{"id":198922,"date":"2025-06-20T04:22:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T04:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/198922\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T04:22:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T04:22:12","slug":"full-list-of-road-closures-for-black-sabbath-gig-at-villa-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/198922\/","title":{"rendered":"Full list of road closures for Black Sabbath gig at Villa Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Villa Park Stadium is hosting some of the best rock bands of all time on Saturday, July 5 with 40,000 people heading to the sold-out show &#8211; here&#8217;s how it will impact the roads<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_Villa-Park.jpg\" alt=\"A general view of Aston Villa's Villa Park stadium\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>A general view of Aston Villa&#8217;s Villa Park stadium(Image: Nick Potts\/PA Wire)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Villa Park Stadium has been in Aston since 1897, so the stadium and surrounding residential area weren&#8217;t built to accommodate 40,000 cars all at once.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">As such, it&#8217;s worth keeping in mind that there are going to be some changes to the roads as the venue prepares to host a number of big gigs this summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It includes Black Sabbath&#8217;s last show &#8211; Back To The Beginning &#8211; scheduled to take place on Saturday, July 5. Things will be different for that show compared to the others taking place this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Read more: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/whats-on\/music-nightlife-news\/black-sabbath-villa-park-line-31876580\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Black Sabbath at Villa Park - line-up, times, set list, tickets and how to get thereLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Sabbath at Villa Park &#8211; line-up, times, set list, tickets and how to get there<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Read more: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/whats-on\/whats-on-news\/birmingham-places-heavy-metal-fans-31118345\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"All the Birmingham places heavy metal fans need to visit during Black Sabbath weekendLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">All the Birmingham places heavy metal fans need to visit during Black Sabbath weekend<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">With so many bands and artists heading to the supershow, and a sold-out crowd too, there&#8217;ll be disruption in place on the roads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">You can find out all the details about <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/whats-on\/music-nightlife-news\/black-sabbath-villa-park-line-31876580\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"changes to public transport, taxi information and more hereLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">changes to public transport, taxi information and more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">But in this story, we&#8217;re focusing on changes on the roads to help pre-empt problems and help with planning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">That&#8217;s the big thing if you&#8217;re travelling near <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/villa-park-stadium\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Villa Park Stadium<\/a> this summer &#8211; preparation is key!<\/p>\n<p>Black Sabbath Aston road closures &#8211; July 5, 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Unlike the other evening gigs taking place at Villa Park this summer, gates will open at 11am for Black Sabbath&#8217;s final show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">As such, road closures will begin the evening before according to Transport for West Midlands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Trinity Road will be closed between the junctions with Witton Lane and Nelson Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Then Witton Lane will be shut from Witton Island to Trinity Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The closures start at 8pm on Friday, July 4 and will remain in place until around midnight on Saturday, July 5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">We&#8217;ll be covering all of the action in the lead-up to the show, so keep checking in with us as we approach the big day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Villa Park Stadium is hosting some of the best rock bands of all time on Saturday, July 5&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,19160,748,393,4884,29260,16,15,18874],"class_list":{"0":"post-198922","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-black-sabbath","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-ozzy-osbourne","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-villa-park-stadium"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114713784882818956","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}