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Black Sabbath: “We wanted to create a vibe, so we rehearsed in the dungeons”

To celebrate the incredible life and reassuringly heavy music of Ozzy Osbourne, we revisit a classic Black Sabbath interview from the July 2014 issue of Uncut (Take 206). Riding high on the success of their chart-topping reunion album 13, Ozzy, Tommy and Geezer took us through the formidable Sabbath cannon, album-by-album. Ozzy Osbourne is in high spirits as he calls from Los Angeles. “I’m having the time of my life,” he says, revelling in the success that has greeted the reformation of the classic Black Sabbath lineup for a new album and tour. “We’re having a fucking blast,” he adds. “We played the Hollywood Bowl last Sunday. The last time we played there it was a fucking disaster. It was 42 years ago: we had to cut the show short because we were all going to pass out from drug overdoses.” BLACK SABBATHVertigo, 1970The black and blues. The newly christened Sabbath rock out, pretty much live. Advertisement [embedded content] OZZY OSBOURNE: We were made by Jim Simpson… he used to have a club, Henry’s Blues House. We used to carry our equipment around in case someone didn’t turn up, and say, “We’ll play”. We started off as a blues/jazz band… Read More →

23JULHit Singles

Ozzy Osbourne: “I walked around Birmingham barefoot for years”

RIP Ozzy Osbourne, that most fun-loving of dark princes. Back in our May 2010 issue (Take 156), he kindly consented to answer questions sent in by Uncut readers – and a few famous fans, including Frank Skinner, Sparks and Aston Villa legend Gordon Cowans… Who was your musical hero growing up, and what are you getting me for my birthday?Duff McKagan, Guns N’ Roses What am I getting you for your birthday? Same as you got me, you cunt, which is fuck all. Ha ha! My musical heroes? Well, it’s The Beatles, obviously. That’s why I did those Lennon covers. A few people have said they’re the worst songs ever made, but they come from the heart. I fucking mean them! I can still remember first hearing The Beatles. I was walking down the street in Birmingham with this battery-operated radio, and “Please Please Me” came blaring out. It was one of those moments where the world seems to shift a bit. Nothing was the same again. I used to fantasise about meeting McCartney. Now I’ve met him several times, and every time I still can’t believe I’m talking to him. Me and bloody Paul McCartney! Bloody hell! Advertisement Sharon’s… Read More →

23JULNews

Watch Ghost dedicate sold-out Madison Square Garden show to Ozzy Osbourne

Ghost have dedicated their sold-out concert at Madison Square Garden in New York to Black Sabbath icon Ozzy Osbourne, who has died. It was announced on Tuesday (July 22) that the iconic singer had died at the age of 76, with his family saying he was “surrounded by love”. Advertisement The timing of the news has been particularly impactful given that it was less than three weeks ago that Osbourne headlined the giant ‘Back To The Beginning’ concert at Villa Park in Birmingham. On July 5, Osbourne played alongside guitarist Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward for the first time since 2005, with the band performing a four-song set that concluded with Osbourne telling the crowd: “Your support has enabled us to live an amazing lifestyle, thank you from the bottom of our hearts”. Ozzy Osbourne at Black Sabbath’s ‘Back To The Beginning’ in Birmingham. Credit: Ross Halfin Following the devastating news of Ozzy’s passing, Ghost played a sold-out headlining gig at the iconic Madison Square Garden. Seven songs into the set, frontman Tobias Forge – aka Papa Perpetua – took a moment to recognise Ozzy’s impact and dedicated the night to the Price of Darkness. Before playing ‘The Future Is… Read More →

22JULNews

Ozzy Osbourne dies at the age of 76

Ozzy Osbourne, the frontman of Black Sabbath and one of the most legendary figures in rock music, has died at the age of 76. A statement issued by his family confirmed on Tuesday (July 22) that Osbourne died “surrounded by love”. Advertisement The news comes just weeks after the band played their huge ‘Back To The Beginning’ farewell show at Villa Park in Birmingham, performing a rousing four-song set that concluded with Osbourne thanking the huge crowd by saying: Your support has enabled us to live an amazing lifestyle, thank you from the bottom of our hearts”. It was the first time that Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward had played alongside each other since 2005. The Prince Of Darkness had not played a full gig since 2018, and underwent multiple surgeries and experienced numerous health problems, including Parkinson’s disease in recent years. In an interview with The Guardian earlier this year, Osbourne looked ahead to playing the last Black Sabbath show in good health, saying: “I’ll be there, and I’ll do the best I can. All I can do is turn up.” From there, there were also suggestions that he “may be sitting down” on stage, and rumours that he’d be performing from a “throne that… Read More →

