Mammoth WVH paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne with a rendition of his classic “Mama, I’m Coming Home” at a concert Tuesday, hours after the heavy metal legend’s death. “That fucking sucks that we’re in a world that doesn’t have Ozzy Osbourne anymore,” Wolfgang Van Halen said during the band’s gig …
Read More »Ozzy and Me: How I Got to Know the Real Ozzy Osbourne
It was a sweltering London day in August 2022 when I met Ozzy Osbourne in person for the last time, at a posh hotel near Hyde Park. I took a seat, but the Prince of Darkness had to lie down because he was exhausted from his triumphant comeback performance in …
Read More »Even the Alamo Is Paying Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne
In a testament to the widespread adoration Ozzy Osbourne earned over the course of his singular life, a tribute to the late metal legend has come in from officials at the Alamo. Yes, that Alamo. The one in San Antonio dedicated to the soldiers killed in the 1836 Texas Revolution. …
Read More »The Tao of Ozzy Osbourne: 17 Profound Quotes From Metal's Prince of Darkness
As anyone who remembers MTV’s The Osbournes can attest, Ozzy Osbourne, who died Tuesday at 76, had a way with words. It didn’t matter if he was walking offstage after playing to 50,000 fans or sitting at his house struggling to work the TV remote, the metal pioneer always managed …
Read More »Ozzy Osbourne's Memoirs Return to Top of Charts Following Singer's Death
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Ozzy Osbourne’s legacy extends far beyond his pioneering work in music and reality TV. The Black Sabbath frontman, who died on Tuesday at the age of 76, also …
Read More »Pat Boone Says He'll Always Cherish the 'Warm Friendliness' of His Old Neighbor Ozzy Osbourne
Pat Boone, the famously clean-cut pop crooner, paid tribute to his friend and former next-door neighbor, the Prince of Darkness himself, Ozzy Osbourne. “I am stunned. I can’t believe that my former next-door neighbor and good friend has passed suddenly,” Boone wrote on Facebook following the news of Osbourne’s death …
Read More »Why the World Never Fell Out of Love with the Prince of Darkness
Ozzy Osbourne told Rolling Stone in 2002 he already knew what his epitaph would say. “I guarantee that if I was to die tonight, tomorrow it would be, ‘Ozzy Osbourne, the man who bit the head off a bat, died in his hotel room …’” he said. “I know that’s …
Read More »Gibson Guitars Remembers Ozzy Osbourne: 'His Legacy Will Echo for Generations'
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Ozzy Osbourne was widely credited as one of the founding fathers of heavy metal, and while the beloved performer was best known as the lead vocalist of Black …
Read More »Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath Singer and Heavy Metal Pioneer, Dead at 76
Ozzy Osbourne, the singular metal legend whose Black Sabbath virtually invented heavy metal and in later years became a reality-TV pioneer, died on Tuesday at the age of 76. Osbourne’s family confirmed his death in a statement. “It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have …
Read More »Watch Ozzy Osbourne Sing 'Paranoid' in His Final Live Performance
The devastating news that Ozzy Osbourne has died landed this afternoon, and the rock world remains in a state of absolute shock. The metal pioneer had been in failing health for years, but he performed just 17 days ago at Black Sabbath‘s Back to the Beginning all-star tribute and was …
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