“The Prince of Darkness” Ozzy Osbourne gave his final concert in his home town of Birmingham earlier this month.
Next on his list is his final memoir – “The Last Rites”! Grand Central Publishing is releasing the book on October 7th, but it is available for pre-order now.
Ozzy noted, “people say to me, if you could do it all again, knowing what you know now, would you change anything? I’m, like, f*** no. If I’d been clean and sober, I wouldn’t be Ozzy.”
He adds, “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.”
According to the synopsis of the book: Ozzy was on his final tour when he was hospitalized for an infection and ended up dealing with possible paralysis. ‘Last Rites’ is the shocking, bitterly hilarious, never-before-told story of Osbourne’s descent into hell. Along the way, he reflects on his extraordinary life and career – including his turbulent marriage to wife Sharon, his encounters with fellow hellraisers including Slash, Bon Scott, John Bonham and Keith Moon, the harrowing final moments he spent with Motorhead’s Lemmy Kilmister, all alongside his reflections on the triumphant ‘Back to the Beginning’ concert, streamed around the world, where Ozzy reunited with his Black Sabbath bandmates for the final time and raised millions for charity.