[Order Michael Finch’s new book, A Time to Stand: HERE. Prof. Jason Hill calls it “an aesthetic and political tour de force.”] In the wake of Zohran Mamdani’s appearance at a terror mosque that…

[Order Michael Finch’s new book, A Time to Stand: HERE. Prof. Jason Hill calls it “an aesthetic and political tour de force.”] As has been made shockingly clear since the assassination…

A control tower is seen at LAX airport in Los Angeles on July 1, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch TimesAirports across the nation experienced hours-long delays on Oct. 26 due to a shortage of air traffic…

In a surprising turn of events, Portland Police officers cleared out far-left encampments outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility that has been under violent siege for months.…

Why is it such a problem?

I'm getting too old for this stuff

A Chicago Tribune reporter posted this video yesterday of an ICE agent shoving a woman to the ground before hopping in his unmarked ICE vehicle. Senior “journalist” for Chicago Tribune Laura N. . . .

Last July 5, Black Sabbath played their final show at the Back to the Beginning festival, which took place at Villa Park in Birmingham, their hometown. Before they went on stage, Ozzy performed his final solo concert, and throughout the day many famous bands influenced by Sabbath took the stage to pay tribute by playing some of their songs. Everyone was impressed by Osbourne’s performance, given that he had been dealing with numerous health issues in recent years, including Parkinson’s disease. He passed away on July 22 at the age of 76, only a few days after saying goodbye to the fans. Black Sabbath bassist and lyricist Geezer Butler recalled in an interview with Gabbing With Girlfriends his shock upon seeing the condition Ozzy was in. They had spent the last few years apart because their wives were not getting along. Geezer Butler recalls the shock of seeing Ozzy’s condition at the final show "I suppose I was just wondering how everybody would do. I knew Ozzy wasn't in the best of health. I knew Bill hadn't been well for a while. Tony was up for it, and I was up for it as long as everybody else was. And I said 'yeah' straight away, 'I'll do it.' Especially as it was at Villa Park, [the home stadium of] my football team and one of the earliest places I ever went to, and I was a little child." "When we get together, it's almost like we've just seen each other the week before, even though it's been like six or seven years or whatever. Of course, Tony was joking about Bill 'cause he kept saying he looked like Gollum. The only shocking bit was when Ozzy came in. I knew Ozzy was very ill, but I didn't realize how ill he was. We were rehearsing, the three of us. We started - me, Tony, and Bill - rehearsed for the first two days just to get all the music together, sort out which songs we were gonna do, and everything like that. And then on the third day, Ozzy came in and he was helped in by two helpers. And I was just shocked to see him like that." He continued: "And, of course, being Ozzy, he had to crack a few jokes and things. And they had like an armchair set aside so he could sit down to sing through the songs, 'cause he couldn't stand up. I think we rehearsed about six or seven songs and picked out four or five. We knew we could only do four or five 'cause of the time limit, and we picked out the four or five songs that sounded the best and which we were most comfortable with." "And after that, we fell into the old Sabbath again. Ozzy could only do it once, could only rehearse, go through the songs one time, and then he'd leave and we'd sort of carry on. We had to get the solos really well together and stuff like that," Geezer Butler said (Transcribed by Blabbermouth). The “Back to the Beginning” festival happened on July 5, 2025, at the Villa Park in Birmingham, Sabbath’s hometown. During that festival, many bands like Metallica, Slayer, Guns N’ Roses and supergroups formed by former members of Ozzy’s solo years, paid tribute to him and Sabbath playing some of their famous tracks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD3jeUq7sm0 The post Geezer Butler recalls the shock of seeing Ozzy’s condition at the final show appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee recently announced that Rush would be back on the road, and the first question was obviously: how do you replace someone as irreplaceable as the late Neil Peart? The answer was Anika Nilles, a praised German drummer who had previously toured with Jeff Beck. In an interview with CBC News, Lee recalled that she actually didn't grow up as a fan of the band, but she is a hard worker and learned the songs quite well. Geddy Lee reveals their new drummer was not a Rush fan "Well, I'm a bit overwhelmed right now, to be honest. Alex and I took a long time trying to figure out if we could actually do this ever again. And when we did finally decide, of course people were optimistic, but we really didn't expect the kind of overwhelming response our announcement has brought forth out of our fanbase. It's just been a remarkable few weeks around our homes, but very exciting — very exciting." "Well, of course it was a very difficult decision to go back on the road, and that was the main stumbling block, obviously. How do we replace the irreplaceable, so to speak? And we have been fortunate to have been introduced to the name Anika Nilles through one of my road crew — my bass tech Skully [John McIntosh], who was on tour with Jeff Beck, and she was the drummer for Jeff Beck on his last tour. And he came home from that tour raving about her." He continued: "So when we made the decision to see what it's like to play with another drummer, we contacted her, and she's just a fantastic person. And she came to Canada and we very surreptitiously snuck into a studio and worked out for about a week. And by the end of it, we were convinced that this would be a go for us. Yeah, she's just a tremendous player." "When she first came over here (to Canada), we started playing some of the songs, trying to translate Rush music to someone who didn't really grow up as a Rush fan; she was not a Rush fan. She knew, of course, of Neil's playing — every drummer knows who Neil is, or Neil was, I should say — so it was a bit of a daunting task." "And we had to go through each song and explain the nuances of the song and the idiosyncratic nature of how our songs are put together. So at times she was a bit overwhelmed, but she's an incredibly hard worker. She's got great technical facility and she's just got a really positive attitude, and that's really good for Alex and I to be around right now," Geddy Lee said (Transcribed by Blabbermouth). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efR6bvqX5yw&t=283sThe post Geddy Lee reveals their new drummer was not a Rush fan appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.