Ozzy Osbourne faced many health problems during his final years, and his widow Sharon Osbourne revealed in an interview on the Dumb Blonde podcast that he knew weeks in advance that his end was near. However, he still refused to give up and said he wanted to do the final show at the Back to the Beginning festival. Sharon Osbourne spoke about Ozzy playing his final show despite knowing about the doctors’ predictions "Two weeks before the show, they said he could probably die, and he did. But he wanted to do it so bad. He needed it. And it's, like, 'Whether I die in two weeks or I die in six months, I'm still dying. And I wanna go my way.' And he did. He went like a rock star." "It's kind of bittersweet, because, again, we knew. Ozzy had sepsis earlier on last year. And very few people ever walk away from that without losing a limb or their life… As soon as he got sepsis, the kids and I, we knew it was time. And then when we went to England, he went into hospital for a week. When he came out, they said, 'You know, Ozzy, this could kill you.' H said, 'I'm doing my show.' It was — I mean, he went out like a king." He continued: "The thing is when you've lived your life that way, and it was, like, 'Okay, six months more to go out the way I wanna go out.' It's like saying, when you get really old and somebody's still smoking and they're, like, 78 years of age, and you're, like, just let him smoke. Leave him alone. He's 78. Leave him alone. And it's, like, he went the way he wanted to go. He knew. He knew." "It was so quick (his passing) and thank God. I knew when they were trying to revive him, I knew. I'm, like, 'Don't. Don't do it. Leave him.' He was done. But again, he went out like a rock star. Ooh, did he ever? … He was a king and he loved people. He loved his audience. He loved 'em so much. Even if you didn't like his music, you couldn't dislike him," Sharon Osbourne 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://youtu.be/HD3jeUq7sm0The post Ozzy Osbourne was told he would die weeks before final show appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

The original Sex Pistols members Steve Jones (Guitar), Glen Matlock (Bass) and Paul Cook (Bass) are back on the road with the band in 2026 featuring the singer Frank Carter. They already had many scheduled shows in Europe and announced a United Kingdom tour. Besides their home country, they will also play in Italy, Germany, Finland, Bulgaria and France. Sex Pistols 2026 tour dates June 18–21 – Newport, United Kingdom – Isle of Wight Festival 25 – Bari, Italy – Oversound Music Festival (Arena Del Levante – Padiglione 71 All’aperto) July 4 – Nuremberg, Germany – Save The Core 5 – Cologne, Germany – Südbrücke 6 – Munich, Germany – Tollwood Sommerfestival – Musik Arena 11 – Halifax, United Kingdom – The Piece Hall 12 – Manchester, United Kingdom – Castlefield Bowl 17–18 – Joensuu, Finland – Ilosaarirock 23–26 – Plovdiv, Bulgaria – Hills of Rock Festival 28 – Carcassonne, France – Théâtre Jean Deschamps August 1 – Cardiff, United Kingdom – Cardiff Castle 2 – Scarborough, United Kingdom – Scarborough Open Air Theatre December 7 – Dublin, Ireland – 3Arena 18 – London, United Kingdom – O2 Academy Brixton 20 – London, United Kingdom – Eventim Apollo The original vocalist John Lydon doesn’t have a good relationship with his ex-bandmates and even sued the guitarist Steve Jones because of the TV series Pistol, released in 2022, which told the story of the band from Jones’ point of view. He also tried to prevent the songs of the band from being used on the show. But he lost the legal battle and the show was released with the original tracks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo5gy_7uljU&pp=ygUQc2V4IHBpc3RvbHMgMjAyNQ%3D%3D Formed in London, England back in 1975, the Sex Pistols are one of the most important Punk Rock bands of all time. Although they released only one album “Never Mind the Bollocks: Here’s The Sex Pistols” (1977), they became a huge influence to countless musicians all over the world. They not only became an inspiration for Punk artists but also for people from other music genres, such as Guns N’ Roses, for example. The band was active from 1975 to 1978, reuniting the original line-up in 1996, 2002 to 2003 and from 2007 to 2008. The post Sex Pistols 2026 tour dates appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

