy Azis
Black Sabbath live albums chronology
Live... Gathered in Their Masses
(2013)		The End: Live in Birmingham
(2017)
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The End: Live in Birmingham is a live album by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath. It features the final performance from their farewell concert tour, known as The End Tour, recorded at Genting Arena in Birmingham, England, on 4 February 2017. Performing at the show and on the album are founding Black Sabbath members Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, and Geezer Butler. They performed with session drummer Tommy Clufetos filling in for the band's original drummer, Bill Ward, as well as keyboardist and guitarist Adam Wakeman.

Contents

The End: Live in Birmingham was released on 17 November 2017, preceded by a concert film, Black Sabbath: The End of the End , which was released on 28 September. The album was released through Eagle Vision, as a CD, DVD, Blu-ray, vinyl record and a limited deluxe box set. [3]

Background

The film documents the final Black Sabbath show, held at the Genting Arena in the band's hometown of Birmingham, England, on 4 February 2017. [4] [5]

In addition to the live concert, both the film and album feature "The Angelic Sessions" – five songs recorded in the days following the band's final show. The tracks will mark the band's final studio recordings. [6]

Tracklist

All songs written by Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne and Bill Ward.

No.TitleLength
1."Black Sabbath"7:26
2."Fairies Wear Boots"6:28
3."Under the Sun/Every Day Comes and Goes"7:04
4."After Forever"6:26
5."Into the Void"7:07
6."Snowblind"6:39
7."Band Intros"1:32
8."War Pigs"8:32
9."Behind the Wall of Sleep"3:32
10."Bassically/N.I.B."6:36
11."Hand of Doom"7:05
12."Supernaut/Sabbath Bloody Sabbath/Megalomania"3:28
13."Rat Salad/Drum Solo"8:32
14."Iron Man"7:53
15."Dirty Women"8:22
16."Children of the Grave"6:33
17."Paranoid"4:46

"The Angelic Sessions"

No.TitleLength
1."The Wizard" 
2."Wicked World" 
3."Sweet Leaf" 
4."Tomorrow's Dream" 
5."Changes" 

[7]

Personnel

Black Sabbath
Additional musicians
Production

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV) [28] Gold10,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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