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Black Sabbath will be bowing out in Birmingham with the last two dates on their farewell tour, The End.

The concerts are on February 2 and 4 at the Genting Arena , part of the NEC complex.

Black Sabbath have so far performed in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, continental Europe and South America, prior to coming to the UK.

Before heading to their home city of Birmingham they will have been in Dublin, Manchester, Glasgow, Leeds and London.

So what can fans expect at the final gigs here in Birmingham? There's already been mention of something special for the band's home city.

Who's on the Black Sabbath tour?

The farewell tour will feature Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler - but not drummer Bill Ward.

The drummer for the final tour is Tommy Clufetos, who was also with the band on their Reunion Tour.

Clufetos does not perform on their latest album 13, which instead features drums from Rage Against The Machine's Brad Wilk.

Ozzy is singing but the band did have to postpone three dates in Canada when he came down with sinusitis and bronchitis. At their next date in the USA, the set was two songs shorter but has since returned to its normal length.

The support act is Californian rock band Rival Sons.

So what's the setlist going to be?

Based on the previous shows in Dublin and Manchester, the setlist is likely to be something like this:

Black Sabbath

Fairies Wear Boots

Under the Sun/Every Day Comes and Goes

After Forever

Into the Void

Snowblind

War Pigs

Behind the Wall of Sleep

N.I.B.

Hand of Doom

Rat Salad

(Followed by Tommy Clufetos Drum Solo)

Iron Man

Dirty Women

Children of the Grave

Encore:

Paranoid

Zeitgeist

However, we have been told to expect some surprises in Birmingham so there could well be other songs added for a rousing finale or other special moments.

What's all this about surprises?

(Image: Darren Quinton / BirminghamLive)

Tony Iommi has said: "It had to finish in Birmingham, it’s our home and where we started.

"We will be doing something a bit different for Birmingham and not the same set list as the rest of the tour.

"I’ve talked to Ozzy and Geezer about what we might do. We will try it when we get to Germany and run over a few different songs to see what we want to do."

Tony added: "It all depends on what Ozzy can sing really.

"Like most singers, as you get older your voice changes. Ozzy used to sing really high notes early on, but he’d have trouble hitting them now.

"He’s still a great singer but we’ve had to change the key of some of our songs so that he can sing slightly lower.

"I think it will be emotional in Birmingham. It hasn’t sunk in yet that it’s the last world tour."

Can you still get tickets?

Tickets were still available for both dates, but February 4 is largely sold out except for Block 1 at the side of the stage.

Tickets are priced from £73.92 to £107.67.

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