Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has spoken publicly for the first time since the death of Ozzy Osbourne. Iommi spoke at length with UK broadcaster ITV about Ozzy's passing, and about Sabbath's Back To The Beginning show earlier this month, when the Prince Of Darkness took his final bow alongside the other founding members of Sabbath: Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward.
"It was a shock for us," says Iommi. "I mean, when I heard yesterday, it couldn’t sink in. I thought, ‘It can’t be.’ I only had a text from him the day before. It just seemed unreal, surreal. And it really didn’t sink in. And in the night, I started thinking about it: ‘God, am I dreaming all this?’ But as I said before, he’s not looked well through the rehearsals.
