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- Ozzy Osbourne is, for the first time, selling his art
- The singer collaborated with chimpanzees to create abstract pieces — and the funds collected will benefit Save the Chimps
- This comes on the heels of Osbourne’s final show (and Black Sabbath reunion!) and the announcement of his memoir
Ozzy Osbourne is … up to some monkey business!
The famed Black Sabbath lead singer, 76, announced he’ll be auctioning off abstract paintings — which he collaborated with primates to create — to raise money for Save the Chimps, he shared in a post on X on July 10.
“I’ve never sold my paintings. But these abstract collaborations I did with ape artists from Save the Chimps are now available at Omega Auctions to raise funds for the sanctuary,” Osbourne wrote.
The singer is selling five paintings total — which he revealed by posing in front of them, holding an peeled banana — each signed and named for one of his songs, he added. The online auction is open until Thursday, July 17, per his post.
Osbourne’s announcement comes on the heels of other big news: on July 5, the star gave his final concert — featuring a Black Sabbath reunion! The band’s guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward all made an appearance for the show, called “Back to the Beginning.”
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The Prince of Darkness also recently announced his memoir, Last Rites, which will chronicle his storied career, his notable public life and the string of medical troubles — a finger infection in 2017 that gave way to near-total paralysis in 2017, plus his Parkinson’s diagnosis in 2019 — that led him into what he calls his “descent into hell.”
“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,” the singer shared in the synopsis of his book, available Oct. 7. “If I’d been clean and sober, I wouldn’t be Ozzy. If I’d done normal, sensible things, I wouldn’t be Ozzy.”
He continued, “Look, if it ends tomorrow, I can’t complain. 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.”
