The End: Live in Birmingham

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.

The End: Live in Birmingham
Live album by Black Sabbath
Released	17 November 2017
Recorded	4 February 2017
Venue	Genting Arena (Birmingham, England)
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	108:06
Label	Eagle Vision
Producer	Jeremy Azis
Black Sabbath live albums chronology
Live... Gathered in Their Masses (2013) The End: Live in Birmingham (2017)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Metal Hammer	[2]

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

Main article: The End Tour

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. These tracks are the band's final studio recordings.^[6]

Tracklist

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

No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
1.	"The Wizard"	4:05
2.	"Wicked World"	4:43
3.	"Sweet Leaf"	5:17
4.	"Tomorrow's Dream"	3:10
5.	"Changes"	5:00

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Personnel

Black Sabbath

• Tony Iommi – guitars
• Geezer Butler – bass
• Ozzy Osbourne – vocals

Additional musicians

• Adam Wakeman – keyboards
• Tommy Clufetos – drums

Production

• Mike Exeter – mixing, mastering

Charts

Album charts Chart (2017) Peak position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] 13 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9] 30 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[10] 27 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11] 79 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[12] 11 French Albums (SNEP)[13] 153 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14] 2 Italian Albums (FIMI)[15] 72 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[16] 20 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[17] 56 Scottish Albums (OCC)[18] 57 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[19] 18 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] 14 UK Albums (OCC)[21] 68 UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[22] 3 US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[23] 13 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[24] 43 US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[25] 10

Video charts Chart (2017) Peak position Dutch Videos[26] 7 Swiss Videos[27] 1

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV)[28]	Gold	10,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.