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Merlin Alderslade

"He was saying that it was overwhelming for him. He was very vulnerable." Ghost mainman Tobias Forge reveals the surprising conversation he had with a member of Black Sabbath at the metal legends' final show

Papa Emeritus V on stage pointing, and the four members of Black Sabbath at a press event.

Ghost leader Tobias Forge has revealed the moving interaction he had with a member of Black Sabbath while backstage during the build-up to the metal legends' final show in Birmingham in July. Forge, who appeared on stage as Papa V Perpetua at the Back To The Beginning concert at Villa Park on July 5 to sing Ozzy Osbourne classic Bark At The Moon, says he managed to catch a word with all four members of the band.

“I spoke to each and every one," he confirms. "The one that I spoke to the least was Ozzy, but he was obviously very courted, and I also felt like there were so many people around me that were not only close and old friends of his, but that worked with him or played with him. I just sort of tapped him on the back, like, ‘Hey, man, happy to be here!'

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