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. 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. At the age of sixty-nine, Ozzy Osbourne was on a triumphant farewell tour, playing to sold-out arenas and rave reviews all around the world. Then disaster. In a matter of just a few weeks, he went from being hospitalised with a finger infection to having to abandon his tour - and all public life - as he faced near-total paralysis from the neck down. 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 regrets over Black Sabbath''s reunion, encounters with fellow hellraisers including Slash, Bon Scott, John Bonham and Keith Moon and the harrowing final moments he spent with Motorhead''s Lemmy Kilmister. Unflinching, brutally honest, but surprisingly life-affirming, Last Rites demonstrates once again why Ozzy has transcended his status as ''The Godfather of Metal'' and ''The Prince of Darkness'' to become a modern-day folk hero and national treasure.

Autorentext

Born John Michael Osbourne in Birmingham, 1948, Ozzy Osbourne is one of rock music's most enduring figures who became one of television's best loved personalities via the wildly successful hit MTV show The Osbournes.

Klappentext

'People say to me, if you could do it all again, knowing what youknow now, would you change anything? I'm like, fck 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.'

• Husband. Father. Grandfather. F*cking Icon.
  1948 - 2025

  At the age of sixty-nine, Ozzy Osbourne was on a triumphant farewell tour, playing to sold-out arenas and rave reviews all around the world.

  Then: disaster.

  In a matter of just a few weeks, he went from being hospitalised with a finger infection to having to abandon his tour - and all public life - as he faced near-total paralysis from the neck down.

  Last Rites is the shocking, bitterly hilarious, never-before-told story of Ozzy's descent into hell. Along the way are reflections on an extraordinary life and career, including his marriage to wife Sharon, and what it took for him to return to the stage for the triumphant Back to the Beginning concert, streamed around the world, where Ozzy reunited with his Black Sabbath bandmates for the final time.

  Unflinching, brutally honest, but surprisingly life-affirming, Last Rites demonstrates once again why Ozzy transcended his status as 'The Godfather of Metal' and 'The Prince of Darkness' to become a modern-day folk hero and national treasure.