man i've been thinking about this all fucking day, i'm not ok
i didn't know that just 17 days before he went, Tom Morello had organized this MASSIVE 11-hour benefit concert in Birmingham that had nearly every name in metal in attendance.
every group played some of their own songs, and some of Ozzy's / Sabbath.
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the man himself closed out the night, rising from below the stage on a black throne - he finally lost the ability to walk or stand this year due to Parkinson's, which was diagnosed over 20 years ago - and played a set of his solo stuff with his band, then one with the original Sabbath to end it.
it was the first time all OG Sabbath members played live in twenty years.
he was so grateful. you could see and hear. mouth of a sailor, yet constantly thanking the audience, saying how much he loved them.
the audience videos are shit quality of course but it fucking cut me seeing it. so sad, so beautiful. i cried.
there will be a proper film version next year. and a memoir this fall, about the last few years of his life which sound so fucking hard.
gah. sad.
Ozzy Osbourne has died at 76, just weeks after his final show with Black Sabbath on July 5. Here's everything to know about the benefit concert and the rocker's parting words to fans from the stage.
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