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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Ozzfest org - Caught on Camera

Ozzfest confirms return to Birmingham’s Villa Park next year

The venue hosted Ozzy Osbourne’s final show shortly before his death last summer

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Sharon Osbourne gives an update on Ozzfest – and confirms there will be a Back To The Beginning film: “Ozzy’s legacy isn’t fading”

Exclusive: Sharon Osbourne on the rebooted Ozzfest, a film of the Back To The Beginning show, the mooted Ozzy biopic and that controversial AI avatar

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A year without Ozzy Osbourne: all the biggest tributes, covers and controversies since the Prince Of Darkness’ death

Award wins, all-star celebrations, a divisive AI avatar – these are the ways that Ozzy’s passing rocked the heavy metal world

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"It was a beautiful scar on the metal world." How Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Korn and the rest took nu metal from hated subgenre to the biggest thing on Planet Earth

Nu metal may have been shunned by metal elitists, but it took heavy music to the masses like never before, or since

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Ozzy Osbourne's Back To The Beginning concert could become a hologram show

Ozzy Osbourne's Back To The Beginning concert could be turned into a hologram show like ABBA Voyage.

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Sharon Osbourne plans to revive Ozzfest in 2027 with artists from different genres

Metal institution Ozzfest could be back in 2027 with an eclectic lineup like never before.

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“It was something Ozzy was very passionate about. We really started metal festivals in this country”: Sharon Osbourne wants to bring back Ozzfest and has plans for a Black Sabbath orchestral tour

But there's a twist: “I’d like to mix up the genres”

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"I’m still grieving the loss of him. I can’t really accept it because, like a lot of people, I don’t want to think about him not being here." Judas Priest legend Rob Halford on his love for Ozzy Osbourne, touring with Alice Cooper and what comes next

The Metal God opens up on his friendship with the Prince Of Darkness and a whole lot more

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An old skit of Ozzy Osbourne acting as Gandalf The Grey in The Lord Of The Rings is going viral, and it’s magical

Glorious footage of The Prince Of Darkness battling a Balrog is doing the rounds on multiple social media platforms

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Ozzy Osbourne, godfather of heavy metal who led Black Sabbath, dies at 76

Ozzy Osbourne, the gloomy, demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the throaty, growling voice of heavy metal, has died

The Independent UK

“I'm no superman, no person from another planet – I'm just a lucky guy”: Ozzy Osbourne was an extraordinary frontman and working class hero with great taste in guitar players

The Black Sabbath icon has died at the age of 76, and leaves behind a legacy of game-changing music and guitar talent

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Ozzy Osbourne, who led Black Sabbath and became the godfather of heavy metal, dies at 76

The gloomy, demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the throaty, growling voice of heavy metal, Ozzy Osbourne has died

The Independent UK

"Me and Ozzy were a team. I never thought, 'What about me?'" We chat to Sharon Osbourne about growing up in the music industry, her "confrontational" father, feuding with Iron Maiden and Billy Corgan and a whole load more

Sharon Osbourne looks back on a 40-plus year career in the music industry

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“Religion never accepts the balance that exists in a human being. It’s just a one-way street. That’s always going to cause conflicts”: How Dimmu Borgir made an irreligious symphonic black metal classic with In Sorte Diaboli

Dimmu Borgir sealed their status as black metal’s biggest band with 2007’s In Sorte Diaboli

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“I believe we’ve made a huge leap forward this time. This is our Radiohead moment!”: how Iron Maiden made a 21st century masterpiece with A Matter Of Life And Death

In this classic Metal Hammer interview, Bruce Dickinson and Steve Harris reveal the story behind Iron Maiden’s 2006 album A Matter Of Life And Death

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