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10 songs we need to hear at Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's farewell gig

Back To The Beginning is set to be the world's biggest celebration of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath. We're hoping these songs will be part of it

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Judas Priest ‘gutted’ to miss final Ozzy Osbourne show says singer

Frontman Rob Halford commented: ‘I had no idea it was happening!’

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“Yeah! Sounds like Metallica!” Watch Donny Osmond headbanging to The Osmonds’ Crazy Horses played at 33rpm and sounding like a lost doom metal classic

We always suspected The Osmonds were secret doom fans

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"I don’t want people thinking, ‘We’re getting ripped off'." Ozzy Osbourne says he will "do the best I can" at Black Sabbath's farewell show, admits that fans will only be getting a "sample" of his solo career and Sabbath's catalogue

Ozzy Osbourne is determined to give his fans a memorable farewell show

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“Dime is in there. I have a big Eddie Van Halen influence. The same goes for Eric Clapton. It all channels back to the blues”: Mark Morton explains why he’s jamming with Grace Bowers and Jason Isbell on his solo album – and those Gibson signature rumors

His second solo album, Without The Pain, features Troy Sanders, Jason Isbell, Jared James Nichols, Grace Bowers and a stack of guitars from his frighteningly valuable collection

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Sharon Osbourne remembers first thoughts when she laid eyes on Ozzy: “What the f*ck?!”

Sharon Osbourne first saw her husband at a Black Sabbath show when she was 18 – and it was unlike anything she’d experienced before

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Maynard James Keenan: Ozzy Osbourne needs 'modern miracles'

Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan thinks it will take "modern miracles" for Ozzy Osbourne to perform on stage at Black Sabbath's final concert.

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Ozzy Osbourne’s solo band has long been a proving ground for metal’s most outstanding players. From Randy Rhoads to Zakk Wylde, via Brad Gillis and Gus G, here are all the players – and nearly players – in the Osbourne saga

Among the ranks of Ozzy's six-string sidekicks are some of the most admired and imitated rock guitarists of all time. Some have lasted for years, others a single gig, and some on both ends are part of the elite group of musicians to have been fired over the phone by…

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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Cryptopsy, Rivers of Nihil and The Devil Wears Prada lead this week's best new metal songs

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"Ozzy jumped from one subject to another with astonishing rapidity, like some frantic pigeon": A mind-mincing encounter with Black Sabbath on the Sabotage tour

By 1976, Black Sabbath already had a huge heritage to live up to. We joined them on the road in Portsmouth

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"Our manager gave us each $1000 and put us on the plane, economy class. We later found out we had received $250,000 for the show: he kept it all." The true story behind Black Sabbath's biggest show ever

On April 6, 1974, Black Sabbath performed for 250,000 rock fans at the first California Jam festival. It was a gig that would live long in the memory for all involved, for reasons both good and bad

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Sharon Osbourne teases Black Sabbath hologram show after final gig

Sharon Osbourne has insisted she would consider working on a Black Sabbath hologram show after this summer's 'Back To The Beginning' farewell show.

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Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello teases surprise 'huge superstars' at Black Sabbath show

Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello has teased that some "huge superstars" could make a surprise appearance in the final Black Sabbath show which is taking place at Villa Park in Birmingham, England, on July 5.

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“Ozzy drove us all nuts with that Moog thing. But the song was great”: How Black Sabbath took a surprise left turn on the classic album Sabotage

And how Ozzy ‘played’ a cider jug like a tuba!

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"He and I have that kanaka thing, we're bros!" Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett on his friendship with Jason Momoa

What do a heavy metal and Hollywood star have to bond over? A lot, it turns out.

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Ozzy Osbourne to perform on a throne

Zakk Wylde says Ozzy Osbourne will be performing on a throne at Black Sabbath's farewell show.

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“I agreed to join the band when I was drunk. I’ve not much recollection of what went on!”: The chaotic story of Black Sabbath’s Born Again and the tour that inspired Spinal Tap

Black Sabbath’s Born Again: flawed classic or total disaster? Ian Gillan has opinions

Guitar World

“I saw other bands but no Anthrax… I said, ‘How about getting Anthrax on this? I’m not the only Sabbath fan in the band’”: Scott Ian on going from a lifelong Black Sabbath fan to playing their final show thanks to Tom Morello

The Anthrax co-founder teases what we can expect from this July's heavy metal extravaganza

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"Everybody's gonna be playing Sabbath songs, it's gonna be pretty mindblowing." Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde says that Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning homecoming will be "special for everybody", but he hopes it won't be Ozzy's last show

Zakk Wylde is excited for Ozzy and Black Sabbath's final bow this summer, but would be up for another Ozzy tour

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Tom Morello is 'honoured' to be the musical director for Ozzy Osbourne's final concert

Tom Morello has a big task on his hands heading up Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's star-studded final concert this summer.

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"Flashes of utter brilliance mixed with too many extra-curricular activities and bad management." Black Sabbath's Sabotage is the end of a golden age - and the point cracks are beginning to show

The final entry into Black Sabbath's original golden run, Sabotage is often hailed as the band's heaviest and most fearless album. But is it really?

Guitar World

Never-before-seen footage of Van Halen hanging with Black Sabbath and shredding at early shows surfaces after decades

B-roll clips cover iconic shows at the Monsters of Rock and Madison Square Garden, as well as plenty of backstage antics

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The best Black Sabbath songs that don’t feature Ozzy Osbourne or Ronnie James Dio

Ozzy and Dio may be Sabbath’s best-known singers, but these bangers with less-famous voices deserve their share of the love

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That Pedal Show bring their YouTube show to life at the UK's biggest guitar show this weekend

Mick and Dan from That Pedal Show, plus Yolanda Charles and more exhibitors than ever before: Full line-up for The Guitar Show revealed

Guitar World

The UK’s biggest guitar event is this weekend, with 'wit and wisdom' from That Pedal Show

The Guitar Show hits Birmingham 1-2 March 2025: Full line-up revealed

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