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One Hell of a Ride’: Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler Reflects

Geezer Butler, the founding bassist of Black Sabbath, has offered a poignant account of rehearsals for the band’s final-ever show with Ozzy Osbourne

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Rehearsals took place about a month before the show in Oxfordshire, primarily with Butler, guitarist Tony Iommi, and drummer Bill Ward. Ozzy joined later, and the band gradually worked through rusty spots from decades apart MusicRadar+15inkl+15IMDb+15.
Butler shared that while he knew Ozzy was unwell, he was still unprepared for how frail he appeared: assisted into the studio by helpers and a nurse, and leaning on a black cane adorned with gold and precious stones—very much in true Ozzy style People.com+10inkl+10Salon.com+10.
Ozzy sang seated, and the rehearsals showed that just six or seven songs was exhausting for him. He spoke little and was subdued compared to his former energetic self Sportskeeda+6inkl+6Page Six+6.

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