{"id":22352,"date":"2025-09-17T19:07:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T19:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/22352\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T19:07:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T19:07:10","slug":"new-ozzy-osbourne-documentary-film-depicts-lead-up-to-final-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/22352\/","title":{"rendered":"New Ozzy Osbourne documentary film depicts lead-up to final show"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Just three months after rock \u2019n\u2019 roll legend Ozzy Osbourne <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/music\/story\/2025-07-22\/ozzy-osbourne-dead-black-sabbath\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> died at age 76<\/a>,  a new documentary will shed light on his final days.<\/p>\n<p>Paramount+ released a <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9RyWN81K5DE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">trailer<\/a> Wednesday for a new documentary film following the life of Osbourne, who died from a heart attack July 22. The film, \u201cOzzy: No Escape From Now,\u201d was initially <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ozzy.com\/archives\/news\/paramount-announces-feature-length-documentary-ozzy-osbourne-no-escape-from-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">announced<\/a> in February on his official site.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last six years have been full of some of the worst times I\u2019ve been through. There\u2019s been times when I thought my number was up,\u201d Osbourne previously said of his career. \u201cBut making music and making two albums saved me. I\u2019d have gone nuts without music.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The press release describes the film as a \u201cwarm and deeply personal portrait\u201d of Osbourne and how his world \u201cshuddered to a halt\u201d six years ago upon receiving his Parkinson\u2019s <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/music\/story\/2020-01-21\/ozzy-osbourne-parkinsons-disease\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">diagnosis<\/a> in 2019. Notably, it is said to depict the lead-up to the 76-year-old\u2019s final farewell show, \u201cBack to the Beginning,\u201d at Villa Park on July 5.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by BAFTA winner Tania Alexander and produced by Echo Velvet, the film also includes commentary from an array of Osbourne\u2019s closest family and friends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOzzy\u2019s one regret is that he never really got to say goodbye to his fans,\u201d his wife Sharon Osbourne says in the trailer.<\/p>\n<p>Later, she poses a question to her husband: \u201cWhat do you think of a big farewell show?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I\u2019m gonna go up there, I wanna be up there the old Ozzy singing,\u201d he replies.<\/p>\n<p>The film is not the only tribute to Osbourne, as a <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/music\/story\/2025-09-08\/vmas-2025-ozzy-osbourne-tribute-steven-tyler-retirement\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">special performance<\/a> at the 2025 VMAs was dedicated to the Black Sabbath frontman.<\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uWvCv43vjd4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">farewell <\/a>saw Aerosmith\u2019s Steven Tyler come out of retirement to perform alongside bandmate Joe Perry, singer Yungblud, and Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt. It featured a medley of hits, including \u201cCrazy Train,\u201d \u201cChanges\u201d and \u201cMama, I\u2019m Coming Home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOzzy forever, man!\u201d Yungblud yelled out at the end, before embracing Tyler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just three months after rock \u2019n\u2019 roll legend Ozzy Osbourne died at age 76, a new documentary will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[7642,20657,20656,146,20658,878,20650,20653,85,46,20654,409,20649,10951,20651,20655,20652,1661],"class_list":["post-22352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-aerosmith","tag-bad-time","tag-close-family","tag-entertainment","tag-farewell","tag-film","tag-final-show","tag-great-life","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-lead-up","tag-music","tag-osbourne","tag-ozzy","tag-singer-yungblud","tag-steven-tyler","tag-trailer-wednesday","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}