{"id":155692,"date":"2025-05-05T03:03:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T07:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/05\/05\/black-sabbaths-geezer-butler-discusses-anxieties-of-final-gig-im-already-having-palpitations\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T03:03:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T07:03:28","slug":"black-sabbaths-geezer-butler-discusses-anxieties-of-final-gig-im-already-having-palpitations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/05\/05\/black-sabbaths-geezer-butler-discusses-anxieties-of-final-gig-im-already-having-palpitations\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Sabbath\u2019s Geezer Butler Discusses Anxieties of Final Gig: \u2018I\u2019m Already Having Palpitations\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tWith just two months to go until Black Sabbath perform their final-ever live show, founding bassist Geezer Butler has admitted to some intense anxieties ahead of the gig.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe band\u2019s final performance will take place as part of the Back to the Beginning concert<\/a>, which takes place in Birmingham, England on July 5. The event will see the band\u2019s classic line-up \u2013 comprising frontman Ozzy Osbourne<\/a>, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Butler and drummer Bill Ward \u2013 play live together for the first time in two decades, while the likes of Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, Alice in Chains, and myriad others also join the bill.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile Osbourne hasn\u2019t performed a full set since Dec. 31, 2018 \u2013 two months before his diagnosis<\/a> of Parkinson\u2019s \u2013 he\u2019s previously tempered expectations<\/a> for the upcoming gig, noting he isn\u2019t \u201cplanning on doing a set with Black Sabbath,\u201d but rather \u201clittle bits and pieces\u201d with the group. \u201cI am doing what I can, where I feel comfortable,\u201d he explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSpeaking to The Guardian<\/em><\/a> ahead of the July event, Butler admitted that while he\u2019s unsure of how the performance will roll out, or how Osbourne\u2019s health may affect the show, the lofty expectations behind such a gig have left him feeling immensely anxious.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019m already having palpitations,\u201d he noted. \u201cIn fact, I had a nightmare last night. I dreamed everything went wrong on stage and we all turned to dust. It\u2019s important that we leave a great impression, since it\u2019s the final time that people will experience us live. So it has to be great on the night.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tElsewhere in the interview, Osbourne again pointed out that Black Sabbath aren\u2019t planning on performing a full-length set. \u201cWe\u2019re only playing a couple of songs each,\u201d he explained. \u201cI don\u2019t want people thinking, \u2018We\u2019re getting ripped off\u2019, because it\u2019s just going to be \u2026 what\u2019s the word? \u2026 a sample, you\u2019re going to get a few songs each by Ozzy and Sabbath.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThough Osbourne also noted he has been undergoing extensive training as part of his preparation for the show, the end result will undoubtedly be far different to what fans may have hoped for, but as much as he can handle given his health circumstances.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019m used to doing two hours on stage, jumping and running around,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019ll be doing much jumping or running around this time. I may be sitting down, but the point is I\u2019ll be there, and I\u2019ll do the best I can. So all I can do is turn up.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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With just two months to go until Black Sabbath perform their final-ever live show, founding bassist Geezer Butler has admitted to some intense anxieties ahead of the gig. The band\u2019s final performance will take place as part of the Back to the Beginning concert, which takes place in Birmingham, England on July 5. The event […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-155692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155692\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}