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Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath frontman and icon of British heavy metal, dies aged 76

The singer, who later became famous on reality TV show The Osbournes, dies less than three weeks after retirement concert

The Guardian - UK

Ozzy Osbourne, prince of darkness and Black Sabbath frontman, dies aged 76

‘Godfather of Metal’ bit the head off a dead bat and starred in his own reality TV show. He leaves behind a legacy as one of the most colourful showmen in rock ’n’ roll

The Independent UK

Who do we contact about putting this photo of Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler with the Backstreet Boys up in the National Portrait Gallery?

The fact that we didn’t hear Backstreet’s Back at Back To The Beginning is a crime, really

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Black Sabbath’s Back To The Beginning extravaganza is coming out in cinemas

Ozzy Osbourne’s blockbuster farewell will be turned into a concert film and hit theatre screens in 2026

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Soundgarden skipped Black Sabbath's final concert due to scheduling conflicts

Soundgarden have explained why they were missing from Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning concert.

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Missing Black Sabbath? Here are 10 bands that will fill the Sabbath-shaped hole in your life

Black Sabbath may be no more, but there are still plenty of bands they’ve inspired out there

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Kirk Hammett’s mystery SG from Back to the Beginning was built by Gibson CEO Cesar Gueikian – and now it’s being auctioned off for charity

The one-of-a-kind metallic silver axe was used to cover a Sabbath classic and is being sold to raise funds for Gibson Gives

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“With him doing his own set – which I didn't think he should do – I didn't want him to get burnt out”: Tony Iommi reflects on Black Sabbath’s final performance, his concerns over Ozzy's solo set – and reveals the songs they rehearsed but didn’t play

Concerns about the show’s scheduling and drummer Bill Ward’s first Sabbath gig in 20 years cut Sabbath’s final set to just four songs. Iommi says there was a couple more in the tank

Guitar World

“The album sounds incredible. A masterpiece, even though I say so myself!”: Black Sabbath are over – this is what the four members are doing next

Black Sabbath may be over, but are Ozzy and co actually hanging up their boots?

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Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi issues update on long-awaited solo album: “I’m trying to finish off what I started”

Now that Back To The Beginning is in the rear-view mirror, heavy metal’s foundational guitarist is returning to work on his first solo album in 20 years

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Tony Iommi compared Bill Ward to a Lord Of The Rings monster at Black Sabbath’s epic farewell gig: “You look like Gollum!”

As Ward issues a heartfelt thank you to his bandmates and fans, Sabbath’s guitarist admits he likened the drummer’s appearance when topless to an emaciated hobbit

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"We're in our seventies and late seventies, so you can only do so much": Tony Iommi reveals the songs Black Sabbath rehearsed but didn't play at Back To The Beginning

Tony Iommi has reflected on Black Sabbath's performance at Villa Park

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“I could tell that he was very proud… ‘This is my guy, my guitar player. I found him under a rock in Belfast!’”: Vivian Campbell on his complicated relationship with Ronnie James Dio– and what Dio told Ozzy Osbourne about his playing

Campbell says working with the late, great Ronnie James Dio wasn't always easy – and it didn't help that Campbell once likened him to Tom Jones

MusicRadar

“We were doing War Pigs… Ozzy looks at me and mouths, ‘What are the words?’ I said, ‘Idon’t know.’ So he started singing Old MacDonald Had a Farm”: Jake E. Lee on his wild Ozzy Osbourne days and why Tony Iommi is harder to emulate than Randy Rhoads

Arthritis and the small matter of being shot didn't stop Jake E. Lee from honoring his old bandmate/boss Ozzy Osbourne and hero Tony Iommi at Sabbath's final show. And Tom Morello needed him bad

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"The best day of music we have ever been a part of": The musicians who played Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning show pay tribute to Ozzy & Co

Tributes from Metallica, Pantera, Tool, Gojira, Alice In Chains, Anthrax, Halestorm and many more

Guitar World

“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

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“Did the ending seem a bit cold to anyone?”: This is what really happened at the end of Black Sabbath’s farewell show

No final bow? This is the ending you didn’t see on the Back To The Beginning livestream

Guitar World

“Hearing the crowd sing the War Pigs solo gave me chills”: Back to the Beginning was Ozzy Osbourne’s night – but it was also a tribute to Tony Iommi’s singular impact on guitar music

Iommi’s world-altering riffs led to some of the all-star farewell show’s biggest singalongs – no wonder the supporting cast of guitar heroes had so much fun playing them

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Evening Standard

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.

The Guardian - UK

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

Guitar World

“I watched Tony a lot. We became friends. It was emotional – not in a ‘pinch me!’ sense, but realizing how on-point he was – and how much he was not phoning in that performance”: Rival Sons’ Scott Holiday on what it’s like to open a Black Sabbath show

Supporting Sabbath throughout The End Tour, Rival Sons got a better view of metal's godfathers than anyone – and will pay tribute to them at their final show. What will they play? Holiday's sworn to secrecy

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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

Guitar World

“The solution to your Tele neck pickup headaches and a fitting farewell for the godfather of heavy metal”: This is all the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – and it includes my new dream reverb machine

Elsewhere, Ibanez shows its RG range some love and Dunlop hopes to make you a better player with some newly engineered guitar picks...

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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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