Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Black Sabbath

"He wanted to do it so bad. And he did. He went like a rock star." Sharon Osbourne on dying Ozzy's determination to perform one last time

Ozzy Osbourne and his family knew he didn't have long to live – yet he insisted on performing at epic farewell show

Metal Hammer

“Tony said, ‘Hey, you’re singing flat.’ My dad got really pissed off”: Jack Osbourne says a heated moment during soundcheck before Black Sabbath’s farewell show revealed everything about Tony Iommi and Ozzy’s relationship

Jack Osbourne says everyone needs a friend like Iommi was to Ozzy

Guitar World

Star Trek legend to cover Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden for unique album

IN FULL

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Star Trek actor William Shatner is releasing an all-star heavy metal album featuring Zakk Wylde, Ritchie Blackmore and more, because you try and tell him not to

Captain Kirk is set to cover Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Iron Maiden and uncork some hard-hitting originals

Metal Hammer

“They said, ‘You're playing heavy metal.’ I said, ‘Heavy metal… what's that?’” Why Tony Iommi shunned the heavy metal tag during Black Sabbath's early days

The Godfather of Heavy Metal was trying to channel the horror films he and bassist Geezer Butler used to watch – and that, in turn, would give birth to an entire genre

Guitar World

"Everything I've done in my life so far seems to have led up to this moment." Dee Snider details the emotional mushroom ceremony he participated in to resolve health issues

Dee Snider's experience with mushrooms was documented on the Acid For Squares podcast

Metal Hammer

“It’s crazy, ambitious and so out of the box. It’s like nothing you’d ever heard before.”: Zakk Wylde picks his favourite Randy Rhoads guitar solo – and explains why Rhoads and Ozzy Osbourne were perfect for each other

Plucked from Quiet Riot, Rhoads was the transfusion of virtuosity Ozzy needed to launch his solo career. But Wylde says it goes both ways, and the Prince Of Darkness was the "perfect foil" for Rhoads' classically trained style

MusicRadar

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

The Cardigans’ Nina Persson: ‘Ozzy said our Black Sabbath cover was the creepiest thing he’d ever heard’

The Swedish band’s frontwoman answers your questions on ‘sweet and curious’ Tom Jones, being changed by cancer and whether the Cardigans will ever make new music

The Guardian - UK

“I was at school supposedly trying to get an education and all I could think about was that album. Black Sabbath are the gods, man!”: How Pantera singer Phil Anselmo fell under Sabbath’s evil spell

And why he thinks that Norwegian black metal ruled in the ’90s

MusicRadar

Sharon Osbourne felt Ozzy Osbourne's spirit 'in the building' at the Grammy Awards

Sharon Osbourne says Ozzy was "definitely in the building" at the Grammy Awards.

BANG Premier

What the 2026 Grammys got right about rock and metal this year - and what they got very wrong

As is so often the case, the rock and metal representation at this year's Grammys was a mix of deserved recognition and total clangers

Metal Hammer

Sharon Osbourne in tears at 2026 Grammys as she joins Yungblud on stage ahead of emotional Ozzy tribute

Grammys paid tribute to The Black Sabbath frontman and one of rock’s most influential figures, who died aged 76 in July last year

Evening Standard

"We've experienced the biggest loss we will ever go through." Kelly Osbourne reveals why the Osbourne family are "closer than ever" following Ozzy's death - and has an emotional reaction to the epic Grammys tribute starring Post Malone and Slash

Ozzy not being here any more still feels as raw and surreal as ever

Metal Hammer

Kelly and Sharon Osbourne left in tears at heartfelt Grammy Awards tribute to Ozzy

Kelly Osbourne, Sharon Osbourne, and Jack Osbourne watched on in tears as the 2026 Grammy Awards honoured Ozzy Osbourne on Sunday night (1 February).

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

BANG Premier

Kelly Osbourne reveals how she's really doing after Ozzy's death

Kelly Osbourne has revealed she is "not doing so great" after her dad Ozzy's death last summer.

Evening Standard

Kelly Osbourne says she is ‘not doing so great’ after Ozzy’s death

The daughter of the late Black Sabbath frontman said that a tribute performance to her father will be ‘very emotional’.

Metal Hammer

“It was something Ozzy was very passionate about: giving young talent a stage in front of a lot of people”: Sharon Osbourne is talking to Live Nation about bringing Ozzfest back

She’s hoping for a return next year, with a lineup that goes beyond rock and metal

MusicRadar

“It was something Ozzy was very passionate about. We really started metal festivals in this country”: Sharon Osbourne wants to bring back Ozzfest and has plans for a Black Sabbath orchestral tour

But there's a twist: “I’d like to mix up the genres”

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Guitar World

“Those cleaner tones are very characterful and usable, evoking classic tube-driven bass amps”: Ashdown Geezer Butler Pedal of Doom review

Geezer Butler helped invent heavy metal. Here’s a slab of heavy metal bearing his name.

Metal Hammer

“It feels good to have a thousand people flipping you off. Just to see the amount of middle fingers go up when we go into it is amazing”: The alt-rock superstars who trolled their fans with a 70s easy listening cover – and scored a huge hit with it

Faith No More had already covered War Pigs

The Independent UK

Robbie Williams breaks The Beatles’ record to make UK music history

The former Take That star admitted he ‘desperately’ wanted to beat The Beatles’ record

BANG Premier

Tony Iommi's guitar auction raises £53,000 for Birmingham cancer charity

The auction of a guitar belonging to Black Sabbath rocker Tony Iommi has raised £53,000 for a cancer charity in the musician's home city of Birmingham.

BANG Premier

Roger Waters defends Ozzy Osbourne comments

Roger Waters has defended his Ozzy Osbourne comments following the late rocker’s death in July and he blasted Ozzy's widow Sharon.

The Independent UK

Robbie Williams releases new album three weeks earlier than expected

New record features collaborations with Gary Barlow, Coldplay’s Chris Martin, and Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi

Metal Hammer

"I had to stick my head in the low bins - it got blown off when Bill Ward was hammering the kick drum." Alex Van Halen praises the impact of seeing Black Sabbath for the first time

Alex Van Halen opened up to Iron Maiden's Nicko McBrain about what it was like seeing Black Sabbath in the early 70s

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.