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As a tribute to the late heavy metal hero, it appears that the “Back To The Beginning” festival, which was the last live goodbye for Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne, may make it to the United States this summer. According to The Mirror and reported by theprp, a trademark application for the name “Back To The Beginning” has been submitted in the US. It is registered under the heading of “entertainment services in the nature of live musical performance.” According to The Mirror, a trademark application is anticipated to be submitted in the UK for a comparable reason. The filings are the responsibility of Monowise LTD, a business that has long been known to monitor Ozzy‘s rights.
A who’s who of rock and metal royalty attended the gig, which was billed as Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath‘s final live performance. Live tributes to songs from the Ozzy or Sabbath catalog were performed by Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Slayer, and innumerable more artists. Proceeds from the livestreamed concert were donated to charity. It was revealed that a 100-minute live concert film that focused on the Osbourne-related sets and documented that day would start showing in 2026. It is unclear whether these new trademark applications are related to that movie or something else entirely.
Recently, Metalshop TV spoke with Kerry King at this year’s Brutal Assault festival regarding Slayer‘s involvement in the “Back To The Beginning” event, which was Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath‘s last show. You can read his thoughts below and more here.
Yeah, I made a point to be there all day at the ‘Back To The Beginning’ show. My friends in Mastodon were playing first, so I wanted to see them. I know Halestorm was playing early; I wanted to see them. I saw Alice In Chains soundcheck the day before. I watched Ozzy and Black Sabbath play… They had something set up like a giant LED screen backstage with its own P.A., so I just parked myself right in front of it and I had basically a front-row seat to the whole show for those two. I was on stage for Metallica. It was a good day. When you do a festival, like we’re doing today [at Brutal Assault], a lot of times I don’t know who we’re playing with, but I knew ‘Back To The Beginning’ for months, so I had a whole day planned out to watch my friends play. And it was cool. And with Ozzy passing away very soon thereafter, I’m very happy that I was able to be a part of that.
