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"He said, 'Black Sabbath... I don't know if I like their music.' I said, 'We have $800 in the bank, you love their music.'" Black Sabbath's former manager originally wanted Dio to write and record while Ozzy Osbourne toured with the band

Billy Corgan has hosted an epic, emotional interview with Wendy Dio - wife and manager of Ronnie James Dio

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"I did the entire record in a wheelchair; it was brutally painful.” How a stagediving accident, massive hospital bills and the grunge explosion turned a bunch of "dirtbag punks" into Metallica-approved stoner metal icons

A broken femur caused a massive perspective shift for former hardcore/thrashers Corrosion Of Conformity

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"Proud to call this infinitely modest and generous genius my friend": Brian May shares video of surprise Tony Iommi appearance at Black Sabbath ballet

Iommi took to the stage at the climax of a performance of Black Sabbath - The Ballet

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“I was supposed to play guitar on Sweet Leaf, then it was Changes”: Wolfgang Van Halen remembers meeting Ozzy Osbourne and reveals his original plan for Back To The Beginning

The singer/multi-instrumentalist dropped out of Ozzy’s final show due to a schedule change, but he got to meet the Black Sabbath frontman at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame the year before

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"It was the four of us against the world." Behind the curtains of Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne's historic farewell gig

In July, Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne performed their final show together. Weeks later, Ozzy passed away. Metal Hammer caught up with the band ahead of their final farwell

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The Darkness guitarist Dan Hawkins brands Yungblud’s Ozzy Osbourne tribute ‘cynical and nauseating’

Rock musician claimed performance, which included Black Sabbath keyboardist Adam Wakeman, was ‘another nail in the coffin of rock n roll’

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“We all talked to each other before we went on – Kirk, Zakk and Slash. Kirk said, ‘I’m nervous, man!’ I said, ‘I am too’”: Jerry Cantrell looks back at the “walk-off home run” of Ozzy Osbourne’s final show

The Alice in Chains guitarist didn’t catch up with the Prince of Darkness before his death, but he’s satisfied to have been part of Back to the Beginning with musician friends Slash, Zakk Wylde, Kirk Hammett and others

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Performers unveiled for Ozzy Osbourne tribute at the VMAs

The awards show is set to be broadcast live this Sunday

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Why Does Roger Waters Hate Ozzy Osbourne? Pink Floyd Legend's Brutal Black Sabbath Snub Ignites Rock Rivalry

Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters dismissed the late Black Sabbath icon with unusually blunt remarks, saying he 'never did' care for Osbourne's music.

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“Tony Iommi didn’t want a song by another guitarist on a Sabbath record.I never saw the money. But hearing Dio perform my song was unforgettable”: Jimi Bell may have lost out to Zakk Wylde in his Ozzy Osbourne audition, but he has no regrets

The drummer turned guitarist remains grateful for what Sharon Osbourne, Geezer Butler, Joan Jett and Randy Rand did for him, as he preps original music from his Deep Purple tribute band

Guitar World

Ozzy Osbourne ‘frail for a while’ and aware farewell gig would be his last, reveals close pal

The Black Sabbath frontman died last month aged 76

Evening Standard

“Metallica is nearly equal to Ozzy in terms of the respect factor – not all the way, but nearly”: When Jason Newsted swapped bands with Robert Trujillo

Why Jason Newsted got the call from Ozzy – and what lay in store for Robert Trujillo, who signed with Newsted’s old band, Metallica

Guitar World

Kelly Osbourne shares heartbreaking realisation about late dad Ozzy in new documentary

Kelly made the moving admission in a BBC documentary filmed shortly before the Black Sabbath star’s death

The Independent UK

“Nobody walked away going, ‘That’s the last time we’ll see Ozzy’”: Metallica’s Lars Ulrich looks back on Black Sabbath’s retirement show, Back To The Beginning

Metallica’s drummer says Sabbath were “great, if not better than ever” at their final show, which took place just 17 days before singer Ozzy Osbourne’s death

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Heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne died of heart attack, death certificate shows

Osbourne died at home surrounded by his family on 22 July at the age of 76, just weeks after his farewell concert in Birmingham.

Louder

“As soon as Jimmy Page came on, the roof came off the place! Afterwards, Plant was absolutely fuming”: The epic, ego-fuelled story of Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath’s Live Aid reunions

In Juy 1985, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath reunited for Live Aid. Cue the spats and ego clashes

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Ozzy Osbourne’s funeral procession to pass through Birmingham city centre

The Black Sabbath singer’s hearse will travel along Broad Street to Black Sabbath Bridge in his home city on Wednesday

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“I’m a huge fan – why do you guys get to have all the fun?”: Jason Momoa looks back on joining the moshpit at Black Sabbath’s final show

The Aquaman and Game Of Thrones star, who emceed at Back To The Beginning, couldn’t help but join the melee at one point in the day

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"I was physically frightened: 'What danger does it pose to me and my family?!'" Tom Morello on how Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath changed his life

Rage Against The Machine's mercurial guitarist helped curate the Back To The Beginning spectacular. It was a job he'd been training for his whole life

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"He was actually much cleverer than people gave him credit for!" Rick Wakeman pays heartfelt tribute to his late pal Ozzy Osbourne

"I loved his madness," says Rick Wakeman as he pays an emotional tribute to his friend, the late Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne

The Guardian - UK

Judas Priest review – thrash, hellfire, dazzling guitar … Ozzy would have loved it

Still making stellar new music in their sixth decade, the Brummie band pay tribute to the late Black Sabbath frontman as they cement their place among the heavy metal gods

What Hi-Fi?

Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath helped cement my love of vinyl – RIP the Prince of Darkness

An ode, to one of music’s greats – your legacy extended far beyond metal

The Independent UK

Ozzy Osbourne flung open hell’s musical gates – and changed the world

TRIBUTE: The Black Sabbath frontman personified metal as a raving, hell-bound lunatic, fully devoted to the nightmarish conceit. He sang of black masses and apocalyptic iron men with genuine menace and soul-staring intensity, a wild-eyed wolfman with a liver of steel. Mark Beaumont pays his respects

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The incredible impact of Ozzy Osbourne, from Black Sabbath to Ozzfest to 30 years of retirement tours

Ozzy Osbourne, the “prince of darkness” and godfather of heavy metal, has died aged 76, just weeks after he reunited with Black Sabbath bandmates for a farewell concert in his hometown of Birmingham in England.

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Ozzy Osbourne obituary

Heavy metal singer who found fame with Black Sabbath, launched the Ozzfest rock festival and became a reality TV star

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