Geezer Butler recalls seeing “weak” Oz Osborne in the final rehearsal
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“The rehearsal of the last show began a month ago [the concert] Butler, 76, wrote in an article on Sunday, July 27, Sunday Times. “Tony Iommi,,,,, Bill Ward I ran seven songs together. Of course, it took a few days to get rid of the rust without playing together for 20 years. ”
He continued: “That was the time for Oz to join us. I know he wasn’t healthy yet, but I’m not ready to see how fragile he was. He got help from two assistants and a nurse and used sugar cane and used sugar cane-crawlers, which were black, both black and gold and precious stones.”
Butler claimed that Osborne “didn’t say anything beyond the usual greetings” and sang while sitting in a chair.
“After we ran six or seven songs, we could see it exhausted him. We were a little chatting, but he was really quiet compared to Ozzy Of Old,” Butler said. “We’re ready for the show in a few more weeks.”
Butler noted that he was “very grateful” that Black Sabbath was able to last perform on July 5 at Villa Park in Birmingham, England. A few weeks later, news broke that Osborne was 71 years old after fighting Parkinson’s disease.
Osborne’s family shared with US Weekly Tuesday, July 22. “He is with his family, surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at the moment.”
One day later, Iommi, 77, told ITV News that he believed Osborne was “stick to the show” on July 5.
Ozzy Osbourne’s Black Sabbath band members remembered the late rock legend after his death. Drummer Bill Ward wrote via Instagram on Tuesday, July 22: “Where am I finding you now?” […]
“Geezer and I were talking about it last night – we think he persisted and after that, he did and said goodbye to fans and it was really over,” the Black Sabbath guitarist told The Outlet on Wednesday, July 23.
Iommi continued, “I think he must have something to say, ‘Okay, this will be the last thing I’m going to do.” Whether he thinks he’s going to die or I don’t know, but he really wants to do it.
Although Iommi claimed that Osborne didn’t look so good during rehearsals, his teammate’s death was still “shocking”.
“We don’t want him to be there every day at the rehearsal because it’s too much. He just can’t stand it,” Iomi said. “They’ll take him in, he’ll sit down and sing a few songs, and then we talk about some trash old days, laugh, and then he goes.”
