Osbourne said he didn't want his funeral to be a "mope-fest," adding that he would like some pranks, such as the sound of knocking inside the coffin.

Osbourne preceded the Black Sabbath performance at Back to the Beginning with a set featuring members of his past solo bands. He played "I Don’t Know," "Mr. Crowley," "Suicide Solution," "Mama, I’m Coming Home" and "Crazy Train."

Ozzy Osbourne had a long friendship with Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister, and the two musicians now have something eerily in common in death. Both hard rock legends died exactly 17 days after powering through their final concerts amid illness.

Ozzy Osbourne found an unforgettable way to rock and roll weeks before his death. The musician took the stage one final time with Black Sabbath at the Back to the Beginning festival in Birmingham, England,

A soulful performance from a heavy metal legend took on a new meaning Tuesday following the death of Ozzy Osbourne. After the announcement that the Black Sabbath frontman and "Prince of Darkness" died at the age of 76,

Insiders say Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning show in his hometown on July 5 made him a much younger man in his last days.

"He said he would be coming to Birmingham again … We were hoping to see him this week," the rocker's two surviving sisters Jean and Gillian recalled

Ozzy Osbourne was reportedly of the mindset that his Back to the Beginning concert would be his final goodbye to his bandmates and fellow music industry figures