Tony Iommi has spoken publicly for the first time since Ozzy Osbourne’s passing, and said he believes the singer was committed to putting everything he had left into Black Sabbath’s final show, even if it would be the death of him.

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has said the loss of his bandmate Ozzy Osbourne is "like losing a brother". The pair, who met at school in Aston, Birmingham, before being catapulted into the limelight with Black Sabbath and forging the heavy metal genre,

He might be famous as Guns N' Roses punk bassist, but Duff McKagan has always professed a love for music in many forms, with a longstanding relationship to both Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne, even playing on the latter's last two albums.

When Black Sabbath entered the studio to record their monumental first album in 1969, guitarist Tony Iommi faced a serious setback early in the session. After tracking the first song, “Wicked ...