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Heartfelt message Ozzy Osbourne gave fans at his final Black Sabbath performance
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page Ozzy Osbourne's final live performance ended with a heartfelt message to his fans. The Black Sabbath has died at the age 76 'surrounded by love', according to a statement from his family today. Tributes are continuing to pour in from some of the biggest names in music, including Gene Simmons and Elton John. Earlier this month, the frontman reunited with his bandmates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward for their last ever performance at Birmingham's Villa Park Stadium. Ozzy had spoken out about his recent health struggles after undergoing seven surgeries in the past five years. He had also been open about battling Parkinson's disease since 2003. But, during an emotional performance on July 5 in Birmingham – where his band Black Sabbath formed 56 years ago -he brought the show to a close with a powerful message. Closing the gig, Ozzy said: 'It's the last song ever. Your support has enabled us to live an amazing lifestyle, thank you from the bottom of our hearts.' Caption: Ozzy Osbourne final perormance /** CREDITED TO rollingstoneuk and sharonosbourne / captioned: All aboard! Heavy metal royalty have descended on Villa Park to help @ozzyosbourne and @blacksabbath finish the journey where it all began. Head to for our full five star review of Ozzy?s farewell gig.@rosshalfin ? @rhys_buchanan_ / Source: Ozbourne Black Sabath Villa Pary / 05 July 2025 A message on screen then read: 'Thank you for everything, you guys are f***ing amazing. Birmingham Forever,' before the sky lit up with fireworks. Throughout the performance, Ozzy repeatedly thanked the 42,000 fans who had come to watch him sing. At one point, he was even heard saying 'you have no idea how I feel', as the crowd cheered him on. Prior to the performance he was worried whether he was going to be able to stand due to his spinal operations. Win tickets to see Tom Jones and Sugababes at Camp Bestival worth £1,172 We've teamed up with Camp Bestival Dorset to give one lucky Metro reader and their family the chance to win family weekend tickets, worth up to £1,172! Created by families, for families, Camp Bestival combines all the fun of a fantastic family camping holiday with everything you would expect from a perfect and action-packed festival adventure. Headliners include music legend Sir Tom Jones, pop icons Sugababes, plus a carnival-filled live show from electronic music duo Basement Jaxx. Simply enter your details here to be in with a chance of winning four tickets to this epic experience. You have until midnight on 23 July to enter. Good luck! * Open to GB residents (excluding Northern Ireland) aged 18+. Promotion opens at 18:01 on 16/7/25 and closes at 23:59 on 23/7/25. Entrant must submit their first and last name, email address, date of birth and postcode when prompted via the entry form available on (available here). 1 prize available of a family weekend camping ticket, including two (2) adult tickets and up to four (4) child and/or teen tickets in any combination as chosen by the winner to attend Camp Bestival (Lulworth Castle, Dorset) from 31st July 2025 to 3rd August 2025. Maximum 1 entry per person. Attendance is governed by the Camp Bestival Terms and Conditions. Full T&Cs apply, see here. But, as his band put on a stunning performance, he made an arrival on stage in a black throne with a bat on the top before belting out some of his best-known heavy metal hits. Known as the 'prince of darkness', he said 'let the madness begin' at the beginning of the show as his wife Sharon and daughter Kelly watched on from the crowd. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. Arrow MORE: Kelly Osbourne hits out at reports Sharon and Ozzy have 'suicide pact' Arrow MORE: Rock frontman addresses 'deafening booing' at Black Sabbath's and Ozzy Osbourne's final concert
Metro
a day ago
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Billy Joel savagely slates 'half-assed' Beatles album
