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Ozzy Osbourne, 76, Makes Telling Admission After Final Show

2025-07-11

Ahead of his new memoir, “Last Rites” Ozzy Osbourne is making a very honest and strong admission about his life. – Author: Scarlett Hunter, Publicity photo

Black Sabbath played their final show on Saturday, July 5, at the “Back to the Beginning” concert at Villa Park in the group’s hometown of Birmingham, England, and that performance marked the final time the band will perform together on the same stage. Ozzy Osbourne also played his final show with his solo band during the concert, and the day brought a range of rock and metal bands all paying tribute to the godfathers of heavy metal.

Following the final show, Osbourne has announced a new memoir, “Last Rites,” out October 7 on Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group. The book will mark his final memoir and autobiography.

“Last Rites” will share Ozzy’s thoughts and experiences during the later part of his life, including his recent health battles and thoughts looking back on his life.

Ozzy Osbourne Makes Telling Statement About His Life

“People say to me, if you could do it all again, knowing what you know now, would you change anything? I’m like, … no,” Ozzy’s quote on the publisher’s website sates.

Then, Osbounre makes an honest admission and basically says that he has no regrets. “If I’d been clean and sober, I wouldn’t be Ozzy. If I’d done normal, sensible things, I wouldn’t be Ozzy,” he said. “Look, if it ends tomorrow, I can’t complain. I’ve been all around the world. Seen a lot of things. I’ve done good… and I’ve done bad. But right now, I’m not ready to go anywhere.”

The publisher’s description states that “Last Rites” shows Ozzy reflecting “on his extraordinary life and career – including his turbulent marriage to wife Sharon, his encounters with fellow hellraisers including Slash, Bon Scott, John Bonham and Keith Moon, the harrowing final moments he spent with Motorhead’s Lemmy Kilmister, all alongside his reflections on the triumphant ‘Back to the Beginning’ concert, streamed around the world, where Ozzy reunited with his Black Sabbath bandmates for the final time and raised millions for charity.”

“Last Rites” is Ozzy’s third major memoir and autobiography. Previously, he released 2010’s “I Am Ozzy” and 2011’s “Trust Me, I’m Dr. Ozzy: Advice from Rock’s Ultimate Survivor.”

Regarding the “Back to the Beginning” concert, all of that live music was for a very good cause. On top of the fun and tributes, the event also raised nearly $200 million to be divided among three charities. Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, who was the musical director of the all-day event, shared a graphic on Tuesday, July 8, on Instagram reporting that “more than $190 million will be donated to houses and hospitals for children.”

That cash will go to a good cause. The funds raised from “Back to the Beginning” will be split between Cure Parkinson’s, Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Acorn Children’s Hospice, plus detailed by the BBC.

A reported 5 million people watched the event’s paid livestream, and the cost for the livestream was $30 per virtual ticket. All the musicians who performed at the event did so for no fee, so al of the proceeds went directly to charity.

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Meet the expert - Scarlett Hunter is a trending news writer for Audio Ink Radio. She has written about alternative music for a variety of publications over the past 10 years. She covers alternative and rock for Audio Ink Radio. Hunter is a graduate of Ohio State University. Contact her at scarlett@audioinkradio.com.

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