22JULNews

Watch Zach Bryan bring out Bruce Springsteen for ‘Atlantic City’ and ‘Revival’ in New Jersey

Zach Bryan has performed ‘Atlantic City’ with Bruce Springsteen in New Jersey – check out fan-shot footage of the performance below. READ MORE: Bruce Springsteen live in London: the heartland hero remains firmly at his majestic peak This past weekend (July 20), Zach Bryan performed at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, where he surprised those in attendance with a special guest in the form of The Boss himself, Bruce Springsteen. Advertisement The moment took place 16 songs into Bryan’s headlining set. He also brought out Caleb Followill, frontman of Kings Of Leon, who were opening for him at the stadium. Together, the three of them – and Bryan’s backing band – performed Springsteen’s 1982 classic ‘Atlantic City’ from his beloved album ‘Nebraska’. Introducing Followill and Springsteen, Bryan said: “One of them is Caleb Followill from Kings of Leon, one of the sweetest men I’ve ever met. And one of the greatest men to ever exist, a New Jersey native, Mr. Bruce Springsteen.” Check out fan-shot footage of the moment below. [embedded content] Later on in the night, Springsteen joined Bryan onstage once more, this time to close out the show with ‘Revival’. Recommended [embedded content] Their joint performance of ‘Atlantic… Read More →

21JULNews

Alice Cooper says Donald Trump’s election victory was because “it got so ‘woke’ with the Biden people”

Alice Cooper has spoken out about Donald Trump’s return to office, and claimed that it happened because things got “so ‘woke’” on the Democrats’ side. The shock rocker spoke out about the billionaire and Republican party leader returning to the White House during a new interview with The Times. Advertisement While the singer does not often speak out about political matters, he has gotten involved in the elections in a lighthearted way over the years – jokingly running for office at every election since 1972. This started as a way to promote his single ‘Elected’, which came out that year, and has continued every four years since. In the latest interview, the ‘Poison’ singer shared why he thinks Trump was successful in his second campaign, and referred to the time he previously claimed that the POTUS cheated while they were playing golf (via Far Out). “If any president who plays golf says he doesn’t cheat, don’t vote for them,” he told The Times. “I’m not talking about in competition; if you’re playing an everyday game among friends for bragging rights, then everyone cheats, right? But Trump was good. He can play.” When asked about the extent of their friendship, he… Read More →

21JULNews

Members of Soundgarden, Alice In Chains and more form Chris Cornell tribute collective King Ultramega, share cover of ‘Rusty Cage’

Members of Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Mastodon and more have formed a collective, King Ultramega, to pay tribute to the late Chris Cornell. READ MORE: Chris Cornell songs: the best by the Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell helped found the grunge band Soundgarden back in 1984, and was the frontman up until his death by suicide on May 18, 2017. Now, eight years after Cornell’s tragic death, his former bandmates and other veteran rock musicians have formed the King Ultramega collective for charity. Advertisement King Ultramega serves as an ever-changing supergroup of sorts, and will record and release numerous Chris Cornell songs from across his legendary career, with proceeds going to the MusiCares organisation. The first iteration of King Ultramega features Alice In Chains’ William DuVall on vocals, Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher on guitar, Anthrax and Pantera‘s Charlie Benante on drums and project organiser Mark Menghi of Metal Allegiance on bass. They’ve covered ‘Rusty Cage’ off Soundgarden’s 1991 album ‘Badmotorfinger’ – you can check it out below. [embedded content] Future covers will include Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil, Arch Enemy‘s Alissa White-Gluz, renowned guitarist Joe Satriani and Kenny Aronoff and others, per Consequence. Details on other songs being covered have yet to be… Read More →

