Sharon Osbourne Says ‘Back to the Beginning’ Concert Film Captured Ozzy’s ‘Every Pore, Every Expression’ Before His Death
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Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back to the Beginning is an in-depth look at the rock icon's swan song.
Por Billboard | 28/10/2026
Nearly 16 months later, Sharon Osbourne says that watching Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back to the Beginning — the film of the historic July 5, 2025 concert that was both acts’ swan song before Ozzy Osbourne’s death 17 days later at age 76 — is still “very hard” for her. The nearly two-and-a-half-hour film arrives in more than 15,000 theaters in 132 countries on Oct. 28, via Trafalgar Releasing and Mercury Studios. “They’ve been working on the film for a long time and I had to see a lot of edits,” Sharon, who attended premieres in both Los Angeles and London, tells Billboard via phone shortly before the latter. “At first I couldn’t; my son (Jack Osbourne) had to do it for me because I couldn’t face doing it. “It’s very hard, because to see (Ozzy) on the big screen, and so close up, you see every pore on his face and every expression in his eyes, and it’s just very, very emotional. And of course his strength of character, to be able to have done that at that point in his life…. He was in agony and had trouble breathing. It’s amazing what he did to actually get through it.” Held at Villa Park in Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s hometown of Birmingham, England, Back to the Beginning was a 10-hour celebration that featured a who’s-who of hard rock and heavy metal Osbourne/Sabbath acolytes — including Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Tool, Slayer, Pantera, Disturbed’s David Draiman, Yungblud (whose rendition of Sabbath’s “Changes” won a Grammy Award for best rock performance earlier this year) and more. The show was going to go on no matter what, but Sharon says Osbourne’s participation wasn’t certain until he emerged from below the stage seated in a throne — as he was during his Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction as a solo artist in 2024. “There were times when he was so sick he said, ‘I know I’m never gonna make this. I can’t do it,'” Sharon recalls. Two weeks before the concert, meanwhile, British doctors told Ozzy — who battled Parkinson’s, emphysema and other health issues — that, “if he did (the show) he would probably die of a heart attack — which he did (on July 22).” But he maintained his resolve to be there no matter what. “The thing is, it wasn’t like they were saying to him, ‘If you don’t do this show you’re going to live a long, lovely life.’ They weren’t saying that,” Sharon explains. “They were saying, ‘You could die sooner than you would.’ We all knew it wasn’t going to be long. So Ozzy said, ‘To have a few more months? I’ve had an unbelievable life, and I want to do this show. This is the way I want to go out. I want to do my show.’ I totally accepted his decision. He’d been in agony for seven years, so he deserved to have that one