Ozzy Osbourne‘s affect – and affect – has been simple. Hell, there was a whole present with among the largest names in metallic, devoted to Osbourne on the fifth of July. And simply over two quick weeks after that present in Birmingham, we misplaced Ozzy.
Since then, posts, tributes, covers, dedications, and interviews have not simply crawled out of the woodworks, they’ve tripped over each other to get there first.
Regardless of Ozzy now not being bodily with is, he’s removed from forgotten. From his biography that’s nonetheless because of be launched in October, to the documentary the BBC is (hopefully) going to run, to the movie of Again To The Starting being launched on Paramount+ in late 2025, to the continuance of the Ozzy Osbourne museum in Birmingham till the tip of 2025, to Yungblud protecting “Modifications” in each efficiency he does for the remainder of his life… Ozzy is much from gone.
And the celebrations of his life, legacy, and contributions to the music trade are persevering with at this 12 months’s MTV VMAs ceremony. It’s reported that Ozzy Osbourne will likely be honoured on stage by a bunch consisting of Joe Perry (Aerosmith), Nuno Bettencourt (Excessive), Steven Tyler (Aerosmith), and Yungblud performing a tribute. It serves as a reunion for a lot of the members as Bettencourt, Tyler, and Yungblud carried out on the aforementioned Again To The Starting present.
Again To The Starting was a cultural second for the metallic neighborhood as bands like Gojira, Weapons N’ Roses, Lamb Of God, Mastodon, Metallica, Pantera, Slayer, Device, and extra got here collectively in Black Sabbath‘s hometown of Birmingham in England to have a good time Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne‘s legacy at their final ever present. Promoting all 45,000 tickets in lower than 20 minutes with over 150,000 individuals ready within the digital queue for tickets and reported by The Guardian that 5 million individuals streamed the efficiency reside on-line, it not solely celebrated what created the music we’ve now, however launched the newer era of metallic listeners to what got here earlier than and formed the scene we loe.
There aren’t actually some other rock bands on the invoice to carry out on the VMAs, however in the event you’re concerned about tuning in to see the tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, the VMAs will likely be airing reside on Sunday, September seventh at 8 p.m. ET on each MTV and CBS, and is accessible for streaming on Paramount+.
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