Last Rites
Grand Central Publishing · Paperback · Forthcoming
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "People say to me, if you could do it all again, knowing what you know now, would you change anything?
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- Who it’s for
- A brief, eccentric stop for anyone following Ozzy’s orbit and collecting the fragments.
- Themes
- celebrity memoir, recovery and resilience, music history
- Pacing
- Mixed
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AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "People say to me, if you could do it all again, knowing what you know now, would you change anything? I'm like, f*** no. If I'd been clean and sober, I wouldn't be Ozzy. If I'd done normal, sensible things, I wouldn't be Ozzy." Husband. Father. Grandfather. F*cking Icon. 1948 - 2025 In 2018, at the age of sixty-nine, Ozzy Osbourne was on a triumphant farewell tour, playing to sold-out arenas and rave reviews all around the world.
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Then: disaster. In a matter of just a few weeks, he went from being hospitalized with a finger infection to having to abandon his tour – and all public life – as he faced near-total paralysis from the neck down. LAST RITES is the shocking, bitterly hilarious, never-before-told story of Ozzy's descent into hell. Along the way, he reflects on his extraordinary life and career, including his marriage to wife Sharon, as well as his reflections on what it took for him to get back onstage for the triumphant Back to the Beginning concert, streamed around the world, where Ozzy reunited with his Black Sabbath bandmates for the final time. Unflinching, brutally honest, but surprisingly life-affirming, Last Rites demonstrates once again why Ozzy has transcended his status as 'The Godfather of Metal' and 'The Prince of Darkness' to become a modern-day folk hero and national treasure.
Why It Clicks
A brief, eccentric stop for anyone following Ozzy’s orbit and collecting the fragments.
Come here for
- Ozzy’s unmistakable voice
- the odd pleasure of category chaos
Expect
- more vibe than argument
- a cross-genre shelf anomaly
Where it sits
| Musicians' Lives | 92% |
|---|---|
| Lives in Medicine | 41% |
| Rock | 28% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Musicians' Lives
- Lives in Entertainment
- Lives of the Rich & Famous
- Authors
- Ozzy Osbourne, Chris Ayres
- Publisher
- Grand Central Publishing
- Published
- Forthcoming
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- celebrity memoir · recovery and resilience · music history
- Reading lane
- Musicians' Lives