20JULNews

Robbie Williams says health of his parents is “very precarious right now” in new UK tour post

Robbie Williams has shared an update on his parents’ health saying it is “very precarious right now”. The former Take That singer is currently in the middle of his UK tour and he recently shared a post on Instagram, informing fans about his well-being and how the tour is going. Advertisement Sharing an update on his own health, Williams said: “Well I’ve been ill with some sort of virus for a couple of weeks, which is making me feel very weak. It’s par for the course on tours. Everyone gets something, in the past, though, I would have been paralysed with fear.” He then shared: “Things at home with my parents? VERY precarious right now. It’s real-world stuff that deeply affects me and my wife. And if my wife is affected you can bet I am. So the maths are: Virus + ill parents + stadium tour. “Every single moment of every single day is in preparation for those 2+ hours on stage. Outside of that? I have nothing’. There is nothing to offer. I don’t mind stating to those around me, I need protecting. And in return I protect them” Williams previously announced his mother Janet had been diagnosed with… Read More →

19JULNews

Working Men’s Club’s Sydney Minsky Sargeant shares new single ‘Long Roads’: “It’s OK to love and say that within a song”

Working Men’s Club’s Sydney Minsky Sargeant has shared the latest taster of his debut solo album – listen to ‘Long Roads’ below. The singer will release ‘Lunga’ on September 12 via Domino and it is available to pre-order here. Last month, he also released the record’s minimalistic lead single ‘I Don’t Wanna’. Advertisement Now, he has given fans another glimpse of the album in the form of ‘Long Roads’, a reflective slow-burner based around a recurring finger-picked guitar motif. Check out the song’s video, directed by Nick Griffiths, here: [embedded content] Speaking about the track, Minsky Sargeant has said: “I don’t want to sound all hippy dippy, but this album helped me realise it’s ok to love and say that within a song because it’s a true and honest feeling and one that I’m not embarrassed to admit or accept. But it’s also ok to say I got some stuff wrong and I’m no perfect person. I’m just living each day trying to make sense of the world around me.” Per a press release, ‘Lunga’ is billed as “a beautiful side-step from the music that Sydney Minsky Sargeant has been recording as Working Men’s Club for the past seven years”…. Read More →

19JULNews

Charli XCX and The 1975’s George Daniel are now married

Charli XCX and The 1975 drummer George Daniel have got married at a ceremony in London this weekend. The couple were photographed standing outside Hackney Town Hall on Saturday (July 19), with the ‘Brat’ singer clutching a white bouquet of flowers as the newlyweds were surrounded by friends and family. Advertisement The Mirror have reported that the couple were married in front of just 20 invitees, and they were also photographed walking to the town hall earlier in the day. Daniel is thought to have flown back from his stag do with his bandmates in Ibiza in recent days. It had previously been reported that the couple intended to get married in Sicily, where they first fell in love in 2022. Check out the images of the couple here: Charli xcx and George Daniel are officially married! 💍🤍 pic.twitter.com/43aZ8c7FcY — xcx source (@xcxsource) July 19, 2025 Charli xcx and George Daniel f*cking for LIFE!!! 🤍 pic.twitter.com/kbPklQ2qph — xcx source (@xcxsource) July 19, 2025 I wanna dance with George 🤍👰🏻‍♀️💍 pic.twitter.com/zeEPMokiNv — xcx source (@xcxsource) July 19, 2025 Recommended Mr. & Mrs. XCX 🤍💍 pic.twitter.com/lU8M3nGKRi — xcx source (@xcxsource) July 19, 2025 The happy newlyweds, Charli xcx and George Daniel.🤍 pic.twitter.com/Pj27uVCzcl… Read More →

18JULNews

After “record-setting rainfall” Bonnaroo to return in 2026 after all – with these changes

