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BBC News
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Black Sabbath's final performance raised £140m, director says
Black Sabbath's final performance raised £140m for charity, according to the event's musical director Tom who is also the guitarist for Rage Against The Machine, revealed the figure in a post on wrote: "We raised a ton of money for a great cause and so many great musicians, bands and fans all over the world paid tribute to the all time greats."All profits will be equally split between Birmingham Children's Hospital, Cure Parkinson's, and Midlands-based Acorns Children's Hospice. Thousands descended on Villa Park in Birmingham for the finale on Saturday, joined by a star-studded line up of metal greats, including Metallica and post said putting the event together was "over a year of hard work but heavy metal was the music that made me love music and it was a labor of love." Acorns Hospice CEO Trevor Johnson previously said the money received would enable the charity "to be there for more children and families."The charity has been open about the financial pressures it has faced as demand for services had more than doubled in the last two Children's Hospital said it was a "lovely delight" to be one of the beneficiaries of the cash will be used to improve patients' and families' experiences in the hospital with work including the ongoing transformation of the front entrance, which will see a large aquarium planned are emergency department improvements, entertainment activities brought in for the children, a new cinema and Parkinson's is a cause that touches home for Ozzy Osbourne as the singer revealed he had been diagnosed with the disease in January charity's director of fundraising and marketing, Andy Simons, previously told the BBC they were "over the moon", and "so grateful" to be one of the chosen charities. Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
24-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Fundraisers to walk from Villa Park to Old Trafford for local charities
Four men will walk 77 miles (124km) non-stop from Villa Park to Old Trafford football stadiums, to raise money for two local Barber, Chris Roberts and Mike Prosser, all from Halesowen, and Craig Rice, from Redditch hoping to raise £10,000 for the Aston Villa Foundation and Acorns Children's will set off from Villa's home in Birmingham at about 09:00 BST on Saturday, and aim to get to Manchester United's ground at about 15:00 on Sunday, before the last game of the season - where Villa will be playing."It's non-stop it's going to be about 30 hours of continuous walking," said Mr Barber. Acorns Hospice has three sites - in Worcester, Birmingham and Walsall - and provides palliative nursing care and support for local children and their Aston Villa Foundation is the football club's official charity, and works with children, young people and young adults living near the club and in wider Birmingham. The group hopes the money will not only help the hospice fund its work, but also enable it to put on activities for families, including working with the foundation to host children at the Villa ground to give parents some time men will carry a match ball the whole way, briefly stopping at checkpoints that have been arranged in intervals of about eight miles. "We'll head out of the top of Birmingham, heading up towards Stafford, then onto Stoke-on-Trent and then carry on up towards Manchester," said Mr Barber."We've got other small football clubs involved. "We're stopping at Hednesford Town Football Club…a cricket club up by Manchester…some pubs along the way," he added. "We've got every piece of kit in the world…anyone would think we were going up Everest," said Mr said he was feeling "nervous excitement" for the challenge, having never done a walk this long before."I'm really buzzing to get going, we've been talking and planning this project since July last year."But he added: "I'm scared, I won't lie."However, he said that when it got tough, the team would remind themselves why they were undertaking the task."[At] Five o'clock in the morning when it's absolutely raining cats and dogs, my feet feel like they're going to fall off, my lungs feel like they want to exit my mouth…I'll think: 'We've got it easy compared to some of the things that those families go through'." Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
