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Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath announce final ever gig

Ozzy Osbourne is reuniting with the original Black Sabbath lineup for a one-off stadium show this summer.

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‘The greatest heavy metal show ever’? Original Black Sabbath lineup to reunite for Ozzy Osbourne’s final concert

Epic lineup convenes for farewell to heavy metal icon at Birmingham’s Villa Park stadium in July, with Metallica, Slayer, Pantera and many more in support

The Guardian - UK

“I got a phone call asking me for a quote about Lennon. Apparently I was one of the last musicians seen talking to him before his death”: Rick Wakeman’s wild tales of John Lennon, David Bowie, Keith Moon and Ozzy Osbourne

Playing with Bowie and Sabbath,. boozing with Keith Moon, hanging out with Lennon – Rick Wakeman has done it all

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Black Sabbath to be bestowed with Birmingham's Freedom Of The City

Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward will be recgonised for their service to their hometown of Birmingham.

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Aston Villa home kit for 2025/26: Everything we know so far

Here’s everything we know about the Aston Villa home kit for 2025/26

FourFourTwo

“We were doing things that would have been beyond us with Ozzy. With Ronnie James Dio, there were so many more options”: How a reinvented Black Sabbath saved themselves from oblivion with Heaven And Hell

Heaven And Hell was the start of Black Sabbath’s short but glorious second chapter

Metal Hammer

"It's nonstop badassery." Slayer guitarist Kerry King picks his favourite Black Sabbath album

Kerry King picks what might just be Sabbath's heaviest record. Should we be surprised?

Metal Hammer

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"I listened to classical music right up until I saw Black Sabbath on TV when I was eight": Michael Monroe picks the records, artists and gigs that mean the most

Hanoi Rocks frontman turned solo star Michael Monroe on living with Stiv Bators and Johnny Thunders, and the possibility that he might never die

Louder

More than 30 minutes of live Black Sabbath footage from 1976 has appeared online

Watch it quick, before it's gone

Metal Hammer

“I got so tired of all these different hybrid categories, I created my own”: Ice-T names the one thing he’d change about heavy metal if he could

The outspoken Body Count frontman also names his favourite rap and metal albums in the new issue of Metal Hammer

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Geezer Butler names one “cringy” Black Sabbath song: “Maybe because I wrote it, and I hate listening to stuff that I’ve written”

The beloved bassist also reveals how Black Sabbath’s lyrics have been “misinterpreted” over the years

Metal Hammer

“I played a 5-string with Lauryn Hill, but it didn’t feel like a real bass”: Raised on R&B, schooled by fusion, and empowered by punk rock, Bad Brains bassist Darryl Jenifer remains a 4-string purist

The bass powerhouse behind Washington DC’s Bad Brains pioneered a style that changed the history of punk

Guitar World

Amazon's cyber weekend deals prove you can never own too many band shirts

Save on iconic designs from bands including AC/DC, Blondie, Black Sabbath and more with Amazon this Cyber Weekend

Metal Hammer

“Sabbath is the best thing that ever happened to me in my life. But everything has to come to an end”: The triumphant story of Black Sabbath’s last ever tour

In 2016, Black Sabbath’s The End tour reached Australia – and after a tumultuous career, the were finally ready to take their final bow

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"I've seen Ozzy's arse more times than I've seen my own": That time Ozzy mooned the audience because he didn't think they were rocking hard enough

How Black Sabbath's induction at the 2005 UK Music Hall of Fame was overshadowed by Ozzy Osbourne's buttocks

Metal Hammer

"We were nobodies but in that moment, it felt like we had a shot." How Slipknot overcame jealousy, substance abuse and trauma to become metal's most important band

25 years on from their self-titled debut, Slipknot look back at the years that helped them define 21st Century metal

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Ozzy Osbourne took his own drug dealer on tour

Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne has recalled being so addicted to cocaine that he needed his own drug dealer "on the road".

Metal Hammer

“It was total overkill. We were getting in all sorts of trouble. I thought, ‘I’ve got two months of this, I’m going to be dead at the end of it!’” The epic story of Iron Maiden‘s conquest of America

In 1981, a young Iron Maiden made their first trip to the USA. And the USA didn’t know what hit it

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Doors guitarist Robby Krieger and Stewart Copeland of The Police among the stars confirmed for Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp

Los Angeles camp attendees will learn from former members of The Doors, The Police, Nickelback, Black Sabbath and more

Louder

"I really do apologise. I love you and I think you're beautiful": Ozzy Osbourne quells his unexpected beef with Britney Spears but not really

Sorry, not sorry

Metal Hammer

"I'm in for playing some of everyone's old favourites. I'd love to play them one last time": Bill Ward confirms he'd love to play one final show with Black Sabbath

So, that's everyone in agreement, yes?

MusicRadar

“The biggest frontman to ever come out of Birmingham”: Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler launch Aston Villa’s new kit

Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler launch new Aston Villa kit

Metal Hammer

"I was left standing alone in the dark,trying to match up to these iconicsingers that had gone before": The chaotic tale of Black Sabbath's Tony Martin era

Dio was out, Gillan was gone, Geezer had given up, and Ozzy had declared war. Light came in the shape of Tony Martin, and the next chapter in Black Sabbath's story

Metal Hammer

The 100 songs that changed metal

From founding fathers like Black Sabbath, Rainbow and Judas Priest to metal's modern leaders such as Ghost, Sleep Token and Spiritbox, these are the songs that have defined a genre

Metal Hammer

“When you’ve got a singer that is so eaten up with jealousy for the headliner, it never goes well”: Sharon Osbourne remembers pelting Iron Maiden with eggs, still doesn’t like Bruce Dickinson very much

Iron Maiden were egged by Sharon Osbourne and had their power cut during a co-headline set at Ozzfest 2005

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