{"id":104427,"date":"2025-07-30T09:18:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T09:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/104427\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T09:18:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T09:18:10","slug":"i-figured-wed-see-him-later-on-the-next-day-or-whatever-but-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/104427\/","title":{"rendered":"I figured we\u2019d see him later on \u2013 the next day or whatever, but no"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/zakk-wylde\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zakk Wylde<\/a> has reflected on his final moments with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/ozzy-osbourne\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ozzy Osbourne<\/a> following the metal icon\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"98\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ MORE:<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/features\/music-features\/ozzy-osbourne-obituary-black-sabbath-heavy-metal-the-osbournes-3880443\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Ozzy Osbourne, 1948-2025: culture-smashing revolutionary that redefined rock and reality TV<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/ozzy-osbourne-dies-at-the-age-of-76-3879970\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">death of the heavy metal pioneer and iconic Black Sabbath frontman was announced last Tuesday<\/a>\u00a0(July 22). His family said in a statement that the 76-year-old music icon was \u201csurrounded by love\u201d at the time of his passing.<\/p>\n<p>It came shortly after he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-ozzy-osbourne-give-final-solo-performance-before-farewell-black-sabbath-gig-3876257\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">took to the stage for the huge \u2018Back To The Beginning\u2019 gig<\/a>\u00a0in Birmingham on July 5 \u2013 marking his final show both as a solo artist and with Black Sabbath. While a cause of death has not been revealed, Ozzy had notably been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/ozzy-osbourne-says-he-cant-walk-ahead-of-black-sabbaths-final-show-sharon-says-illness-doesnt-affect-his-voice-3835987\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dealing with a myriad of health issues for numerous years<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/ozzy-osbourne-says-hes-been-battling-parkinsons-disease-since-2003-2609162\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">including being diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s Disease in 2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A who\u2019s who of hard rock music history played sets at \u2018Back To The Beginning\u2019, with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/rage-against-the-machine\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rage Against The Machine<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/tom-morello\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Morello<\/a>\u00a0serving as musical director\u00a0and names on the bill including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/GUNS-N-ROSES\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Guns N\u2019 Roses<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/KORN\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KoRn<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/guns-n-roses-tool-and-jason-momoa-lead-new-additions-to-all-star-line-up-for-ozzy-osbourne-and-black-sabbaths-final-gig-3838660\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tool<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/slayer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Slayer<\/a>,\u00a0Pantera,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/metallica\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Metallica<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/alice-in-chains\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alice In Chains<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/gojira\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gojira<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/anthrax-added-to-black-sabbaths-back-to-the-beginning-final-gig-line-up-3854739\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthrax<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/black-sabbath-final-show-aerosmith-steven-tyler-soundgarden-join-line-up-3860129\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aerosmith\u2019s Steven Tyler<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Among those who performed at the show was Zakk Wylde \u2013 who apart from playing with Pantera \u2013 later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-ozzy-osbourne-give-final-solo-performance-before-farewell-black-sabbath-gig-3876257\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">joined Ozzy for the latter\u2019s solo set<\/a>. Wylde had been a longtime member of Ozzy\u2019s solo band, dating back to 1987.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3876395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ozzy_beginning_rh_2.jpg\" alt=\"Ozzy Osbourne at Black Sabbath's 'Back To The Beginning' in Birmingham. Credit: Ross Halfin\" width=\"1333\" height=\"2000\"  \/>Ozzy Osbourne at Black Sabbath\u2019s \u2018Back To The Beginning\u2019 in Birmingham. Credit: Ross Halfin<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/artists\/guitarists\/zakk-wylde-looks-back-at-his-relationship-with-ozzy-osbourne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Guitar World<\/a> magazine, Wylde recounted of his final moments with Ozzy: \u201cEverybody and their mother were in the backstage dressing room and I just wanted to give him a break. I figured we\u2019d see him later on \u2013 the next day or whatever. But no. The last text I got from Oz was saying, \u2018Zakky, sorry, it was like a madhouse back there. I didn\u2019t see you.\u2019 He goes, \u2018Thanks for everything.\u2019 It was just us talking, saying, \u2018I love you, buddy.\u2019 That was it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for his reflections on Ozzy Osbourne as a person, Wylde said:\u00a0\u201cOz was just the best. I have my father, who was a World War II veteran; and then Ozzy, who was almost like an older brother. There was almost a 20-year age gap between us. With our relationship, there was the fun drinking \u2013 but if I ever needed advice, I could talk to him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wylde also called performing at the Back To The Beginning show \u201cbusiness as usual\u201d, though everyone involved new that the priority was \u201cmaking sure that Oz was okay.\u201d \u201cIt was definitely pretty amazing. Seeing Oz onstage when Sabbath got done, that\u2019s the last time I saw him,\u201d Wylde added.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m blessed and grateful, man. Anything other than that would be selfish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd on top of it, to go out with what\u2019s the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/black-sabbath-and-ozzy-osbournes-final-gig-raised-nearly-200million-for-charity-3876901\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">biggest-grossing charity event<\/a> of all? That\u2019s unbelievable. He helped a whole lot of people instead of making a profit. My God, what an incredible master. What an incredible life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other news, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/pantera-reschedule-and-cancel-several-shows-to-mourn-and-grieve-ozzy-osbournes-death-3881110\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pantera have rescheduled and cancelled a number of upcoming concerts<\/a> to allow Zakk Wylde and other members of the band and their team time to mourn Osbourne\u2019s death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zakk Wylde has reflected on his final moments with Ozzy Osbourne following the metal icon\u2019s death. 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