Rush announced the extension of their "Fifty Something" reunion tour into 2027, revealing dates in South America and Europe. They also announced their fourth touring member: Loren Gold, former keyboardist for The Who and Chicago. Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson will also be accompanied on stage by German drummer Anika Nilles. After performing in North America in 2026, the Canadian band will head to Argentina, Brazil, France, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, Scotland, England, Poland, Italy, the Czech Republic, Norway, Sweden, and Finland in 2027. The shows will take place from January to April, so additional dates in other countries may still be announced. Rush 2027 tour dates January 15 – Buenos Aires, AR – Movistar Arena 22 – Curitiba, BR – Arena da Baixada 24 – São Paulo, BR – Allianz Parque 30 – Rio de Janeiro, BR – Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos (Engenhão) February 1 – Belo Horizonte, BR – Estádio Mineirão 4 – Brasília, BR – Arena BRB Mané Garrincha 19 – Paris, FR – La Défense Arena 21 – Berlin, DE – Uber Arena 23 – Amsterdam, NL – Ziggo Dome 25 – Munich, DE – Olympiahalle 28 – Cologne, DE – LANXESS Arena March 2 – Hamburg, DE – Barclays Arena 4 – Stuttgart, DE – Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle 8 – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro 12 – Manchester, UK – Co-op Live 16 – London, UK – O2 Arena 18 – London, UK – O2 Arena 27 – Kraków, PL – TAURON Arena Kraków 30 – Milan, IT – Unipol Dome April 1 – Basel, CH – St. Jakobshalle 4 – Copenhagen, DK – Royal Arena 6 – Oslo, NO – Unity Arena 8 – Stockholm, SE – Avicii Arena 10 – Helsinki, FI – Veikkaus Arena https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_SWRSUHfLI Rush 2026 tour dates June 7 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum 9 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum 11 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum 13 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum 18 – Mexico City, MX – Palacio de los Deportes 24 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena 26 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena 28 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena 30 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena July 16 – Chicago, IL – United Center 18 – Chicago, IL – United Center 20 – Chicago, IL – United Center 22 – Chicago, IL – United Center 28 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden 30 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden August 1 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden 3 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden 7 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena 9 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena 11 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena 13 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena 21 – Philadelphia, PA – Xfinity Mobile Arena 26 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena September 2 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre 12 – Boston, MA – TD Garden 17 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Arena 19 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Arena 23 – San Antonio, TX – Frost Bank Center October 5 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena 10 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena 15 – San Jose, CA – SAP Center 25 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena 30 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena November 5 – Hollywood, FL – Seminole Hard Rock Live 9 – Tampa, FL – Benchmark Arena 20 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center 25 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena December 1 – Glendale, AZ – Desert Diamond Arena 10 – Edmonton, AB – Rogers Place 15 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena The post Rush announces 2027 tour dates and new keyboardist appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

Phil Collins was a crucial part of Genesis, first as a drummer and later as the band’s frontman, helping to give them a commercially successful and enduring career. While Progressive Rock purists often favor the Peter Gabriel years, many fans appreciate both phases of the band. Collins, whose musical tastes have always been wide-ranging, has similarly expressed mixed opinions about certain bands, including Yes, saying good and bad things about them over the years. What is Phil Collins' opinion on Yes "I was a big early Yes fan, less so, even though I like the guys in the band, I didn't relate to a lot of their music, after the first two or three albums. I mean, the 'Yes' (1969) album was great but I didn't really after that go for too much of it. Jethro Tull, ELP, not for me musically. Floyd, I was never a big Floyd fan. I probably became a Floyd fan in later years than I was at the time, even though I saw them at the Marquee with 'Arnold Layne' (song), you know." "(So) I was aware of what they were doing but I never really was a fan. I was in a band that was always kind of being put in the same box as that lot. But I never felt that we actually were in the same box, but we probably were," Phil Collins said in an interview with John Edginton in 2014 (Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage). He especially liked the first era of Yes with guitarist Peter Banks and brought that influence to Genesis when he joined them. "I was very into the first line-up of Yes, the one with Peter Banks." He continued: "I remember listening to them and loving the way they took other people’s songs, 'Something’s Coming', 