A year on from losing a man with whom he conquered the music world, Iommi has shared a heartfelt tribute.
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“Well, it’s now a year since Ozzy’s passing, and I still can’t believe that he’s not with us,” he writes. “I watch him on YouTube, and it feels like he’s still here with us. We always stayed in touch, almost every week or so, and we’d usually talk about our ailments and then about what we’d been doing that particular week.
“The fans have been absolutely brilliant, and the love and respect that they have shown for him has just been amazing.
“I’m so glad that we were able to play one final show with the original line-up of Sabbath at the Back To The Beginning show in our home town of Birmingham,” he adds. “There will never be another Ozzy. I miss you, my dear friend.”
In January, Gibson launched a multi-part documentary on the rags-to-riches rise of heavy metal’s progenitors, with Iommi reflecting on what would become Black Sabbath’s “horrible” first jam.
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More recently, a story from their final show – relayed by Ozzy’s son, Jack – further underscored the pair’s relationship, which was at the heart of Black Sabbath’s success.
Iommi had called his passing “heartbreaking” in his initial tribute, offering the same sentiment that has been repeated by so many – there will never be another like Ozzy.
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