OZZY OSBOURNE has announced a few book signings in support of the European release of I Am Ozzy, his autobiography. Have your copy signed at the dates and times below. The book will be released in the US soon.

Friday, October 2nd - Ozzy Osbourne will be meeting fans and signing copies of his new book I Am Ozzy, at HMV 150 Oxford Street , London, on Friday, October 2nd, at 6 PM. Due to time constraints access to the event is limited. 300 wristbands will be available from the store on the day of the event from 9 AM on a first come first served basis, one per customer only, no reservations. 9 AM – 300 wristbands become available with book purchase, 6 - 8 PM - Signing at HMV, 150 Oxford Street, London, W1 - Tel: 020 76313423

Saturday, October 3rd - 1 - 3 PM - Signing at Waterstone’s Bluewater, West Village, Greenhithe, Kent, DA9 9SE - Tel: 01322 624831

Thursday, October 8th - 4:30 - 6:30 PM - Signing at WHS, 29 Union Street, Birmingham, B2 4LR - Tel: 0121 631 3303

Saturday, October 10th - 11 AM - 1 PM - Signing at Eason, 40 Lower O'Connell Street, Dublin 1 - Tel: 00 353 1 8583800. 3 - 5 PM - Signing at Hughes & Hughes, St. Stephen's Green Shopping Centre, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2 - Tel: 00 353 1 8800600

Ozzy's website has been updated with the following:

"They’ve said some crazy things about me over the years. I mean, okay: 'He bit the head off a bat.' Yes. 'He bit the head off a dove.' Yes. But then you hear things like, 'Ozzy went to the show last night, but he wouldn’t perform until he’d killed fifteen puppies…' Now me, kill fifteen puppies? I love puppies. I’ve got eighteen of the fucking things at home. I’ve killed a few cows in my time, mind you. And the chickens. I shot the chickens in my house that night.

It haunts me, all this crazy stuff. Every day of my life has been an event. I took lethal combinations of booze and drugs for thirty fucking years. I survived a direct hit by a plane, suicidal overdoses, STDs. I've been accused of attempted murder. Then I almost died while riding over a bump on a quad bike at fucking two miles per hour.

People ask me how come I’m still alive, and I don’t know what to say. When I was growing up, if you’d have put me up against a wall with the other kids from my street and asked me which one of us was gonna make it to the age of 60, which one of us would end up with five kids and four grandkids and houses in Buckinghamshire and Beverly Hills, I wouldn’t have put money on me, no fucking way. But here I am: ready to tell my story, in my own words, for the first time.

A lot of it ain’t gonna be pretty. I’ve done some bad things in my time. I’ve always been drawn to the dark side, me. But I ain’t the devil. I’m just John Osbourne: a working class kid from Aston, who quit his job in the factory and went looking for a good time."

Frank, fearless, and very funny, I Am Ozzy is his highly anticipated autobiography, in which Ozzy comes clean: in all senses.

Ozzy Osbourne was born in Aston, Birmingham in 1948. He has sold over a hundred million records both with BLACK SABBATH and as an award-winning solo artist. He has five children and lives with his wife Sharon in California and Buckinghamshire.

I Am Ozzy will be released October 1st, 2009 in the UK with a US release coming soon.