Bonnaroo festival has confirmed it will return in 2026, after its 2025 edition was unexpectedly cancelled due to “record-setting rainfall”. Last month, the Manchester, Tennessee festival was abruptly cancelled, with organisers saying an updated weather forecast was showing unsustainable conditions for on-site campers, with heavy thunderstorms occurring throughout the area. Advertisement The festival’s first day went smoothly, but the decision to cancel the remainder of the event was made on Friday night in light of the extreme weather. Bonnaroo kicked off Thursday June 12 with performances from Luke Combs, Rebecca Black and more. Friday night’s headliners were scheduled to be Tyler, The Creator, John Summit and Glass Animals, while Saturday’s line-up was intended to be led by Olivia Rodrigo, Avril Lavigne and Justice. Sunday, meanwhile, would have wrapped up with Hozier, Vampire Weekend and Queens of the Stone Age. Now, in a new statement, organisers have confirmed that the festival will come back in 2026. Bonnaroo will return to the same location on the same weekend next year — June 11-14 at the Farm in Manchester. In the post, they explained that this year’s weather was a freak occurrence: “Weather experts have confirmed that we saw record-setting rainfall this spring and early summer, making what we experienced extremely uncommon. All things considered, our traditional June time… Read More →

18JULNews

Wet Leg react to beating Oasis to Number One album with piss-take t-shirt

Wet Leg have reacted to beating Oasis to a Number One album by posting a picture while wearing a piss-take t-shirt. READ MORE: Wet Leg – ‘Moisturizer’ review: love, lust and levelling up Advertisement The band, which consists of Rhian Teasdale, Hester Chambers, Henry Holmes, Josh Mobaraki and Ellis Durand, released their second album ‘Moisturizer’ on July 11. Wet Leg’s new album has topped the Official Vinyl Albums Chart and the Official Record Store Chart, which has named it the biggest seller of the previous seven days in UK independent record shops. ‘Moisturizer’ claimed the top spot and beat Oasis’ ‘Time Flies… 1994-2009’ (3), ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?’ (4) and ‘Definitely Maybe’ (5). In reaction to the news, Wet Leg posted a photo on their social media channels where Teasdale can be seen holding a vinyl copy of the album while wearing an Oasis-labelled T-shirt. However, instead of the Gallagher brothers, this t-shirt Jim Carrey and Robin Williams’ faces printed on it. On their Instagram story, they wrote, “Yay, eat shit Oasis hehe.” Check out their Instagram post below. Recommended Earlier this month the band announced details of a 2025 tour of the UK and Ireland. Eight new shows have been… Read More →

18JULHit Singles

S/he Is Still Her/e – new doc explores the extraordinary life of Genesis P-Orridge

“What does magic mean to me?” wonders an indomitable Genesis P-Orridge, puffing on the oxygen tubes that sprout from h/er reconstructed nose at the start of David Charles Rodrigues’ loving, curious, partial documentary. “The only real answer to any question you have is: the sum total of my life so far.” Advertisement S/he Is Still Her/e doesn’t quite give us that sum total, and feels very much like the authorised story (a large part of it is told by h/er delightfully nonchalant Californian daughters, Genesse and Caresse). But then any proper reckoning with this queer, relentless, experimental life might run to several hours, in many media and be seized by police in most countries. In some ways, Rodrigues gives us the fairy story: how a sickly, sullen boy from Middle England heard voices in the hedgerows, dived headlong into the 1970s transgressive art scene and eventually, through the power of unconditional love, transformed themselves into a fabulous pandrogynous international art monster. It includes various fairy godmothers and fathers (notably William Burroughs who, over a couple of bottles of whisky, advises the young GPO that “your job is to learn how to short-circuit control”), some very wicked witches (the police, censors… Read More →

18JULHit Singles

Paul Weller on Rick Buckler: “I wish I’d seen him one more time”

The new issue of Uncut – in shops now and available to order online by clicking here – features a wide-ranging and candid interview with Paul Weller touching on movie acting, King Charles’ coronation, the travails of Kneecap, the revived Sex Pistols, and the musical discoveries behind his new covers album, Find El Dorado. He also looks back at the early days of The Jam, prompted by the recent death of his bandmate, Rick Buckler. Advertisement “I’m just really sad,” says Weller, to Uncut’s Pete Paphides. “I mean, Rick’s passing was a real shock; it was a real fucking … perspective-changing moment. Because even though we weren’t close and we hadn’t spoken for decades, nevertheless, we were intrinsically joined together and always will be, really, the three of us. So that was a real moment of, ‘Fuck, man, one of us has gone’, do you know what I mean?” “It made me realise how ridiculous it is not to speak to someone, right? Just before Rick’s passing, I thought, ‘Maybe, I think I’d really like to go and see him,’ even though we hadn’t seen each other or spoke for 40 years or whatever it’s been. But then I was… Read More →

