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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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“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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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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"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

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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

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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

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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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This Is Spinal Tap director insists Stonehenge scene was not inspired by Black Sabbath's stage prop blunder

Black Sabbath's hilarious Stonehenge gaffe happened after scene was written for Spinal Tap movie

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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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Ozzy Osbourne Set For Swansong At Black Sabbath Hometown Gig

Birmingham braced Saturday for wildman rocker Ozzy Osbourne's final ever gig as Black Sabbath's frontman, with thousands flocking to his UK hometown for a celebration of the heavy metal genre he helped to create.

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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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"One of the scariest songs I ever heard." Slipknot's Corey Taylor pays tribute to Black Sabbath, reveals the song he listens to so he can "go some place mentally."

Slipknot aren't playing Black Sabbath's final show, but the metal legends have had a profound impact on Corey et al all the same

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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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“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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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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“The boys and I had just gotten off tour. We got a call from our booking agent…” How a “fluke accident” led to Lzzy Hale playing at Dio’s last-ever show

Halestorm saved the day when they were unexpectedly called upon to open for Heaven & Hell

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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

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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

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