Billy Joel has slammed one of The Beatles most acclaimed albums (Pictures: Getty) Billy Joel has unexpectedly taken aim at The Beatles, calling one of their albums a 'collection of half-assed songs'. In 1968, five years after the release of their debut album Please Please Me, the Liverpudlian band dropped their self-titled album, which also came to become known as the White Album. The album featured 30 songs, including Blackbird, Helter Skelter and While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Topping record charts in Britain and the United States, the album has since been certified 24× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and labelled by some as one of the greatest albums of all time. However nearly 60 years on, one of the band's contemporaries Billy, 76, has made it clear he is not a fan. The White Album was written when the band – which included John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr – attended a Transcendental Meditation course in Rishikesh, India. The American singer said the band's 1968 The White Album was a 'collection of half-assed songs' (Picture: Angela Weiss/ AFP via Getty Images) The band's line up consisted of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison (Picture: Jeff Hochberg/ Getty Images) Reflecting on the release Billy – best known for his 1973 song Piano Man – didn't mince his words. He suggested the Fab Four were 'too stoned' or 'didn't care anymore' when recording the string of songs. 'I hear it as a collection of half-assed songs they didn't finish writing because they were too stoned, or they didn't care anymore,' he said on Bill Maher's Club Random podcast, which was released this week. 'I think they had fragments and they put them on the album.' Win tickets to see Tom Jones and Sugababes at Camp Bestival worth £1,172 We've teamed up with Camp Bestival Dorset to give one lucky Metro reader and their family the chance to win family weekend tickets, worth up to £1,172! Created by families, for families, Camp Bestival combines all the fun of a fantastic family camping holiday with everything you would expect from a perfect and action-packed festival adventure. Headliners include music legend Sir Tom Jones, pop icons Sugababes, plus a carnival-filled live show from electronic music duo Basement Jaxx. Simply enter your details here to be in with a chance of winning four tickets to this epic experience. You have until midnight on 23 July to enter. Good luck! * Open to GB residents (excluding Northern Ireland) aged 18+. Promotion opens at 18:01 on 16/7/25 and closes at 23:59 on 23/7/25. Entrant must submit their first and last name, email address, date of birth and postcode when prompted via the entry form available on (available here). 1 prize available of a family weekend camping ticket, including two (2) adult tickets and up to four (4) child and/or teen tickets in any combination as chosen by the winner to attend Camp Bestival (Lulworth Castle, Dorset) from 31st July 2025 to 3rd August 2025. Maximum 1 entry per person. Attendance is governed by the Camp Bestival Terms and Conditions. Full T&Cs apply, see here. He went on to suggest that Lennon was 'disassociating at that point'. 'I think Paul was carrying the weight,' he said. The White Album was a critical and commercial success 'Sometimes they were more prolific and sometimes they weren't, and I hear that in some of those things.' During the recording of the album, the only Western instrument available to the band was an acoustic guitar, with the sound also scaled down and the band breaking with their tradition of incorporating several musical styles in one song. Lennon – who was killed in 1980 – once famously quipped that 'the break-up of The Beatles can be heard on that album'. The band split two years later. Meanwhile Sir Paul previously addressed criticism of the album, telling Radio Luxembourg: 'I'm not a great one for that whole, 'Y'know maybe it was too many of that'. What do you mean? It was great, it sold. It's the bloody Beatles White Album, shut up!' Before Billy slated one of The Beatle's most acclaimed releases, earlier this year Sir Paul spoke about his admiration of the singer-songwriter. Billy is best known for his 1973 hit Piano Man (Picture: Michael Putland/ Getty Images) Speaking in the Billy Joel: And So It Goes documentary, he spoke about wishing he had penned Billy's 1997 single Just the Way You Are. 'When I first heard Billy, it was like 'Oh, wait a minute. He's good. Who's this?',' he recalled. 'You know, like you do, your ears prick up. The song that really made me know that that was happening was Just the Way You Are. 'And where I get asked, 'Is there a song that you wish you'd written?'. And I always…that's the one I always say.' Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. Arrow MORE: Sir Tom Jones, 85, cancels gig hours before performance after sad health update Arrow MORE: Oasis reassures cheating fans they are 'safe' after Coldplay kiss-cam saga
Metro
16-07-2025
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Inferno engulfs main stage at Tomorrowland Festival in Belgium
