Jack Osbourne paid tribute following his father Ozzy Osbourne’s closing dwell efficiency with Black Sabbath on Saturday, July 5.
Ozzy, 76, headlined the Again to the Starting pageant at Villa Park in Aston, Birmingham with a five-song solo set — together with basic tracks “Mr. Crowley” and “Loopy Practice” — and was then joined by unique Black Sabbath bandmates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Invoice Ward for 4 extra songs — “Struggle Pigs,” “N.I.B.,” “Iron Man,” and “Paranoid”— to complete the night time. Following his Parkinson’s illness prognosis in 2019, Ozzy was seated in a throne all through his set in entrance of a reported 42,000 followers.
“It’s so good to be on this f****** stage, you haven’t any thought,” Osbourne advised his followers. “Let the insanity start!”
His son Jack, 39, adopted up the star-studded live performance by sharing classic footage of his father bringing him up on stage as a baby.
“For every thing I realized alongside the way in which…the ultimate Good Night time We Love You All,” Jack wrote through Instagram on Saturday.
Jack’s sister, Kelly Osbourne, and his mom, Sharon Osbourne, documented the day by sharing their very own behind-the-scenes images and movies from Again to the Starting. (Ozzy and Sharon are additionally dad and mom to 41-year-old daughter Aimee, however she didn’t submit something associated to the live performance through her social media.)
Dozens of punk, arduous rock and heavy metallic legends converged on Birmingham for one of the crucial spectacular live performance lineups in music historical past. Ozzy was supported by mini-sets from Weapons N’ Roses, Metallica, Alice in Chains, Slayer and Fred Durst, amongst many others.
There have been medleys carried out by one-off supergroups, together with Travis Barker jamming with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and The Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wooden. Barker’s spouse, Kourtney Kardashian, shared footage of the drummer performing a canopy of Black Sabbath’s “Symptom of the Universe” to precise her satisfaction over his involvement with the occasion.
The Osbournes introduced that they had been engaged on one closing Black Sabbath present in February, to happen in Ozzy’s hometown of Birmingham. Proceeds from the occasion benefited the Birmingham Kids’s Hospital and Acorn Kids’s Hospice.
“It’s my time to go Again to the Starting. … It’s time for me to present again to the place the place I used to be born,” Ozzy stated in an announcement on the time. “How blessed am I to do it with the assistance of individuals whom I like. Birmingham is the true residence of metallic. Birmingham Eternally.”
Ozzy retired from touring in 2023, following his prognosis with Parkinson’s illness and a extreme spinal damage. The Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame inductee not too long ago confirmed on his Sirius XM radio present that he’s not capable of stroll, however vowed to not let that cease him from performing for his hometown followers one final time.
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“I do weights [and] bike driving, I’ve bought a man dwelling at my home who’s working with me,” Ozzy advised The Guardian in Might. “It’s powerful. I’ve been laid up for such a very long time. I’ve been mendacity on my again doing nothing and the very first thing to go is your energy. It’s, like, beginning once more.”
He went on, “I’ve issues strolling. I additionally get blood strain points from blood clots on my legs. I’m used to doing two hours on stage, leaping and working round. I don’t assume I’ll be doing a lot leaping or working round this time. I could also be sitting down.”
Ozzy began his profession with Black Sabbath within the late Nineteen Sixties, earlier than going solo in 1979. He has bought over 100 million albums all through his profession, and is a member of the U.Ok. Music Corridor of Fame.
