Osbourne, who battled Parkinson’s before his death, sat onstage in a black leather chair as he performed for the 42,000-person crowd. He sang five songs by himself, before he was joined by his former bandmates for four Black Sabbath songs.

In the wake of his death, Ozzy Osbourne’s Black Sabbath bandmate is shedding light on the quiet struggle behind the rock group’s final show. Tony Iommi, Black Sabbath guitarist and co-founder, told UK broadcaster ITV that Osbourne was “frustrated” during the band’s farewell concert on July 5.

An upcoming documentary about Ozzy Osbourne’s health setbacks and his desire to stage a farewell concert will still arrive later this year.

Ozzy Osbourne’s Black Sabbath bandmate Tony Iommi is sharing his memories of the late rocker. Osbourne died at age 76 on Tuesday, July 22, following a battle with Parkinson’s disease. Just weeks before his death,

That show came several years after his final worldwide tour in 2018. Osbourne kicked off the North American leg of that tour, the “No More Tours 2” show, at Allentown’s PPL Center on Aug. 30, 2018. The PPL Center show marked his first performance in the Lehigh Valley in more than 25 years.

With tears in his makeup-shadowed eyes, Osbourne, the ailing and retiring frontman for Black Sabbath, raged against the twilight of the metal gods.

Ozzy Osbourne’s sisters said the late Black Sabbath vocalist was still cracking jokes in the weeks before his death. Jean Powell and Gillian Hemming spoke to The Mirror about their younger brother, who died on Tuesday,