A huge fire has completely destroyed the main stage of a Belgian dance music festival – just a day before revellers arrived for the grand opening. Nearly three-quarters of the spectacular set piece is said to have been burned down. Around 400,000 ravers from across the globe are expected to attend the festival when it opens tomorrow. It is unclear whether the festival will go ahead. Images show huge plumes of smoke as people try to put out the blaze. No guests were inside the festival grounds when the inferno erupted but around 1,000 staff members were working at the site. MORE: Win tickets to see Tom Jones and Sugababes at Camp Bestival worth £1,172 MORE: Justin Timberlake blasted over 'highly unprofessional' spat on stage after sound issues MORE: Final night of BST Hyde Park officially cancelled due to Jeff Lynne illness
Metro
16-07-2025
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Win tickets to see Tom Jones and Sugababes at Camp Bestival worth £1,172
We've teamed up with Camp Bestival Dorset to give one lucky Metro reader and their family the chance to win family weekend tickets, worth up to £1,172! Created by families, for families, Camp Bestival combines all the fun of a fantastic family camping holiday with everything you would expect from a perfect and action-packed festival adventure. Get ready for a blast from the past! Headliners include music legend Sir Tom Jones, pop icons Sugababes, plus a carnival-filled live show from electronic music duo Basement Jaxx. For family fun, there's also entertainment from the likes of Mr Tumble, Dick and Dom, Mister Maker, and Junior Jungle. On top of the musical madness, an action-packed accumulation of screen-free activities awaits in the expansive green spaces of Lulworth Castle, Dorset – all included within the ticket price. Families can dive into theatre, shows, wellbeing workshops, circus acts, comedy, fireworks shows and even a dedicated wellbeing area filled with everything from yoga to ice baths. The first of its kind, the inaugural Slomo Wellbeing Festival invites families to embrace Slomo's fun and inclusive approach to Next Generation Wellbeing with a programme of breathwork, meditation, yoga, contrast therapy and more. More Trending Camp Bestival 2025 also marks the world's biggest Pyjama Party on Saturday 2nd August, encouraging families to rock up in their PJs for a debut back-to-back DJ set from Rob da Bank and rugby legend Joe Marler. A family weekend ticket for Camp Bestival Dorset (Thursday, July 31- Sunday, August 3) two adults and up to four kids, plus access to the General Campsite Sound good? We thought so! For your chance to win tickets to this fabulous family weekend, simply enter your details in the form below – and if you want to hear about more brilliant experiences like this, sign up to The Slice, Metro's must-read guide to all the latest culture, food and events in London. You have until midnight 23 July to enter, so make sure you sign up soon! Over 18s only, please. Full T&Cs apply, read below. Conditions of entry This prize draw (the 'Promotion') is only open to legal residents of Great Britain (excluding Northern Ireland). Any employees or agents of either the Promoter and/or the Prize Administrator and/or any company connected with the production or distribution of this Promotion, as well as any members of their immediate family (e.g., spouse, parent, child, sibling) and persons living in the same household as them, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter this Promotion. Entrants must be aged 18 years or over at the time of entry. Proof of eligibility must be provided upon request. By entering the Promotion, you are deemed to accept and be bound by these terms and conditions. The winner and their guests' attendance at Camp Bestival is governed by the full terms and conditions for the festival and the eligibility restrictions (including age restrictions) contained within: Enter between 18:01 BST on Wednesday 16th July 2025 and 23:59 BST on Wednesday 23rd July 2025, inclusive ('Promotion Period'). The Promotion is free to enter, however, internet access is required. To enter, entrants must submit their details when prompted via the entry form available on (available here: This page can be accessed either by visiting ( or by scanning a QR code from physical copies of the Metro or by following a link provided in The Slice newsletter. Entrants must enter their personal details on the entry form, which includes, their first and last name, email address, date of birth and