The final Ozzy Osbourne memoir titled Last Rites will be released on October 7th via Grand Central Publishing. You can see a brief trailer for the memoir – HERE.
The book will detail the various health issues Osbourne has faced over the past several years (including a Parkinson’s diagnosis that he revealed in 2020), which ultimately forced him to retire from the road. It will also feature insight into his marriage to his wife/manager, Sharon, and detail the preparations for the Back to the Beginning farewell concert; which took place just weeks before Osbourne’s death.
Prior to his passing, Osbourne said in a statement regarding Last Rites: “People say to me, if you could do it all again, knowing what you know now, would you change anything? I’m like, f*ck no. If I’d been clean and sober, I wouldn’t be Ozzy. If I’d done normal, sensible things, I wouldn’t be Ozzy. 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.”
Osbourne’s passing came just weeks after his triumphant farewell performance at the Back to the Beginning concert in his native Birmingham, England. The star-studded event concluded with a solo set from Osbourne and a reunion of Black Sabbath’s original lineup.
Last Rites marks The Prince of Darkness’s second memoir, following 2009’s I Am Ozzy. It’s available to preorder HERE.
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