If fans thought that Back to the Beginning was the last time they were going to hear from Ozzy Osbourne, the “Prince of Darkness” just proved them wrong. Taking Dylan Thomas’s words to heart (“Do not go gentle into that good night…”), the godfather of Heavy Metal still has a lot to say, which he’ll share in his newly announced memoir.
After all, the 76-year-old Ozzy has lived a remarkable life, which he previously documented in 2010’s I Am Ozzy, an award-winning New York Times bestseller that looked back at his early years growing up in the Aston area of Birmingham, England. It was rife with Ozzy’s trademark humor and details about the challenges he overcame (many of which were self-inflicted).
The sequel, Trust Me, I’m Dr. Ozzy: Advice from Rock’s Ultimate Survivor, was one part health advice, one part cautionary tale (as Ozzy detailed his storied history of drug and alcohol abuse). Now, having taken his final curtain call and turned the page on his music career, Ozzy will give one final benediction in what his publisher is calling a “shocking, bitterly hilarious, surprisingly life-affirming, brutally honest and unflinching memoir from the rock ‘n roll hellraiser.”
Ozzy Osbourne announces new memoir Last Rites out In October
On July 10, Ozzy Osbourne and Grand Central Publishing Group announced Last Rites, a new memoir detailing the “shocking, bitterly hilarious, never-before-told story of Osbourne's descent into hell.”
The book, which hit bookstores on October 7, 2025, will document Ozzy’s recent years and the triumphs, trials, and tribulations he has faced. It’ll chronicle how, at age 69, Ozzy had to abandon his “farewell tour” to deal with a staff infection that made his right thumb swell up to “the size of a f****n’ light bulb,” as he’d later describe to Rolling Stone.
Last Rites will also talk about “his turbulent marriage to wife, Sharon,” which may or may not include details about him cheating on Sharon Osbourne with multiple women. The news release does say the book will talk about Ozzy’s encounters with “fellow hellraisers, including Slash, Bon Scott, John Bonham, and Keith Moon.
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It will also detail “the harrowing final moments” Ozzy spent with Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister. And though it just happened, Last Rites will also share Ozzy’s reflections on Back to the Beginning, and how it raised millions for charity.
“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,” says Osbourne in the press release. “If I'd been clean and sober, I wouldn't be Ozzy. If I'd done normal, sensible things, I wouldn't be Ozzy.
“Look, if it ends tomorrow, I can't complain,” he adds. “I've been all around the world. Seen a lot of things. I've done good... and I've done bad. But right now, I'm not ready to go anywhere.”