Simply over a month after Ozzy Osbourne‘s demise, the rocker was honored with varied tributes on the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards. Osbourne’s demise was a significant loss for the music neighborhood, so it is sensible that he was highlighted through the first music awards present following his July 22 demise on the age of 76.
To kick off the night time, Yungblud hit the purple carpet carrying Osbourne’s personal cross necklace. The artist went shirtless and had the cross on full show. Yungblud shaped an in depth bond with Osbourne over time, and the Black Sabbath singer gifted him the gold cross necklace after they filmed a music video in 2022.
“Your cross round my neck is probably the most treasured factor I personal,” Yungblud wrote on his Instagram after Osbourne’s demise. He additionally added, “I didn’t suppose you would go away so quickly the final time we met you had been so energetic and your snigger stuffed up the room. However as it’s written with legends, they appear to know the issues that we don’t. I’ll always remember you – you can be in each single notice I sing and with me each single time I stroll on stage.”
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The VMAs may also embrace a efficiency tribute to Osbourne. Yungblud can be joined by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Nuno Bettencourt to sing a medley of Osbourne’s greatest hits. Black Sabbath keyboardist Adam Wakeman may also be a part of the efficiency.
Osbourne, who had been battling well being points for years, died of a coronary heart assault, in keeping with his demise certificates. The official reason behind demise was “out of hospital cardiac arrest,” “acute myocardial infarction,” and “coronary artery illness and Parkinson’s illness with autonomic dysfunction,” per the New York Instances.
The VMAs additionally featured performances from Doja Cat, Ricky Martin, Tate McRae, and plenty of extra anticipated to take the stage all through the present.
MTV Video Music Awards 2025, Sunday, September 7, 8/7c, MTV & CBS