18JULNews

Massive Attack announce alliance of musicians speaking out over Gaza against “intimidations from within our industry”

Massive Attack have announced an alliance of musicians speaking out over Gaza against “intimidations from within” the music industry. READ MORE: Kneecap on the cover – giving peace, protest and partying a chance Last night (July 17), Massive Attack took to social media to share a statement announcing that they are forming an alliance of musicians who have spoken out over the Israel-Palestine war and have faced attempts of censorship and other forms of career cancellation, including being removed from festival line-ups and more. Advertisement “The scenes in Gaza have moved beyond description. We write as artists who’ve chose to use our public platforms to speak out agains the genocide occurring there & the role of the UK Government in facilitating it,” they wrote. “Because of our expressions of conscience, we’ve been subject to various intimidations from within our industry (live & recorded) & legally via organised bodies such as UK Lawyers For Israel; whose range of activities has now finally been exposed in a new documentary film projected last night by the Led By Donkeys collective.” They go on to say later in the post: “Having withstood these campaigns of attempted censorship, we won’t standby & allow other artists –… Read More →

17JULNews

Coldplay “kiss-cam” footage goes viral for capturing CEO getting cosy to employee: “Either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy”

Footage of a tech CEO apparently being caught with an employee on “kiss-cam” at a Coldplay concert has gone viral. The band’s ‘Music Of The Spheres’ tour rolled into the Gillette Stadium near Boston on Wednesday night (July 16) and the seemingly exposing moment happened during the regular segment of the show in which a roving camera finds a couple in the crowd and they kiss as they are shown on the big screens. Advertisement In this case, the camera panned onto Andy Byron, CEO of the tech platform Astronomer, who had his arms wrapped around a woman who is reported to be Kristin Cabot, the HR chief of Astronomer. As soon as the two saw themselves on the screens, Byron quickly let go of Cabot and dived out of the shot, while Cabot held her hands to her head and turned her back. Chris Martin said as they were first shown, “Ohh, look at these two,” before adding as they reacted with shock: “Come on, you’re ok. Oh what? Either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy.” Watch the viral footage here: The internet found out he’s married and she knows 🙃 Imagine being caught having an… Read More →

17JULHit Singles

The B-52s – The Warner And Reprise Years

‘‘Imagine,” Fred Schneider tells Uncut, “one week I’m washing dishes to make ends meet because I’d quit my job to do the band, and then the next week we’re flying to Nassau to record…” At the Bahamas’ luxurious Compass Point Studios over three weeks in early 1979, The B-52s laid down their self-titled debut album. These five skint musicians were a bold signing for Island and Warners, even amid the excitement of post-punk: a deeply strange and subtly transgressive group, they shared as much DNA with the avant-garde, from Sun Ra to Yoko Ono to Captain Beefheart, as with surf music, girl group pop, disco and punk. Formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1976, The B-52s had been nourished by the city’s unique environment. This was a farm town of eccentrics, led by the likes of Jeremy Ayers (later of Limbo District) and record shop owner William Orten Carlton, a place that welcomed outsider art and queerness. From the start, The B-52s were unusual. They were a collective with no leader, a five-piece with three singers and no bassist (vocalist Kate Pierson handled keyboard bass along with organ) that sculpted songs via group improvisations, with a postmodern eye on the past…. Read More →

17JULHit Singles

Hear Robert Plant and Saving Grace cover Low’s “Everybody’s Song”

