Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi said he thinks bandmate Ozzy Osbourne was "determined" to play the group's farewell show and "really just held out" to do so weeks before his death.

Osbourne, who battled Parkinson’s before his death, sat onstage in a black leather chair as he performed for the 42,000-person crowd. He sang five songs by himself, before he was joined by his former bandmates for four Black Sabbath songs.

Ozzy Osbourne closed out his career on a high note when he performed at the Back to the Beginning farewell show at Villa Park in Birmingham, England on July 5. Seated on a bat-winged throne, the legendary rocker,