The best Black Sabbath songs that don’t feature Ozzy Osbourne or Ronnie James Dio By Chris Chantler published 5 March 25 Ozzy and Dio may be Sabbath’s best-known singers, but these bangers with less-famous voices deserve their share of the love
“The last six years have been full of some of the worst times I’ve been through”: A documentary about Ozzy Osbourne will hit Paramount Plus later this year By Matt Mills published 25 February 25 Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape From Now is currently in production and chronicles the Black Sabbath singer’s life since he suffered a spinal injury in 2019
Black Sabbath's Live... Gathered In Their Masses concert film is now free to watch on YouTube By Fraser Lewry published 23 February 25 The footage was recorded on Black Sabbath's 13 tour of Australia in 2013
“With the success came all the trappings and we tried every one of them. The drugs, the travel, the women. Our lives were forever changed”: The chaotic story of Black Sabbath, the band who did more than anyone to invent heavy metal By Dom Lawson, Amit Sharma published 23 February 25 No Black Sabbath, no heavy metal as we know it
I used to work in concert ticketing. When did it become such an utter hellscape? By Rich Hobson published 21 February 25 From the agony of trying to get Black Sabbath tickets to the ongoing Oasis reunion ticketing fiasco, buying tickets to big shows has got worse than ever - here's how to try and navigate the madness
"He would have been perfect! Maybe it's not too late!": Ozzy was once asked to audition for Pirates Of The Caribbean but Sharon wouldn't let him By Fraser Lewry published 19 February 25 Sharon Osbourne says turning down the Pirates Of The Caribbean opportunity was her biggest mistake
Staying in Birmingham to see Black Sabbath? Local hotels have increased their prices by up to 725% By Matt Mills published 19 February 25 According to a local paper, Birmingham hotels are starkly raising their prices around Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne’s farewell show
Everything you need to know about the Black Sabbath reunion and Ozzy Osbourne’s final concert By Matt Mills published 18 February 25 Why are Black Sabbath coming back? Who else is on the bill? Can I still get tickets? We answer all your questions about this summer’s Back To The Beginning extravaganza
Tool, Guns N' Roses and Rival Sons added to Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning final show line-up By Liz Scarlett published 17 February 25 New bands have been added to Black Sabbath's all-day festival in July
"I'm not planning on doing a set with Black Sabbath": Ozzy says he'll only do "little bits and pieces" with Sabbath at final reunion show By Fraser Lewry published 17 February 25 Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning show will take place on July 5 at Villa Park in Birmingham, UK
Watch video for Billy Morrison's Gods of Rock N Roll featuring Ozzy Osbourne By Stef Lach published 14 February 25 Black Sabbath icon Ozzy and Billy Morrison join forces again on reimagined new single Gods of Rock N Roll
"He used to go around carrying a large case with a hammer in it. And if you weren’t getting paid, they’d break somebody’s knees": The heroes and villains of the Black Sabbath journey By Rob Hughes published 12 February 25 Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler reflect on some good, bad and ugly encounters
Sharon Osbourne explains how Black Sabbath’s original members reunited ahead of farewell show: “When they heard it was for charity, it was easy” By Matt Mills published 10 February 25 Ozzy Osbourne’s wife/manager says that it was The Prince Of Darkness himself spearheading efforts for the band’s classic lineup to play together again
“Tom Morello is going to play with the drummer from Tool and they’re going to have Billy Corgan with them”: Sharon Osbourne spills details on running order for Black Sabbath’s farewell show By Matt Mills published 6 February 25 “You’re going to see one icon playing with another icon, doing a Sabbath song and one or two of their own songs, and people playing with each other that you never thought you’d see”
Black Sabbath albums ranked, from worst to best By Paul Elliott published 6 February 25 Some Black Sabbath albums are epoch-defining classics, some are average, some downright embarrassing, and we've ranked them – from woeful worst to brilliant best
Black Sabbath to reunite to play final show at blockbuster Birmingham event this summer, with Metallica, Slayer, Gojira, Anthrax and many other metal icons supporting By Matt Mills published 5 February 25 Black Sabbath’s Back To The Beginning extravaganza will take place at Villa Park on July 5
“I’m still amazed to this day that no one outside of Birmingham can understand a word I say!” Founding Black Sabbath members to be awarded with Freedom Of The City honour by Birmingham City Council By Matt Mills published 22 January 25 The original lineup of Osbourne, Iommi, Butler and Ward will join just 50 others in being recognised as Freemen by the City Of Birmingham
“Metal fans are still stigmatised. So I try and write lyrics with meaning, rather than standard metal lyrics”: How Megadeth‘s Dave Mustaine set out to bust a few myths with Super Collider By Ben Myers published 18 January 25 A 2013 audience with an unexpectedly calm and approachable Dave Mustaine
“We really weren’t compatible. It was kind of cool, but there was a lot left to be desired”: The singer who briefly replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath in 1977 – and then was forgotten By Dave Everley published 12 January 25 It was a short tenure – but they recorded at least one track together
“We were doing things that would have been beyond us with Ozzy. With Ronnie James Dio, there were so many more options”: How a reinvented Black Sabbath saved themselves from oblivion with Heaven And Hell By Malcolm Dome published 11 January 25 Heaven And Hell was the start of Black Sabbath’s short but glorious second chapter
