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Geezer Butler, the founding bassist of Black Sabbath, revealed how the band’s final concert came together weeks before Ozzy Osbourne‘s death. In a tribute written for the Times of London, Butler said he was initially taken aback by Osbourne’s appearance when the band came in for rehearsals. “I knew he wasn’t in good health, but I wasn’t prepared to see …

In the wake of his death, Ozzy Osbourne’s Black Sabbath bandmate is shedding light on the quiet struggle behind the rock group’s final show. Tony Iommi, Black Sabbath guitarist and co-founder, told UK broadcaster ITV that Osbourne was “frustrated” during the band’s farewell concert on July 5. The heavy metal icon died less than three weeks later, on July 22, …