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10 bands who peaked with the first song on their first album

Some bands just get it right first time

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“It’s more than just an exhibition. People want to be part of something, whether that’s signing the condolence book or just being part of a bigger event”: Inside the Birmingham museum that’s keeping Ozzy Osbourne’s legacy alive

The Home Of Metal’s Ozzy Osbourne: Working Class Hero is the ultimate hometown tribute to The Prince Of Darkness

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"I don't know how many thousands of times I've sung it, but I've never once thought 'Oh no, not tonight'." How Deep Purple created an all-time hard rock classic with a song that "didn't go anywhere"

Built from a riff that came from nowhere, Smoke On The Water has been covered by everyone from ‘Weird’ Al Yankovic to Black Sabbath

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Ozzy Osbourne AI avatar will be ‘so tasteful’, Jack Osbourne says after fan backlash

Lifesize avatar of former Black Sabbath frontman will be created by tech companies Hyperreal and Proto Hologram

The Guardian - AU

"Sharon came to the opening and was actually in tears." How an Ozzy Osbourne exhibition became one of the biggest attractions in Birmingham - and why it's nowhere near done yet

Ozzy Osbourne: Working Class Hero has struck a chord with Brummies and tourists alike

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“The script is right there. This movie will absolutely happen”: Jack Osbourne says Ozzy biopic is written and gives tentative release date

We still don’t know who’ll play the Prince Of Darkness, though

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Stoner/doom stalwarts Green Lung return with riffy single Evil In This House ahead of first-ever festival headline show

The Londoners will headline Desertfest this weekend and release their fourth album, Necropolitan, in September

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Every metal album to get to number one in the UK - and the story behind them all

From Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden to Skindred and Sleep Token, here's every single time metal topped the album charts in the UK

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“It’s historically important for music lovers of that genre”: The legal dispute over Black Sabbath’s earliest recordings has been settled – and they could finally be released

The legal beef between Sharon Osbourne and Sabbath’s original manager has been squashed – and it could be good news for fans

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"I want to dedicate this next one to a dear friend of mine in the sky tonight!" Watch a tearful Yungblud pay emotional tribute to Ozzy Osbourne with his cover of Black Sabbath's Changes in Birmingham last night

Yungblud made the most of playing Ozzy's home city

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Ten albums that prove, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that 1980 was the greatest year ever for hard rock and heavy metal

Ozzy reborn! AC/DC back! Iron Maiden on the prowl! 1980 rocked

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Kelly Osbourne Spotted With 'New Man' Just Two Weeks After Sid Wilson Split

Kelly Osbourne's Easter photos with tattoo artist Miles Langford at The Dorchester have triggered 'new man' rumours just weeks after reports of her split from Sid Wilson. Fans are now dissecting her grief, her engagement timeline and how fast she is seen to be moving on.

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“Look at AC/DC. Whatever was popular, it didn’t matter. It’s like McDonald’s. ‘We make the Big Mac and we make fries and we don’t care about doing sushi’”: Zakk Wylde on musical identity, jailhouse rocking with Ozzy and the return of Black Label Society

The maestro of the pinched harmonic and pentatonic blitzkrieg sits in to talk Engines Of Demolition, Randy Rhoads' greatness, and the origin of his style

MusicRadar

Are Kelly Osbourne and Kiinicki Dating? Matching Tattoos and Crochet Beanies Fuel Romance Rumours

Kelly Osbourne has been linked to close friend and hairstylist Kiinicki following reports of her split from fiancé Sid Wilson, just months after the death of her father Ozzy.

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The 'Broken Home' Fear: Why Kelly Osbourne Fought to Save Her Relationship Until the Very Last Minute

Kelly Osbourne battled fiercely to repair her engagement to Sid Wilson, haunted by fears of condemning their toddler son to a broken home amid grief and public backlash.

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Kelly Osbourne, Sid Wilson Split: 'Struggling' Star Reportedly Calls Off Engagement 7 Months After Backstage Proposal

Kelly Osbourne has reportedly called off her engagement to Slipknot musician Sid Wilson seven months after his backstage proposal, amid claims she has been struggling with grief and relationship 'challenges'.

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"Kind of rebels, both of them." Oscar-winning actor Cillian Murphy draws parallels between his Peaky Blinders anti-hero Tommy Shelby and Birmingham's true Prince Of Darkness

Why Tommy Shelby and Ozzy Osbourne share common ground

Louder

"You can hide behind it, but all my favourites play guitar and I wanna be the whole package." James Bruner was drawn into rock by the greats: Now he's ready to become one

James Bruner grew up listening to Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin, then dropped out of university to throw everything into his craft

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“There was a lot of pain. My love for music was beginning to die”: He’d learned to let his brother be lead guitarist, and that many musicians lose hope. Then he changed his life, wrote a 15-minute prog epic and got signed

The American’s memories of seeing Yes, Black Sabbath and Grand Funk Railroad helped save him from despair – as did seeing his sibling play like Eddie Van Halen before Eddie did himself

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“We should all be proud that British musicians are responsible for this force in music called heavy metal. Black Sabbath and Judas Priest invented true heavy metal music”: How Priest singer Rob Halford remembers the band’s breakthrough moment

And how they triumphed amid the ‘mudbath’ of the first Monsters Of Rock festival

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"There’s going to be everything from his hairbrushes to his smelly socks to his dirty paint chair." Unique Ozzy Osbourne museum exhibition to go on world tour

Sharon Osbourne says the deeply personal Ozzy exhibition currently showing at Birmingham Museum will travel the globe

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On the trail of Peaky Blinders, Black Sabbath and the perfect pint – an alternative guide to Birmingham

As the Peaky Blinders film is released this week, we follow in the footsteps of the Shelbys, make a heavy metal pilgrimage and find the city’s best places to eat, drink and dance

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"Ozzy has been a mighty force in modern music." The BRIT Awards are to honour the late Black Sabbath's contribution to music with Lifetime Achievement accolade and all-star tribute handpicked by his wife Sharon

The ceremony will take place in Manchester on February 28

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"Would Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin have been as cool if the internet was around to expose everything?" Black Stone Cherry's Chris Robertson on social media, the creative inspiration of dogs and battling Darth Vader

Black Stone Cherry's new EP Celebrate is out next month – and includes a very unlikely cover version

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A lounge cover of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath was “the creepiest thing” Ozzy Osbourne ever heard: “Which coming from him is the biggest compliment”

Pop-rockers The Cardigans put a chilled-out spin on the Black Sabbath song in 1994, and singer Nina Persson says the Prince Of Darkness was freaked out by it

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