Black Sabbath co-founder Geezer Butler recalls being surprised at how “frail” Ozzy Osbourne was in the weeks leading up to the band’s last concert on July 5. In a post on The Sunday Times, bassist Butler recounted the rehearsals for the show in Villa Park, located in Birmingham, England, not far from where he and Osbourne grew up. Butler and …
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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 …
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Ozzy Osbourne‘s catalog is seeing a resurgence after the heavy metal pioneer’s death this week, as both his solo hits and works with Black Sabbath have been spiking on Spotify. Since Osbourne’s death was announced Tuesday, he’s gained over 6 million monthly listeners on the platform as a solo artist, jumping from about 12.4 million to 18.7 million. Black Sabbath, …
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Many, many years ago, when this reporter was just a few months into his first music industry job as the assistant editor of a now-long defunct teen heavy metal magazine called Faces, he was lucky enough to be sent to interview Ozzy Osbourne, the legendary singer, cofounder of Black Sabbath and TV star who died Tuesday at the age of …
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Brittney Griner Showed True Character With Reaction To Ozzy Osbourne’s Death originally appeared on The Spun. Brittney Griner was among the many in the sports world to react to the death of legendary rock star Ozzy Osbourne. Osbourne, known as the front man for Black Sabbath, passed away this week. He was 76 years old. His family announced the news, …
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