Black Sabbath – “Back to the Beginning” concert

Published July 26, 2025
Contributed by Jayce Wheeled


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Poster for the “Back to the Beginning” concert, which featured an all-star lineup of supporting acts





Black Sabbath’s final live show dubbed “Back to the Beginning” took place on July 5th 2025 in Birmingham, very near to where the band was formed in 1968. The concert branding called back to the typography of their Vol 4 album from 1972 by re-using the same bold geometric letter style.

Instead of the original Gadget, one of the digital re-interpretations was used. It’s VolumeFour (Ryan Corey, 2018), which is directly based on the album cover, and hence is different in letters that weren’t included there. K22 Gadget (Toto G., 2014) is another digitization, derived from a showing of Gadget Lined.




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Stage decoration at the “Back to the Beginning” concert, July 5th, 2025




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The available merch included hoodies and T-shirts. Proceeds from the event totalled £140 million, and will be donated to Acorns Children's Hospice, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, and Cure Parkinson’s.



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