"I didn’t realize then that I would never see Ozzy again after that night," Butler writes of the July 5 "Back to the Beginning" show in England.

Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler is reflecting on the band's final rehearsals with Ozzy Osbourne. In a piece written for The Sunday Times, the band's co-founder detailed how "frail" the late rockstar was in the lead up to their Villa Park show in Birmingham,

Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler has paid a tender tribute to his friend and former bandmate Ozzy Osbourne, sharing his memories of how "the most incredible journey of our lives" began. Butler's recollections come in an essay penned for The Sunday Times, published yesterday, July 27.