THE VILLA PARK GIG IS JUST OVER 18 WEEKS AWAY AND WE'RE WONDERING IF BLACK SABBATH ARE DROPPING CLUES - HERE ARE OUR PREDICTIONS 05:00, 26 Feb 2025 One of the most fascinating things

about the cultural phenomenon of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour (_hear me out_) was how much more there was to it all than just the gigs. Insider references, outfit choices, secret hidden

codes to be cracked, friendship bracelets and more; fans took what was effectively a few hours of a gig and turned it into something bigger than the show, getting bang for their buck by

turning the whole affair into an experience that somehow justified the high ticket prices. While Black Sabbath and Taylor Swift don't have a great deal in common musically, there's

INFORMATION ABOUT THE BIRMINGHAM GIG HERE. Perhaps that's why we're looking into everything Ozzy does and says, to try and find secret hints as to what we can expect from the Villa

Park mega gig. Article continues below We know now that there are 12 bands confirmed for the show as well as 21 musicians from other bands like Judas Priest, Korn, Limp Bizkit and the Red

Hot Chili Peppers. How the day will work is a mystery, with organisers keeping the plan for the all-day event close to their chest. However, Ozzy and Black Sabbath have recently shared a

Back To The Beginning Spotify playlist that might very well be a hint to how the day - which runs from 10am until 10:30pm, will pan out. Will Black Sabbath perform all of these songs on the

day? Surely not. But will the special guests join in and cover them? On the Spotify list shared by Ozzy there are 50 Sabbath songs, spanning four hours and 15 minutes, organised not by

album, but by some other method we're not privy to. It may very well be a red herring, but it features songs that were covered by other artists on the Back To The Beginning bill which

might indicate they'll be getting involved. Among them Planet Caravan, a track from the 1970 Sabbath album Paranoid that Pantera went on to record for their 1994 album Far Beyond Driven

and A National Acrobat/Sabbra Cadabara (Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, 1973) which Metallica covered in one amalgamated track on 1998 album Garage Inc. Here, we're sharing the full playlist,

in the order they're uploaded, and WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU as to whether you think there's any significance or patterns to the playlist. Do you think this is how the day will pan

out? Who do you think will perform each song if they're all on the setlist on the day? I'll pop in BOLD next to each song my somewhat educated guesses. Article continues below The

floor is yours, sound off down in the comments below. BACK TO THE BEGINNING SPOTIFY PLAYLIST 2025 - PREDICTIONS * Paranoid (Paranoid) - _DAVE ELLEFSON? METALLICA?_ * Iron Man (Paranoid) -

_METALLICA?_ * War Pigs/Luke's Wall (Paranoid) - _MIKE BORDIN?_ * NIB (Black Sabbath) - _WHITFIELD CRANE?_ * Children of the Grave (Master of Reality) * Planet Caravan (Paranoid) -_

PANTERA?_ * Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (Sabbath Bloody Sabbath) - _ANTHRAX?_ * Changes (Vol 4) * Orchid (Master of Reality)__ * The Wizard (Black Sabbath)- _ZAKK WYLDE?_ * Sweet Leaf (Master of

Reality) - _WHITFIELD CRANE?_ * Into the Void (Master of Reality) * Solitude (Master of Reality) * Electric Funeral (Paranoid) - _PANTERA?_ * Sabbra Cadabra (Sabbath Bloody Sabbath) -

_METALLICA?_ * Fairies Wear Boots (Paranoid) * Snowblind (Vol 4) - _ZAKK WYLDE?_ * Symptom of the Universe * Hand of Doom (Paranoid) - _SLAYER?_ * A National Acrobat (Sabbath Bloody Sabbath)

-_ METALLICA?_ * Lord of this World (Master of Reality) * Never Say Die! (Never Say Die!) - _DAVE ELLEFSON?_ * Hole in the Sky (Sabotage) -_ PANTERA? METALLICA?_ * Supernaut (Vol 4) *

Killing Yourself to Live (Sabbath Bloody Sabbath) * Evil Woman (Black Sabbath) * Wicked World (Black Sabbath) * After Forever (Master of Reality) * Tomorrow's Dream (Vol 4) * Rat Salad

(Paranoid) * A Bit of Finger/Sleeping Village/Warning (Black Sabbath) * Under the Sun/Every Day Comes and Goes (Vol 4) * Fluff (Sabbath Bloody Sabbath) * She's Gone (Technical Ecstasy)

* Laguna Sunrise (Vol 4) * Cornucopia (Vol 4) * Spiral Architect (Sabbath Bloody Sabbath) * Embryo (Master of Reality) * Who Are You? (Sabbath Bloody Sabbath) * Supertzar (Sabotage) *

Looking For Today (Sabbath Bloody Sabbath) * Dirty Women (Technical Ecstasy) * The Writ (Sabotage) * A Hard Road (Never Say Die!) * Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath) - _DAVE ELLEFSON?_ * Wheels

of Confusion/The Straightener (Vol 4) * Megalomania (Sabotage) * Am I Going Insane (Sabotage) * St Vitus Dance (Vol 4) * Wasp/Behind the Wall of Sleep/Bassically/NIB (Black Sabbath) -

_WHITFIELD CRANE?_