"It's just such heartbreaking news that I can't really find the words, there won't ever be another like him," Iommi said.

The bill was rounded out by the likes of Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Slayer and Gojira, all of whom played short sets consisting of their own material and one or two Sabbath or Osbourne covers. Famed actor Jason Momoa compered and Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello was the musical director.

The bassist for Black Sabbath Geezer Butler recalls the special moment he shared with Ozzy Osbourne on stage just before he died but insists he wished he had spent more time with him

Black Sabbath are widely regarded as the inventors, or at least leading pioneers of, heavy metal music. The Birmingham band – whose original and final line-up comprised bassist Geezer Butler, guitarist Tony Iommi,

Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler got the idea for their name from a 60s horror film.

Bassist Terence “Geezer” Butler, guitarist Tony Iommi, lead singer Ozzy Osbourne, and drummer Bill Ward were all between the ages of 18 and 20 when they began playing together in Birmingham. Naming themselves after an Italian horror film in early 1969,