"The first song I ever wrote with Ozzy was on that guitar - and then also, the last tribute to him." Ozzy Osbourne's longest-serving guitarist Zakk Wylde opens up on the emotional new song he's written in memory of the Prince Of Darkness

Ozzy Osbourne hugging Zakk Wylde, both men smiling.

Heavy metal guitar hero Zakk Wylde has revealed that he believes 2025’s massive Back to the Beginning Black Sabbath tribute concert could have become a yearly event, were it not for Ozzy Osbourne’s passing just weeks later.

Speaking exclusively to Metal Hammer, Ozzy’s longtime guitarist and Black Label Society frontman says that he felt it would have given the Sabbath legend “something to strive for” if he knew he had a yearly event in the diary.