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Ozzy Osbourne 'knew' that his farewell concert at Villa Park would be his last ever gig, his close friend Tom Morello has revealed.
The Black Sabbath hitmaker had reunited with the band for one last show at the beloved venue, before he passed away three weeks later at the age of 76.
Musical director Tom, a close friend of Ozzy's who helped organise the concert, admitted he felt the rocker knew his days were numbered, after battling Parkinson's disease for many years.
Speaking on US radio station Q101, he said: 'Ozzy Osbourne had lived on the edge for such a long time, the fact he lived as long as he did was a miracle.
'The fact he lived to play and feel that love one more time, to do Paranoid, to do Crazy Train. If you have got to go – and I wish Ozzy lived another 30 years – if you've got to go out... it felt like he knew.'
Tom, a guitarist for Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, added that he got the chance to thank Ozzy after spending two years with him and his wife Sharon organising the reunion gig.
But when asked whether he was surprised to learn the news of Ozzy's death, Tom added that he had been 'frail for a while.'
He added: 'Friends of mine saw him a week later at another event in Birmingham. He wasn't on his death bed. He was just sort of living his life. It was a terrible and tragic surprise.'
Tom said when Ozzy and Sharon approached him to organise the farewell concert, he vowed to make it 'the greatest day in the history of heavy metal.'
He said: 'Black Sabbath invented heavy metal. Ozzy and Sabbath could not be more important to me as a fan. I laid out to make it a great show for fans and for them.
'It is so unusual that those guys headlined. They got to see all the work they had done and the great artists their music had created perform for them.
'They got to play and feel the love not just from the bands, the people in the stadium but from all over the world.'
News of Ozzy's death last month sparked an outpouring of tributes from fans in the music world and showbiz industry alike.
The Black Sabbath frontman, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2019, passed away at the age of 76 on July 22 surrounded by his family. He was buried a week later on July 30.
It later emerged that both the BBC and Paramount+ were producing documentaries on the rocker after filmmakers were given access to him for the final three years of his life, with the channels said to be a 'race' to air unseen footage.
However, while the BBC had planned to air their documentary on Monday, it was pulled at the last minute due to reported concerns from Ozzy's family that the project was being 'rushed.'
A source told The Sun: 'There have been conversations behind the scenes that maybe the BBC were rushing their show on Ozzy out - especially because Paramount+ also had a film in the offing.'
They told how the BBC’s production had originally set out to make a 10-part series called called Home To Roost charting Ozzy and wife Sharon's move back to the UK, however upon his death, it was later decided it would be a one-off film.
The insider continued: 'What mattered the most to the family was the overall tone and theme of the programme, which features Ozzy and Sharon in one of their last interviews together.
'It started to feel like the goal being pursued was that the BBC and the makers of the film were to get the show on air faster than the Paramount+ doc. Naturally that has caused some concerns with the family.'
Ozzy was laid to rest on the grounds of his own mansion in Buckinghamshire last month during a private funeral attended by his family and a host of rock royalty.
His widow Sharon, 72, and their children were joined by stars including Marilyn Manson and Ozzy's lead guitarist Zakk Wylde during the event at the family's 250-acre estate near Gerrards Cross.
Official documents listed three causes of death for the rock legend. This included an out of hospital cardiac arrest, acute myocardial infarction and coronary artery disease and Parkinson's disease with autonomic dysfunction.
In a statement shared last month, Ozzy's family said he died 'surrounded by love', adding: 'It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning.
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