Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi described in Eddie Trunk's Trunk Nation show on SiriusXM how he spoke with Ozzy Osbourne on the night before his death. Consequence ↗
According to Iommi, Ozzy told him just one sentence that didn't sound alarming at the time: "I'm feeling really tired." The guitarist answered him that he was also exhausted from what they had been through. "It was really a hell of a shock. Really," Iommi described how the news of Ozzy's death affected him. Consequence ↗
Iommi also admitted that he had concerns even before the farewell concert Back to the Beginning. Ozzy performed two separate sets there — his own solo set and then the Black Sabbath one — and Iommi had warned him that it might be too much for his voice and stamina. However, the program was already firmly set by then. Consequence ↗
Ozzy Osbourne died on July 22, 2025, seventeen days after the benefit concert that reunited the original lineup of Black Sabbath. It was his last performance. Consequence ↗
Illustration photo: Warner Bros. Records / Wikimedia Commons, public domain
Tony Iommi spoke with Ozzy a few hours before his death: "It was quite a shock"
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