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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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The new Japanese Prime Minister appeared on Babymetal's podcast and talked about her love of Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Deep Purple

"I play songs like this to let off steam" - Sanae Takaichi

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“I know that my dad was shining down on us from Heaven with pride”: Kelly Osbourne thanks fans after accepting award for her father Ozzy

The late Prince Of Darkness was given a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Birmingham Awards last week

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“Vanilla Fudge had covered a Supremes hit and turned it into something else. That’s what the band tried to do – put their own spin on it”: The iconic cover version that launched a legendary hard rock band – but nearly turned them into one-hit-wonders

It came a year before Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath released their debut albums

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“He our admiration for his music and our respect for his talent for recognizing guitar genius”: The life and times of Ozzy Osbourne – metal’s godfather and Prince of Darkness

Remembering John “Ozzy” Osbourne, the frontman who breathed life into heavy metal and found some of its greatest guitar players

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“This is your chance to own the sound that defined heavy metal”: Reverb and Ashdown are selling bass amps used by Geezer Butler during rehearsals for Black Sabbath’s final show

15 Head Of Doom amp heads will be sold exclusively via Ashdown’s Reverb Shop

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“This is your chance to own the sound that defined heavy metal. Don’t wait, once they’re gone, they’re gone”: Ashdown and Reverb are selling Geezer Butler’s Head Of Doom bass amps, signed by the man himself

This Reverb exclusive offers 15 of Butler's signature heads used for rehearsals for Black Sabbath's final show, each coming with a COA from Ashdown MD Dan Gooday

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Ozzy Osbourne thinks that his marriage to Sharon Osbourne kept him alive for so long

The late Black Sabbath rocker Ozzy Osbourne feels that his 43-year marriage to Sharon Osbourne enabled him to survive for so long despite his hedonistic lifestyle.

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Ozzy Osbourne’s son Jack likens music star’s farewell concert to ‘living wake’

Jack said his father ‘got to say goodbye to everyone’ before his death.

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Ozzy Osbourne wanted back-up plan in case he was too sick for reunion gig

Late rock legend Ozzy Osbourne wanted a back-up plan to be drawn up in case he was too ill to take to the stage at the Black Sabbath reunion gig after he was admitted to hospital just weeks before the Back To The Beginning gig.

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“He tried to stab Dio with a fork!”: The first time Ozzy Osbourne met Ronnie James Dio it nearly ended in bloodshed

The rivalry between the two ex-Black Sabbath singers nearly spilled over into chaos

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“I couldn't afford a real bass guitar, so I just tuned the strings down on a Telecaster”: How Geezer Butler went from playing bass on a guitar to the ominous riff that defined one of Black Sabbath’s darkest moments

Geezer Butler’s iconic bassline announces this tune from the classic 1970 LP Paranoid

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Ozzy Osbourne tells Sharon ‘we’ll be free after farewell gig’ in new documentary

The former frontman of Black Sabbath died at the age of 76 in July.

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Sharon Osbourne's Final Chapter with Ozzy: New Docu Sheds Light About the Couple's Last Moments Together

Sharon Osbourne recalls the heartbreaking moments she shared with Ozzy while moving back to England before his death.

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Ozzy Osbourne declares in upcoming posthumous memoir he was left ‘p***** off no end’ by being unable to walk on stage at final gig

In a brutal revelation from his upcoming posthumous memoir, Ozzy Osbourne reveals being forced to sit on a throne during his last-ever concert “p***** me off no end”.

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Ozzy Osbourne wanted tombstone to carry the epitaph ‘I told you I wasn’t feeling well’

Revealing his epitaph in his upcoming posthumous memoir, Ozzy Osbourne said he wants his tombstone to carry the words “I told you I wasn’t feeling well”.

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Sharon Osbourne reveals twist of fate as Ozzy’s final resting place shown in BBC doc

The documentary follows the couple’s move back to England and features Sharon’s reflections on the Buckinghamshire home where the Black Sabbath star died aged 76

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Ozzy Osbourne reveals extent of final health battle in posthumous memoir

‘Death’s been knocking at my door for the last six years,’ Black Sabbath rocker writes

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I saw Black Sabbath play three days after their debut album was released - and tickets cost 30 pence

When bluesman Freddie King pulled out of a show in early 1970, a young band from Birmingham stepped in

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Ozzy Osbourne's face appears on the side of New Zealand's tallest building

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Ozzy Osbourne says he’s ‘finally home’ in trailer for BBC film showing UK return

The 60-minute film depicts the final chapter of Osbourne’s life.

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Ozzy Osbourne’s producer describes shock at the death of the rock icon

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Ozzy Osbourne’s producer has described his shock at the death of the rock icon.

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“It was like watching Muhammad Ali shadow box – that intense”: Metallica’s Robert Trujillo on watching Black Sabbath soundcheck at Back To The Beginning

The bassist, who used to play in Ozzy Osbourne’s solo band, compares seeing Sabbath onstage to watching Muhammad Ali in the ring

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Judas Priest release song featuring Ozzy Osbourne to raise money for Parkinson’s

Osbourne, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2019, died at the age of 76 in July.

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Hear Judas Priest and Ozzy Osbourne team up on cover of Black Sabbath’s War Pigs

Proceeds from the all-Brummie collab will go to The Glenn Tipton Parkinson’s Foundation and Cure Parkinson’s

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