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Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's final show

Here's everything you need to know about Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne's final ever show

Black Sabbath retired following an extensive farewell tour from 2016 to 2017. The shows featured three of the band’s four founding members – singer Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler – but not original drummer Bill Ward, who pulled out of the band several years earlier due to a contract dispute.

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Black Sabbath Founding Member Tony Iommi Gives the Final Word on the Possibility of Future Shows

Iommi’s confirmation comes after longtime Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde expressed hope that Black Sabbath could tour again in the future with some accommodations for the singer’s illness. Speaking with Rolling Stone, Wylde predicted that concert promoters will be all over the Back to the Beginning gig.

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'Heartbreaking' reason why Black Sabbath fired Ozzy Osbourne 46 years ago

In the late 1970s, the rock group, formed in Birmingham, England, in 1968 by Ozzy, guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, and bassist Geezer Butler, was in a gruesome state, experiencing an all-time low in both the recording studio and on stage. Ozzy wasn't making things easier on his bandmates with his erratic, drink and drug-fueled behavior.

"We're one of the only bands where the original members are still alive and speaking with one another": The final Black Sabbath interview

They’ve written one song already, a jazzy, bluesy track called Wicked World, whose fearful title plugs into the turmoil and ...

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Bill Kelliher on his awkward Tony Iommi encounter and Mastodon’s Back to the Beginning plans

As he gears up for Black Sabbath's last hurrah, the Mastodon man looks back on his brief – but probably very helpful! – ...

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