Watch Tony Iommi & Ozzy Osbourne Close Commonwealth Games With Black Sabbath's 'Paranoid'

9 August 2022 | 12:34 pm | Brenton Harris
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A performance of 'Paranoid' by Black Sabbath members Tony Iommi and Ozzy Osbourne has closed out the 2022 Commonwealth Games in headbanging style.

A performance of Black Sabbath's Paranoid by Black Sabbath members Tony Iommi and Ozzy Osbourne has closed out the 2022 Commonwealth Games in headbanging style. The two metal icons reunited onstage to perform Paranoid at the 2022 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony in Birmingham. Iommi and Osbourne teamed up with final Black Sabbath drummer Tommy Clufetos and Black Sabbath live member Adam Wakeman for the performance, which you can view below. 

It was a big moment for the Birmingham band and a fitting way to close out memorable games for them. The performance followed Iommi's participation in the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony where he teamed up with saxophonist Soweto Kinch to perform Hear My Voice.

Black Sabbath's final tour labelled The End took place in 2017. 

Osbourne and Iommi both remain active, musically, with Osbourne set to release his next solo album, Patient Number 9  on September 9th. The first new album for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy®-winning singer and songwriter since his critically acclaimed, worldwide, chart-topping 2020 Ordinary Man release. The recent single Patient Number 9 was written by Ozzy, Watt, Robert Trujillo, Chad Smith and Ali Tamposi and features a riveting solo from legendary guitarist Jeff Beck. The video marks the first collaboration from the project with Emmy-and Grammy-winning director/producer Todd McFarlane. It is highlighted by McFarlane’s signature illustrations interspersed with live Ozzy vignettes in the role of Patient Number 9, which the revolutionary creative force in the world of comics and toys also filmed. In addition, this is the first-ever video to incorporate Ozzy’s artwork: his hand-drawn demons were animated and can be seen during the Jeff Beck solo in the song.