5 h. ago Ozzy Osbourne makes heartbreaking vow to fans ahead of his final ever gig

Rock legend Ozzy Osbourne has issued a promise to his loyal followers ahead of Back To The Beginning, his final ever gig which is set to take place on 5 July

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6 h. ago Black Sabbath's 'secret plan' to help Ozzy Osbourne in final gig amid health setback

Ozzy Osbourne has admitted he 'may be sitting down' for final gig and sources say they will pull out stops to put on a show around him

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15 h. ago Ozzy Osbourne ‘prayed he would die in his sleep’ after agonising surgery

Heavy metal legend opened up about his ongoing health issues as he prepares to take his final bow at a massive show in his hometown of Birmingham this summer

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16 h. ago Ozzy Osbourne, 76, insists he WILL perform at his final concert despite concerns about his ailing health

Ozzy Osbourne has insisted that he will perform at what is being billed at his final concert in July, despite concerns about his ailing health.

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17 h. ago Black Sabbath rocker Ozzy Osbourne says he ‘may be sitting down’ for his final gig this summer amid health woes

Ozzy Osbourne will join his Black Sabbath bandmates for their first show together in 20 years in Birmingham on July 5

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19 h. ago ‘I don’t want to die in a hotel room somewhere’: Black Sabbath on reconciling for their final gig – and how Ozzy is living through hell

Heavy metal’s godfathers are preparing a star-studded farewell – but will Ozzy Osbourne, after ‘horrendous’ surgery, be well enough to perform? In their first interview for two decades, the original lineup talk about their hopes and fears for rock’s ultimate gigOn a video call from his home in Los Angeles, Ozzy Osbourne is struggling to recall the exact details of recent years, ones he calls “the worst of my life”. “How many surgeries have I had?” he wonders aloud. “I’ve got more fucking metal in me than a scrap merchants.”The trouble began in earnest in early 2019, when he was midway through what his wife and manager Sharon had firmly told him was his farewell tour. For one thing, both of them had been working constantly since their teens; for another, Ozzy had been diagnosed with a form of Parkinson’s disease, after years of insisting an intermittent numbness in one of his legs was the result of a drinking binge (or rather its aftermath, during which he says he didn’t move for two...

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23 h. ago Ozzy Osbourne 'may be sitting down' for his final performance amid health battles

Ozzy Osbourne will this summer deliver his own short set before he joins Black Sabbath bandmates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward on stage for The Back To The Beginning show

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26 h. ago Ozzy Osbourne admits he will only manage a few songs in final Black Sabbath gig

Ozzy Osbourne will play with Black Sabbath one final time and is training mode ahead of the July show

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28 h. ago Ozzy Osbourne says he ‘may be sitting down’ for his final gig amid health woes

The heavy metal star has faced a string of health issues in recent years.

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31 h. ago ‘I’ll be there’: Ozzy Osbourne insists he will perform final concert amid health doubts

Exclusive: Black Sabbath frontman details training he is doing to ensure he is fit to play all-star reunion gig in JulyAmid concerns about his health, Ozzy Osbourne has insisted he will perform in July at what is being billed as his final concert, fronting the original lineup of Black Sabbath.Speaking along with his bandmates to the Guardian’s Alexis Petridis in an interview to be published on Friday, he said: “I’ll be there, and I’ll do the best I can. So all I can do is turn up.” Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Second Kneecap gig footage assessed by police over alleged ‘kill MP’ call

Earlier in the week, footage emerged of another gig last year in November, which counter-terrorism police are assessing.

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6 d. ago Kneecap set for action on ‘false accusations of antisemitism’ at Coachella gig

Following the performance, former The X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne called for their US work visas to be revoked.

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1 week ago Delusions of Paradise by Maiwand Banayee review – a compelling rejection of fundamentalism

An Afghan exile’s account of life in war-torn Kabul and a Taliban-dominated refugee camp is an unflinching study of how radicalisation takes root, and his own renunciation of itBorn in Kabul, Maiwand Banayee aspired to become a Talib when he was 16. In 1994, living in a Pakistan refugee camp, there was little to do except sleep, eat, pray and dream of the afterlife: “Islam dominated every aspect of life in Shamshatoo. Even during the volleyball and cricket games the spectators were prevented from clapping because it was seen as un-Islamic.” Banayee joined the camp’s madrasa when he was 14 in an attempt “to fit in”. The only educational opportunity open to Afghans at that time, the religious school offered structure and purpose, although “instead of teaching us to live, they were teaching us to die”.In this illuminating book, Banayee, now resident in England, describes the circumstances that led to his indoctrination, and what eventually saved him. Brutalised by conflict, his Pashtun...

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