Ozzy Osbourne’s got his eyes on a Beatle.
With Black Sabbath’s monumental farewell show just around the corner, the Prince of Darkness has revealed he’d be “honoured” to collaborate with none other than Sir Paul McCartney.
Speaking on his Ozzy Speaks SiriusXM podcast this week, Ozzy didn’t hesitate when asked who he’d most like to duet with. “Paul McCartney,” he said immediately. “I would be honoured… but I couldn’t.” The hesitation? Probably just a cocktail of humility and reverence from a guy who once tried to get Macca on a Sabbath track — only to be told by the former Beatle that he “couldn’t improve” on the bassline already laid down. Ozzy’s response? “You could piss on the record and I’d make it my life.”
Fair.
The Beatles have always loomed large in Ozzy’s world. He once described himself as a “freaked-out Beatles fan” and credits them as a massive influence on Sabbath’s early sound. If this collaboration ever happens, expect some cosmic, psych-tinged power ballad about love, death, and biting the heads off doves.
This latest bit of podcast gold comes as Ozzy gears up for Back to the Beginning, Black Sabbath’s final show on July 5 at Villa Park in Birmingham. It’ll see the classic lineup — Ozzy, Iommi, Geezer and Ward — sharing a stage for the first time in 20 years. Even if Ozzy won’t be doing a full set (he says he’s only up for “little bits and pieces”), he’s “giving it everything” in training for what will likely be the band’s final bow.
“I’ve got this trainer guy… I’m giving 120 per cent,” he told fans. “If my God wants me to do the show, I’ll do it.”
And after that? Maybe it’s time for some Osbourne x McCartney: the weirdest, wildest super-duo we didn’t know we needed.
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