It's happening throughout today with many legacy acts taking part. I'm quite adapt at finding sports streaming sites but have no idea how to find concerts. I know this entire event is being streamed live via Pay As You View so I'm wondering if anyone here knows how to find an alternative stream for it. I doubt it will be free to air in any country so a VPN probably isn't going to help much.

 

I think the concert will be on TV at some point, but first, there's a lot of money to be made.
Maybe someone will record the concert and post it online in a few days.

Spoiler: Black Sabbath’s final concert, "Back to the Beginning," is taking place today, July 5, 2025

Black Sabbath’s final concert, "Back to the Beginning," is taking place today, July 5, 2025, at Villa Park in Birmingham, UK, and features the original lineup—Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward—alongside major acts like Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Slayer, and others. The event is indeed being streamed globally via pay-per-view, with tickets priced at around $29.99 USD (£24.99 GBP or $50 NZD, depending on region) through the official site backtothebeginning.com, and includes 48-hour on-demand access post-event.

 

https://backtothebeginning.com/

isn´t free but I´m live on the show....lol

 

Last edited: Jul 5, 2025

Yeah, not free anywhere legit. Gotta wait for the inevitable YouTube leak.

 

Torrents have appeared...

 

I noticed the full gig in 1080p (26GB) on the Russian torrent site. There is also a Scene Release 720p version on a few non torrent sites.

 

There's a 1080p 33GB file available somewhere for direct download.

 

If you get the torrent make sure it has PROPER in the title, the first one I got was very annoying, it chopped a couple of minutes off at exactly the point Sabbath arrived on stage. I got the Proper version and it was fine. It was 25Gb.

 

A really enjoyable show all in all, and it's quite incredible that they got something like $180 million for charities.

 

That was up on AN the very next day (or later that same night), that's where I got it.

 

What is AN???

 

"Black Sabbath Back To The Beginning PPV REAL PROPER 2025-07-05 1080p AVCHD-SC-SDH.mp4"

There's a lot of video format stuff in that title and as i had a choice between this and others I asked AI which was the better video format and it chose this one.

 

There is a 25go 1080p version on GoogleDrive here ...

 

Thanks for the link, GoogleDrive reports:

This file cannot be viewed or downloaded at this time.

This file has been viewed or downloaded by too many users recently. Please try again later. If the file is particularly large or has many users, it may take up to 24 hours before you can view or download it. If you still cannot access it after 24 hours, contact your domain administrator.

 

Mmh I d/l it 25 minutes ago without problem, I was logged with my Google account maybe it makes a difference ?
Otherwise keep the link and try later ...

 

Thank you @trz303 for the tip about logging in, now it works!

 

Thanks for the link!

 

The original live broadcast was 10 hours long but included a 30 minute countdown and a few repeated performances. There was also sound drop out during the Alice In Chains set.
The version I've seen is 8 hours and 34 minutes taken from the VOD version. It also has chapters.

 

Last edited: Jul 11, 2025

The PROPER version I mentioned is 9:31.10 and 25Gb.

Also, the torrent is a very fast download, it took about an hour for me.

 

Last edited: Jul 11, 2025

^^ which explains difference between 33GB and 26GB versions