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“Bill’s brother used to be in a gang, and he was like the knife man. Bill suggested we write a song about him”: The stories behind the three most obscure Black Sabbath covers played at the Back The Beginning gig

Metallica and Guns N’Roses threw in some curveball covers at the Back To The Beginning show

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“The songs, the artwork, the image, Ozzy’s sinister, untrained monotone, Iommi’s monolithic riffs. This was the emerging sound of heavy metal”: The complete history of Black Sabbath – lineup by lineup, album by album

As Black Sabbath took a triumphant bow at Back to the Beginning, we reexamine their recorded works, from the riff that started metal through the Dio years, to the return of Ozzy Osbourne and 13

Guitar World

Rock legend Ozzy Osbourne bids farewell with Black Sabbath reunion

The rocker – who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2019 – plans to continue to record music but will not perform live again.

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Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne: Back to the Beginning review – all-star farewell to the gods of metal is epic and emotional

The biggest names in rock, from Metallica to Slayer, came to pay tribute to the men who created their entire genre – and even in old age, Sabbath’s sound has bludgeoning force

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‘It’s my final encore’: Ozzy Osbourne to perform for last time at Birmingham show

Saturday’s 10-hour concert will reunite original lineup of Black Sabbath and feature a multitude of metal bands

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Are you ready for "the greatest day in the history of heavy metal"? Black Sabbath share new photo featuring some of the metal legends set to honour them at their farewell show in Birmingham

Ozzy, Tony, Geezer, Bill and friends, including Metallica, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, Sammy Hagar, Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan and more

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Here's everything you need to know about Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne's final ever show, Back To The Beginning, including who's playing, where you can watch it and more

Still confused about the details of this weekend's epic final Black Sabbath show? We got you

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"Is this Ozzy's last show? One thousand per cent": Sharon Osbourne on Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning all-star blowout

Sharon Osbourne on Ozzy, Randy Rhoads, Bill Ward and Tom Morello, and why she won't be borrowing Dave Grohl's throne

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"We're one of the only bands where the original members are still alive and speaking with one another": The final Black Sabbath interview

Soon there will be no more comebacks, no more tours,and no more ‘final’ shows: Ozzy, Tony, Geezer and Bill look back at their incredible career

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The 40 best Black Sabbath songs ever

From genre-defining early cuts to underrated gems, these are the Black Sabbath songs you need in your life

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Everything you need to know about Back To The Beginning, Black Sabbath’s reunion and Ozzy Osbourne’s final concert

From who’s playing to how to stream it, we answer all your questions about this summer’s Back To The Beginning extravaganza

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“We’ve been in the studio. We’ve been living in the studio, is what we’ve been doing”: Black Sabbath’s Bill Ward has two new solo albums on the way

The seminal drummer says he doesn’t “give an ‘F’” as he records his first solo efforts in 10 years

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“It’s one of the greatest cities ever, it’s given the world so much”: Black Sabbath have been awarded the freedom of Brum

Honour come a week before their final performance together

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Founding Black Sabbath members visit Birmingham mural ahead of epic hometown show

See photo of Bill Ward, Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi and Ozzy Osbourne at Black Sabbath mural in Birmingham

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Kelly Osbourne shares update on dad Ozzy's health ahead of final Black Sabbath show

The British rocker, 76, revealed in 2020 that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease

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Black Sabbath offer first glimpse of rehearsals as they prepare for bow-out concert Back To The Beginning next week

“Hello from rehearsals!” frontman Ozzy Osbourne writes on social media

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Ozzy Osbourne starts Black Sabbath rehearsals for farewell gig

Ozzy Osbourne and his Black Sabbath bandmates have started rehearsing for their final show.

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'I was born nervous': Ozzy Osbourne voices fears ahead of Black Sabbath farewell gig

Ozzy Osbourne says he would be nervous for Black Sabbath's big Villa Park farewell even if the performance was merely a "regular gig".

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The world's first Ozzy Osbourne exhibition will open in Black Sabbath's hometown, Birmingham, this summer

Working Class Hero, the first exhibition dedicated to Ozzy Osbourne's storied career, will be hosted at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

Guitar World

“When the Ozzy thing came around I was so excited, but also doubting myself. Duff McKagan and Chad Smith were like, ‘You can do it. It's everything you love’”: From Pearl Jam to the Stones, the stars have aligned for Andrew Watt – but he owes it to Ozzy

The producer and guitarist explains how ’Sabbath and Ozzy were there for the beginning of his journey – and why he’ll to be there for the end of theirs

Guitar World

Black Sabbath! The final interview with Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward – all yours in the new Guitar World

Plus interviews with Jake E. Lee, Adam Jones, Creed Bratton from The Office, the guys from Goose, former Jethro Tull man Martin Barre, K.K. Downing, Zakk Wylde, Jerry Cantrell, Tom Morello, Lzzy Hale, Billy Duffy, Robben Ford and more

MusicRadar

“It wasn’t just my decision to fire Ozzy. It was a band decision. It was either we break up or we carry on without him”: Tony Iommi says they had to get rid of Ozzy Osbourne to make Black Sabbath great again

And he met the band's next singer through Ozzy's future wife Sharon!

Metal Hammer

“We went on our lunch break and when we got back, Tony had come up with the Paranoid riff. It was literally 25 minutes of work. People went nuts about it!”: How Black Sabbath made Paranoid, the iconic album that rubber-stamped their greatness

Black Sabbath’s debut album laid down the blue print for heavy metal but Paranoid kicked it

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Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne's farewell gig in Birmingham next month will be livestreamed globally: find out how you can watch the greatest metal show ever

Black Sabbath's history-making Back To The Beginning show is to be made available for pay-per-view worldwide

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“This gig is very important. The original Sabbath will never be on stage together again”: Ozzy Osbourne confirms his upcoming farewell show will definitely be the end of the road for Black Sabbath

Holding out for one last Sabbath gig after the Back To The Beginning show? It’s not going to happen

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