Ozzy Osbourne’s former bassist has offered his perspective on the notorious night where the Prince Of Darkness bit into the ...

Ozzy Osbourne performed his final concert with Black Sabbath on July 5, 2025, at Villa Park in Birmingham, England, while ...

Black Sabbath's farewell concert, which included hits like "Iron Man" and "War Pigs," comes as the rocker is living with ...

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But Ozzy Osbourne's bat incident is not just some quirky side story to his career but a key moment. In his 2002 Diary of a Madman reissue, Osbourne recalled the moment as shocking and surreal.

Neal, who was 17 in 1982, told the Des Moines Register that he brought the bat to Osbourne's concert in a baggie, then threw it on the stage. Either way, the bat's head came off in Osbourne's mouth.

Not only is this the world's first time seeing Sidney, but the bat costume seems to be an affectionate reference to Ozzy Osbourne's onstage bat-biting incident in January of 1982. See the photo below.

For his final concert with Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne performed the show while sitting on an all-black bat throne. The ...

Ozzy Osbourne and the notorious bat incident - what you didn't know Ozzy Osbourne is known for his wild antics, but one of his most infamous moments came in 1982 when he bit the head off a bat ...

We’re coming up on another anniversary of Ozzy Osbourne and The Bat Incident on January 20, and to commemorate the iconic and insane moment, let’s debunk a couple of myths about that 1982 concert.