Robert Plant has announced that his new album Saving Grace – named after the band he’s been touring with over the last few years – will be released by Nonesuch Records on September 26. Advertisement Hear the first single, a cover of Low‘s “Everybody’s Song”, below: [embedded content] Saving Grace was recorded between April 2019 and January 2025 in the Cotswolds and on the Welsh Borders, with vocalist Suzi Dian, drummer Oli Jefferson, guitarist Tony Kelsey, banjo and string player Matt Worley, and cellist Barney Morse-Brown. “We laugh a lot, really. I think that suits me. I like laughing,” Plant says. “You know, I can’t find any reason to be too serious about anything. I’m not jaded. The sweetness of the whole thing… These are sweet people and they are playing out all the stuff that they could never get out before. They have become unique stylists and together they seem to have landed in a most interesting place.” Advertisement As well as the Low cover, Saving Grace includes songs by Memphis Minnie, Bob Mosley (Moby Grape), Blind Willie Johnson, The Low Anthem, Martha Scanlan and Sarah Siskind. Pre-order the album here and check out the tracklisting below: Chevrolet As… Read More →

17JULNews

Girls’ Generation’s Hyoyeon new drops electro-house single ‘YES’

Girls’ Generation‘s Hyoyeon – also known as HYO – has released a new electro-house single, ‘YES’. Check it out below. Yesterday (July 16), Hyoyeon unveiled, ‘YES’, her first release of the year. It comes with an accompanying music video in which the singer-DJ dancing in a white-walled studio in various outfits. “Love is calling / Answer baby / You should know I’m feeling something / There’s no question / You know the word, YES,” she sings against an upbeat house beat. Watch the music video for ‘YES’ below. Hyoyeon’s most recent releases were her 2024 hit ‘Retro Romance, and ‘Picture’ before that in August 2023. Prior to that, she released her first mini-album ‘Deep’ led by the title track of the same name. The record included several of the singer’s past singles like ‘Dessert’, ‘Punk Right Now’, ‘Sober’ and more. Back in April last year, Hyoyeon was detained in Bali, Indonesia with several other South Korean celebrities and crew while they were filming reality television programme Pick Me Trip in Bali. The cast and crew had already wrapped up filming, but were stopped from leaving after local authorities found that they had been filming without the required permits.

16JULNews

Listen to FKA twigs’ new high tempo single ‘Perfectly’

FKA Twigs has released her new single ‘Perfectly’, an uptempo dance-pop track that showcases the ‘EUSEXUA’ artist’s fondness for experimentation. Her first single since January’s ‘Childlike Things’ featuring North West, the song is said to be part of the forthcoming deluxe edition of ‘EUSEXIA’, titled ‘DELUXUA’. The artist initially shared the song on her Instagram page, although that post has since been taken down. Advertisement She had previously shared a clip of herself recording the song, with the caption “perfectly soon for all of your ears”. Listen to the song in its entirety below. The lyrics to the track speak of moving on from the past, with lines such as “Another life (Another life)/fix it all in another life (Another life)/Have it all in another life (Another life)/another me/A one of one, they’ll say I did it perfectly”, while the chorus repeats the need to “let it go”. In May, FKA Twigs announced a 2025 European tour after multiple cancelled gigs. Announcing the new dates, the artist shared “One day I’ll explain to you all the tea that’s lead to this craziness, but right now I am overjoyed and so excited to confirm the following shows”. Recommended You can browse… Read More →

16JULHit Singles

Introducing the new Uncut: Paul Weller, a Paul Weller CD, Brian Wilson, Kevin Rowland, Big Thief and more

CLICK HERE TO GET THE NEW ISSUE OF UNCUT DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR Advertisement Speaking to Uncut in 2006, Brian Wilson explained the recording process for “Good Vibrations”. The song, he told us, “took six weeks to record, in five different studios. I wrote out each musician’s part on music paper then they all played it together. I found I could work out each part without it being too difficult. It did get tedious, though. The musicians understood it all more or less straight away. Hal Blaine was always right on my wavelength.” [embedded content] Although a relatively understated view of events, all the same it signalled towards Wilson’s meticulous, if exhaustive, creative processes. For further evidence, there’s black and white film on YouTube showing Wilson bringing his pocket symphony to life in the studio. When he’s not issuing orders like a benign general to Blaine – “Play hard and strong all the way” – you see Wilson in the vocal booth with the rest of The Beach Boys, singing high harmony with his eyes closed, caught up in some deeply private inner rhapsody. “He was very unfiltered, very brilliant and very humble at the same time,” Al Jardine tells… Read More →