#ozzy-osbourne

#ozzy-osbourne

Aerosmith vocalist Steven Tyler returned to the stage during the annual awards show, joining bandmate Joe Perry , singer Yungblud and Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt to honor the life and music of late heavy metal pioneer and Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne, who died in July at age 76. "Livin' on the Edge" singer Tyler, 77, helped the VMAs pay tribute to Osbourne more than a year after Aerosmith announced its retirement from touring.

On the red carpet of the VMAs, Yungblud told Nylon magazine, "I've actually got Iggy Pop's leather pants on. Richard [Stark] from [luxury brand] Chrome Hearts said if you can fit in them you can wear them." Meanwhile, the singer's cross necklace was gifted him by Ozzy himself at the "Back to the Beginning" concert in July, just two weeks before the Prince of Darkness passed away.

Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, British vocalist Yungblud, and Extreme's Nuno Bettencourt shared the stage at Long Island's UBS Arena to pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards. The segment was introduced by Osbourne's son Jack and his family, and then Yungblud shirtlessly sang "Crazy Train," before donning a jacket to do "Changes."

After video message by Jack Osbourne and his family, as well as a video montage of Ozzy through the years, Yungblud kicked off the VMAs musical tribute by singing "Crazy Train," with Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt leading the backing band. Yungblud strained a bit singing "Crazy Train," but did a stellar job on the next song, Black Sabbath's "Changes," which he also sang at the Back to the Beginning concert earlier this summer.

This weekend's 2025 MTV Video Music Awards will include an all-star performance honoring the late Ozzy Osbourne, featuring Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, Yungblud, and Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt. According to a press release, the aforementioned musicians will be "coming together for a once-in-a-lifetime performance honoring the legendary 'Prince of Darkness' and metal luminary with a medley of his greatest hits." The metal icon had a long history with MTV, including the groundbreaking reality series The Osbournes.

In Toron­to, 7,000 singers par­tic­i­pat­ed in Choir Choir Choir's trib­ute to Ozzy Osbourne, all tak­ing part in a giant sing-along of "Para­noid." The first sin­gle on Black Sab­bath's sec­ond album (1970), "Para­noid" reached #4 in the UK mar­ket and put Sab­bath on the map. The song also became an ear­ly heavy met­al clas­sic. Watch Sab­bath per­form the song live in 1970 here; or watch them per­form it for the very last time on July 5, 2025 here. Then enjoy the Choir Choir Choir trib­ute above.

Osbourne died of '(a) Out of hospital cardiac arrest (b) Acute myocardial infarction (c) Coronary artery disease and Parkinson's disease with autonomic dysfunction (Joint Causes),' the certificate states.

The Flaming Lips kicked off their co-headlining tour with Modest Mouse by teaming up with MM's frontman Isaac Brock for a collaborative cover of Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" in honor of Osbourne.

During a concert at London's O2 Arena, Alice Cooper performed Black Sabbath's 'Paranoid' in tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, who passed away on July 22nd.

Fans converged at Madison Square Garden in their Ghost-inspired costumes, mourning Ozzy Osbourne's passing before witnessing Ghost's headlining performance, a 22-song set filled with theatricality.

My introduction to Sabbath was my mom's band, who used to cover War Pigs a pretty faithful rendition! But Ozzy felt more like my discovery, in 1981 or so.

"Ozzy Osbourne and I became very, very good friends on that tour. And the sad news is that he has departed."

Ozzy Osbourne stated, "This is the best cover of 'War Pigs' ever. Why didn't you guys call me?" T-Pain's version stands out as a significant homage to the classic.

Grass Lands will return for Outside Lands next month, and legal marijuana sales will take place at Golden Gate Park during the upcoming Dead and Company shows, featuring Solful’s Garcia Hand Picked cannabis.