“Black Sabbath Co-Founder Geezer Butler Recalls Being Surprised at How “Frail” Ozzy Osbourne Was in The Weeks Leading Up to The Bande’s Last Concert on July 5. Recounced The Rehearsals for the Show in Villa Park, Located in Birmingham, England, Not Far from Who Here and”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
In a post on The Sunday Times, Bassist Butler Recounted The Rehearsals for the Show in Villa Park, Located in Birmingham, England, Not Far From Where He and Osbourne Grew Up. Butler and Fellow Black Sabbath Co-Funders Tony Iommi and Bill Ward Had Started Rehearsing About A MONTH FOR THEIR Final Show.
“Of Course, not Having Played Together for 20 Years, IT Took A Couple of Days to Get Rid of the Rust,“ Butler Wrote. “THEN IT WAS TIME FOR OZZY to JOIN US. I KNEW HE WASN’T IN Good Health, But I Wasn’t Prepared To See How Frail He Was. He Was Helped Into The Rehearsal Room by Useing An Use Helpers Ozzy, The Cane Was Black and Studded with Gold and Pacious Stones. HIM After SIX or SEVEN SONGS.
The Show Did Go On, with A Slew of Celebrities Making Appeaarans Durying The 10-HOUR CONCERT, Titled “Back to the Beginning.” “FANS LUCKY TO BE THERE Surely Had An Immersive Stadium Show Experience They’ll Never Forget,“ Wrote Lina Lecaro in a Recap for The Hollywood Reporter.
But, for Butler, “The Strangest Part of that Show Was The End,” He Wrote. “Normally, we would all hug each Other and take a Bow to the audience. But Ozzy was on his ha throne and we haven’t Thought that. Such A Strange Felling to End Our Story Like that.
“Nobody Knew He’d Be Gone from Us Little More Than Two Weeks After The Final Show,“ Butler Continued. But I am so grateful we got to play one Last Time Together in Front of His Beloved Fans. ”
Osbourne Died July 22 at Age 76. HE REVELED HIS PARKINSON’S DISEASE DIAGNOsis in 2020.
In his post, butler also wrote about how he met osbourne and the Band’s Early Years. He Remembered Another Side of Osbourne, Who Earned the Nickname “The Prince of Darkness.”
“To me, ozzy wasn’t the prince of Darkness – ifeing he was the prince of laughter,“ Butler Wrote. “HE’D DO ANYTHING FOR A LAUGH, A BORN ENTERAINER.”
But he was also a good friend, butler recalled.
“We Became Inseparable Brothers in Arms, Always Looking Out for Each Other,“ He Wrote. “People Always Thought Ozzy Was A Faral Wild Man, But He Had A Heart of Pure Gold. Most of His Infamous AnTics His Solo Years, Away from The Restraints of the Sabbath Crew. COPING, EVEN TONOUGH WE HADNN’T SPOKEN FOR A YEAR. ”
Butler Also Showed Appreciation for the Fans Who Showed Up at the Last Concert to Celebrate Osbourne.
“The Love from the Fans and All The Bands, Musicians, Singers and Solo Artists That Night Was Incredible,“ He Wrote. “Everyone Had Come to Pay Homage to the Prince. I am so privileged to have spent most of my life with him. Of Course there are millions Incredible Years of Friendship in a FEW PARAGRAPHS?
Butler, Iommi and Ward Also Paid Tribute – Along With Other Stars – to Osbourne on Social Media Last Week.