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Tony Iommi shares final conversation with Ozzy Osbourne

Black Sabbath star Tony Iommi has revealed he spoke to his late bandmate Ozzy Osbourne just hours before he died and the frontman told him he felt "tired and really worn out".

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The strange story of Brian May, Eddie Van Halen, a kids’ TV theme and the most unlikely collaboration of the 1980s: “It was like going down a really challenging ski run. I was very much conscious of his talent and his incredible aura”

What happened when two of rock’s most famous guitarists teamed up in the studio

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How Ozzy Osbourne conquered personal demons and bitter contract wars to eclipse Black Sabbath. "Part of me wanted to say to them, you fired me, and now I don’t need you, so f*** you"

Forty years after the release of The Ultimate Sin, this is the story of how a fragile but defiant Ozzy Osbourne took on his former band – and won

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How Brian May ended up playing on Tony Iommi's forthcoming solo album: “I said to him, ‘Play on some other tracks,’ but he went, ‘Oh no, it's your album’”

The two legends have been friends for over five decades and previously collaborated on a Black Sabbath and solo Iommi track

Guitar World

“He and Eddie Van Halen were the only two I really stayed in touch with”: Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi on collaborating with Queen guitarist and “best friend” Brian May for new solo album From The Dark

May contributes to the song Death Wake on Iommi’s long-awaited solo comeback

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Watch a young Black Sabbath confuse the hell out of stoned European hippies one week before Paranoid became a hit single

Black Sabbath’s performance of Paranoid at Jazz Bilzen festival in August 1970 is a sweet snapshot of metal history

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“We didn’t know if people were going to like it. Jethro Tull was a blues band, and they were like, ‘What’s happened to you?’” Martin Barre on the making of the Jethro Tull album that signaled their shift to prog – even if critics called it “lame and dumb”

It was 1970. The British prog institution was in transition, full of inspiration, and ready to do what it takes. No-one saw what came next

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“I lost the tips of two fingers in an accident when I was 17. Doctors told me that I had no hope of playing guitar again. I refused to accept that”: The life and times of Tony Iommi, metal’s indestructible dark lord

If it wasn’t for Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi, the world would sound very, very different

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“I was convinced I wasn’t playing well, but they kept calling me back. Before I knew it I was playing bass on the entire album”: How Becky Baldwin landed her dream gig playing bass for Tony Iommi

When Tony Iommi comes calling, there’s only one answer. But for Black Sabbath super-fan Becky Baldwin, saying yes was the easy part

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“In the very early ‘70s, he was in one studio, and I was in another. And we just hit it off”: Tony Iommi reveals Brian May’s lead guitar cameo on his new solo album – and why the Queen guitarist is its only guest

Iommi's solo album From The Dark is out on 23 October and features a star turn from old friend Brian May

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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Tony Iommi makes a long awaited return, Electric Callboy channel their inner boyband and Sheri Moon Zombie strikes out as a solo artist in this week's best new metal songs round up

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"I said to him, Do you want to play on something else? He said, No, no. Your solos are good." Why Queen's Brian May is the only guest musician featured on Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi's forthcoming solo album

Tony Iommi's upcoming solo album From The Dark features his old friend Brian May on a song called Death Wake

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“I did say to him, ‘Do you want to play on something else?’ He said, ‘No. Your solos are good. I don’t need to play’”: Tony Iommi reveals Brian May’s role on his upcoming solo record

The Black Sabbath riffsmith recently announced the release date of his new album, From the Dark

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"It’s weird when you hear stuff from so long ago." Tony Iommi says that Black Sabbath's earliest recordings, dating back to when they were known as Earth, will be released "at some point"

Earth: The Legendary Lost Tapes was originally set for release in July 2025 until Sharon Osbourne intervened on behalf of the band

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“We’re not trying to prove anything – it rocks”: Tony Iommi announces first solo album in 21 years – hear the new single, World Alone

Iommi has shared the record's lead single ahead of its release later this year

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“It rocks!”: Hear Tony Iommi's new single World Alone as the Black Sabbath icon announces his solo album

From The Dark will be released on October 23 and features Jorn Lande on vocals. Riffs guaranteed or your money back

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“We’re not trying to prove anything – it’s a great album, it rocks!” Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi releases solo single World Alone, announces long-awaited album From The Dark

The heavy metal architect’s first solo effort since 2005 drops in October

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"I still can’t believe that he’s not with us. There will never be another Ozzy." Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward share reflections on Ozzy Osbourne on the first anniversary of their friend's passing

"Gone in body, but his legend lives on"

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Ozzy Osbourne: Tony Iommi shares emotional tribute to Black Sabbath frontman one year after his death

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Black Sabbath star Tony Iommi honours ‘dear friend’ Ozzy on anniversary of death

Iommi and Osbourne rose to fame in the chart-topping heavy metal group.

The Independent UK

Ozzy Osbourne’s bandmate Tony Iommi watches ‘dear friend’ on YouTube one year after Black Sabbath frontman’s death

Osbourne is famed for co-founding the chart-topping 1960s group alongside Iommi, bassist Terence "Geezer" Butler, and drummer Bill Ward

Guitar World

“I still can’t believe that he’s not here with us. There will never be another Ozzy”: Tony Iommi shares Ozzy Osbourne tribute on the first anniversary of his death

Iommi has paid a heartfelt tribute to his former Black Sabbath bandmate

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“He fired a shotgun out of a window into a bird sanctuary. When we heard the bang, we said to the tour manager, ‘You need to take that gun off him!’” The Sweet's last man standing Andy Scott on wild times and triumphs in glam's most influential band

The guitar history of the Sweet, one of the best-loved bands of the glam era, who splashed color, fun and rock-solid riffs across the ’70s pop world – and influenced a generation in the process

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"We thought, 'What the hell is going on around here?' They thought he was some lunatic who got into the castle." How a ghostly apparition ended Tony Iommi's writer's block and inspired one of Black Sabbath's greatest riffs

With Tony Iommi suffering from writer's block, Black Sabbath did the most logical thing: They hired a haunted castle

Evening Standard

Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward reveals he is mostly confined to a wheelchair

He insisted that his latest health update does not mean he is ‘in retirement or ill or giving up’.

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