'Every Little Thing' and did something different with them. (So) I thought, 'That’s something I could do,' so I brought that influence into Genesis," he told Prog in 2016. Collins used to go a lot to the legendary Marquee club in London where most of the greatest musicians from the United Kingdom played in the 1960s. He had the chance to see the Progressive Rock band fronted by Jon Anderson as he recalled in his autobiography "Not Dead Yet", saying that he saw them when they were "still good". "Being a serious regular, and a serious fan, I am often in the right place at the right time. By following Bonham's progress, at the Marquee I see the first London show by The New Yardbirds, soon to be renamed Led Zeppelin. I witnessed some floor-shaking, maximum R&B Who shows. I experienced Yes in their earliest days, around 1968, when they were good," the musician said. Phil Collins almost became Yes’ drummer twice So many influential and successful bands came out of the United Kingdom in the 1960s that it is hard to realize that many of them were actually living in the same area and going to the same clubs. Collins first had the chance to meet Yes when they played for an audience of no more than 50 people. He heard they were looking for a drummer and spoke to Jon Anderson that night. But ultimately decided not to call them or audition. "When Yes played at the Marquee in front of fifty hardy souls, I go backstage during the intermission because I've heard Bill Bruford is about to go back to Leeds University. Frontman Jon Anderson gives me his number, but I never bother to call. I don't know why, but I often wonder: how would my life have been if I'd said yes to the Yes audition?" he said in his autobiography. A few years later, in 1972, Collins offered to become Yes’ drummer while he was already a member of Genesis. They ended up choosing Alan White, whom Phil felt was not the right choice for the band. "I didn't like Alan White. When Bruford left, I rang up Jon Anderson and said: 'Let's do it!'" He continued: "I'm always on these people's short list, I'm always like 3rd on the list. He said: 'Great man, there was Mike Giles, Ian Weiss or you. (...) I could really grow into the gig. But they had already sussed Mike out before the press had announced that Bruford had left. And I don't see Anderson that much to know what's going on unless I read about it. In principle, I had thought Alan White was wrong for the band. He's a sharp drummer, not a flat drummer," Phil Collins said in an interview with Ken CK in 1974. Playing the drums in a Progressive Rock band wasn't an easy task and Collins' had to adapt his style. The tempo changes in the song were something difficult but he liked that kind of music, since he was a Buddy Rich and Yes fan. "(What Genesis was doing when I joined) it was definitely out of the box of regular songs. They didn't seem to hold a tempo for very long. It went from section to section, which it was all interesting (but) a little strange to me. Because it was not the world I was kind of used to living in." "Although some of my favorite pieces of music which was the Buddy Rich 'West Side Story' medley, the big band. I mean, they went from tempo changes to tempo changes. Yes, I was a big fan of the early Yes and they were doing all kinds of arrangements like that. But it wasn't something (I was used to playing)," he told John Edginton in 2014. How former Yes drummer Bill Bruford ended up playing with Genesis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyteedDgscc&pp=ygUYIkV2ZXJ5IExpdHRsZSBUaGluZyIgeWVz After Peter Gabriel left Genesis in 1975, the remaining members tested a few singers. But they ultimately decided that Phil Collins was the right choice to become the new frontman. However, to make that possible and avoid having him sing while playing drums for the entire show, they needed to find a new drummer, who turned out to be former Yes member Bill Bruford. "I started to look out for a drummer. (...) Bill Bruford from Yes and I were great friends at that point. He was playing percussion with Brand X (My other band). It was kind of one of those things that people came and went." "He said: 'What happenned with the Genesis thing?' I said: 'Oh, looks like I'm gonna be the singer. But I've gotta find a drummer'. He said: 'Why don't you ask me? I'm not doing anything.' I said: 'I didn't think you would want to do it, having been in Yes. This was before he went into King Crimson, Asia and all that. Genesis and Yes had some kind of crossover fans, because we were both Progressive Rock, if you like," he told John Edginton in 2014 (Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage). Bruford was in the band for a short period, only in 1976. He ended up appearing in the albums "In Concert" (1977), in one track of "Seconds Out" (1977) and also in one song of "Three Sides Live" (1982).The post Phil Collins’ opinion on Yes appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

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