00:01I can't help myself. It's 2 o'clock in the morning one more time. And here we are at Villa Park. Aston Villa. Just outside of Birmingham.
00:18And it's the remnants of the Back to the Beginning show. The final Black Sabbath gig. And we were fortunate enough to be invited to play. So we're very, very grateful for that.
00:33And I'm sitting here and just watching this particular loadout. I know. My favorite thing in the world is to watch loadouts.
00:46But there's a sense of completion. And a sense of a good day coming to an end.
00:54This was just absolutely fucking incredible for the last couple days to be here.
01:01We had rehearsals and soundchecks on Wednesdays. Wednesday and Thursday, I believe.
01:09We soundchecked on Thursday. Watched Black Sabbath and Aussie soundcheck on Thursday.
01:15Which was fucking insane.
01:20And then, as some of you may know, I was in Cardiff last night watching Oasis.
01:25And then today, which also was otherworldly and I think the appropriate word is biblical.
01:34And then today, back here in Birmingham, Aston Villa.
01:39And having this crazy cool day with celebrating Black Sabbath's legacy.
01:47Celebrating Aussie's legacy.
01:49And all these cool bands and friends of ours.
01:53This really was like, you know, high school reunion or, you know, rock and roll camp or whatever you say.
02:03So, you know, our friends in Guns N' Roses were here.
02:08Our friends in Pantera.
02:09Our friends in Tool.
02:10Our friends in Slayer.
02:13Our friends in Anthrax.
02:14Our friends in Gojira.
02:16And Lamb of God.
02:19And Alice in Chains.
02:21And Mastodon.
02:24And Rival Sons.
02:27And I'm sure I've left out a couple.
02:31Certainly not on purpose.
02:33But it's been the coolest day.
02:37The most inspiring day.
02:39The most emotional day.
02:41And thank you to Bill and Gieser and Tony and Ozzy.
02:48And to Sharon for having us.
02:51And thank you to Jake Barry sitting down there.
02:55Production manager for this event.
02:57Who also was Metallica's production manager on the Injustice for All and Black Album Tour.
03:03And thank you to all these wonderful crews who are dismantling this whole thing.
03:08And you know what I say at the end of this.
03:12It's time for me to get the huff back to the hotel.
03:15Get some chill time.
03:18We're off for the next little while.
03:23And then we'll see you guys in Australia, New Zealand.
03:26And in Abu Dhabi and Bahrain.
03:29For the rest of the year.
03:31And one or two other things that may pop up.
03:34So keep watching the space as they say.
03:39But thank you for joining.
03:40Thank you for watching on the stream.
03:44Thank you for being a part of this in any way, shape or form.
03:50And my ass is f***ing done.
03:53Much love to y'all.
03:55And over on the f*** out.
03:57There you go.
03:59Metallica is so grateful to be invited here.
04:01To see all your beautiful faces.
04:04And celebrate the band Black Sabbath.
04:08Because without Sabbath there would be no Metallica.
04:14And thank you boys for giving us a purpose in life.
