Geezer Butler joins Foo Fighters for ‘Paranoid’ in Birmingham

Foo Fighters performed Black Sabbath’s 1970 classic ‘Paranoid’ with Geezer Butler – watch footage of the performance below.

Last night (June 27), the Foos played the final show of their UK tour in Birmingham. To end their run with a bang, Dave Grohl and co. invited Birmingham legend and Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler to perform the 1970 metal classic ‘Paranoid’.

For the show, Butler led the band on bass, while Grohl ditched the guitar to mimic Ozzy Osbourne’s moves on stage while singing. Check out fan-made images of the show below.

Imagine I’m going to see the foo fighters and geezer the damn butler shows up and they start getting paranoid, I’d go absolutely nuts pic.twitter.com/UW3AJKUMos

— lisa (@smwhrintime) June 27, 2024

Geezer Butler joins Foo Fighters at Villa Park for Black Sabbath’s Paranoid #foofighters pic.twitter.com/ffAgeQnsak

— zenXV (@zenxv) June 28, 2024

This isn’t the first time Butler has joined the Foo Fighters for a show. In 2022, he teamed up with Sebastian Bach, Lars Ulrich and the Foos to perform “Supernaut” and “Paranoid” for the Taylor Hawkins tribute concert.

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Later in the night, the Foos invited Shane Hawkins — son of late drummer Taylor Hawkins — to sing “This Is A Call” during the band’s encore. At the start of the tour, Shane joined the band for “I’ll Stick Around” at the London Stadium on 20 June.

Foo Fighters’ recent concert in Manchester then achieved a four-star rating, for which Rishi Shah wrote NME: “Approaching thirty years as a band, Foo Fighters have adapted in the face of all adversity, ensuring their stadium show remains cohesive, exemplary and simply untouchable. While others of their time may begin to creep into legacy act territory, Foo Fighters remain as relevant and imperious as ever – they’ll just need even more stadiums to fill.”