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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 3 - Caught on Camera

"It’s very, very exciting." Black Sabbath to be given the classical treatment on UK tour featuring local orchestras

A series of shows will reinvent Sabbath's metal blueprint throughout the UK – with strings attached

Metal Hammer

“I took the one lesson and left and never went back. I got to learn how to play guitar by myself”: Joan Jett on defying stereotypes and teaching herself guitar by playing along to Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath records

The Godmother of Punk recalls being told by her guitar teacher that she could only play folk music on acoustic guitar – and that rock was strictly out of bounds

Guitar World

"An unexpurgated burst of creativity with no nuance or tact or second-guessing. Just raw, hard rock frenzy unleashed." Japan's Flower Travellin' Band aren't for the faint-hearted on proto-prog-guitar-wigout Satori

Bored with covering Western blues bands, the Flower Travellin' Band set out on their own sonic adventure

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Kelly Osbourne responds to negative comments during ‘hardest time in my life’

Her father, Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne, died aged 76 in July last year.

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“Kicking me while I’m down”: Kelly Osbourne hits back at trolls after Brit Awards appearance

Kelly Osbourne has spoken out after facing harsh online abuse following her appearance at the Brit Awards.

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Sharon Osbourne remembers husband Ozzy as ‘authentic and gifted’ at Brit Awards

The singer, known as the Prince of Darkness, died aged 76 in July last year.

Evening Standard

BRIT Awards: Sharon and Kelly Osbourne make emotive speech as the late Ozzy Osbourne wins Lifetime Achievement Award

Sharon and Kelly Osbourne gave a heartfelt speech about the late Ozzy Osbourne as the Black Sabbath legend received the Lifetime Achievement Award at Saturday's (28.02.26) BRIT Awards ceremony in Manchester.

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In Pictures: Bez and co bring touch of ‘Madchester’ to Brit Awards in Manchester

The music awards are being held in the North West city for the first time, after nearly 50 years in London.

Evening Standard

Ozzy Osbourne to be honoured with posthumous Brit award

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The Independent UK

Brit Awards to honour Ozzy Osbourne with lifetime achievement award

Osbourne’s legacy will be recognised by Brits during its annual award show on Saturday along with a tribute performance, fronted by popstar Robbie Williams

The Independent UK

Ozzy Osbourne to be honoured with Brit Awards lifetime achievement award

The Black Sabbath singer died aged 76 in July last year, just over two weeks after his Back To The Beginning farewell concert.

Evening Standard

"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

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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

Guitar World

“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

Metal Hammer

"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

MusicRadar

“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

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The Guardian - UK

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

MusicRadar

“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

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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.

Metal Hammer

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

Evening Standard

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

Metal Hammer

"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

The Independent UK

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).

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