postcode. Only one (1) entry will be accepted per person or per email address. Winner There will be one (1) winner. The winner will receive a family weekend camping ticket, including two (2) adult tickets and up to four (4) child and/or teen tickets (in any combination as chosen by the winner (for example, four (4) child tickets, four (4) teen tickets, or a mix such as two (2) child and two (2) teen tickets) to attend Camp Bestival (Lulworth Castle, Dorset) from 31st July 2025 to 3rd August 2025 (the 'Prize'). The winner will be selected in a random draw conducted by a computer process that produces verifiably random results from all eligible entries, held on 24th July 2025. The winner will be notified by the Prize Administrator by email within twenty-four (24) hours of this date and will be given details of how to accept their prize. Reasonable efforts will be made to contact the provisional winner, but it is the winner's responsibility to monitor their email address (including spam folder). Failure by the winner to accept the Prize in the manner specified within forty-eight (48) hours will make any claim invalid and the Prize Administrator will then select another winner (again selected in a random draw conducted by a computer process that produces verifiably random results) from all remaining eligible entries who will be contacted as above. The Prize is a family weekend ticket with general camping (the 'General Campsites Ticket') that provides admission for two (2) adults and up to four (4) children and/or teens (ages 0-17) to Camp Bestival Dorset (31st July 2025 to 3rd August 2025). There is one (1) Prize available. E-tickets will be delivered to the winner by email by the Promoter before the festival. Proof of photo ID may be required for entry. Accepted forms of photo ID include: An in-date photographic driver's license or provisional licence; a valid passport (not a photocopy). 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Daily Mail
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Celebrity Bake Off 'signs up iconic British girlband star as she joins A-list line-up'
Celebrity Bake Off is heating up – and an iconic British girlband star is reportedly set to join a slew of A-listers in the tent. The next series, set to air in 2026, will see Sugababes star Mutya Buena, 40, take part in the Channel 4 show to raise money for Stand Up To Cancer, according to The Sun. A TV insider told the publication: 'Mutya will be seeing if she can get a handshake from Paul Hollywood when she goes into the tent. 'She doesn't consider herself much of a baker, but it's for charity and there are bound to be some.' MailOnline has contacted Channel 4 and Mutya's representative for comment. Mutya will be hoping to find her footing in the kitchen after her Celebrity MasterChef appearance last year, where she struggled with a cheesecake challenge. She famously created a buttery biscuit base that was so thick you could have used it to wedge open a door. Despite crashing out of the competition, the singer said she was proud of her progress. She said: 'I wanted to do Celebrity MasterChef because I enjoy cooking in general and I love cooking for my family and friends. 'I wanted to learn some new things in the kitchen, some new tricks that I could bring home.' The upcoming Stand Up To Cancer special is already shaping up to be a star-studded affair. Hollywood actress Ambika Mod, 29, who rose to fame in This Is Going To Hurt and more recently starred in One Day, will also reportedly be stepping into the tent alongside Geordie Shore favourite Vicky Pattison, 37. Also joining the line-up are comedian Babatunde Aleshe, 38, Love Island star Molly-Mae Hague, 26, and former Celebrity Big Brother contestant JoJo Siwa, 22. They'll be joined by RAG 'N' Bone Man, 40, broadcaster Edith Bowman, 51, and 8 Out of 10 Cats regular Jon Richardson, 42 – all ready to be judged by Cherish Finden and Paul Hollywood in the iconic Bake Off tent. The news of Mutya's appearance comes after Prue Leith, 85, announced she was stepping away from all Great British Bake Off specials earlier this year (L-R Paul, Prue, Noel, and Alison pictured last year) The news of Mutya's appearance comes after Prue Leith, 85, announced earlier this year that she would be stepping away from all Great British Bake Off specials. Her place was temporarily filled by food writer Caroline Waldegrave, 72, during the most recent celebrity series. Prue confirmed the news on This Morning, explaining she will continue on the main show alongside Paul, 59, but will no longer appear on spin-offs.
