Rest in peace, Ozzy Osbourne.
During the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, the late Prince of Darkness was recognized with a powerful rock tribute featuring Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry along with punk rock singer Yungblud and guitarist Nuno Bettencourt.
The segment began with a video montage from Ozzy’s son Jack and his four daughters (all dressed in “Ozzy” shirts).
Yungblud then hit the stage, mimicking Ozzy’s signature “All Aboard” call before singing the renditions of Black Sabbath’s “Changes” and “Crazy Train.”
A while later, the 28-year-old singer joined Tyler and Perry, receiving a huge applause from the audience, “Mom, I’m back home.”
Before the show, several stars, including Taylor Momsen from The Pretty Reckless, honored the late heavy metal icon while chatting exclusively with Page 6 on the red carpet.
“Ozzy is very important to me. Black Sabbath is very important to me,” explained the Gossip Girl alum.
She had no joy in meeting the hitmaker in person, but Mamasen still realized how Ozzy’s music was “infiltrating (her) spirit and presence.”
“I feel like I know him, I know my family,” she said.
Meanwhile, Ozzy guitarist Bettencourt told Page Six that what’s included in the homage to the heavy metal “Godfather” means “everything” to him.
“As a guitarist listening to rock and metal, he was our godfather,” Bettencourt gushed, celebrating Ozzy’s career with Black Sabbath, his days as a solo artist and, ultimately, his turn to reality television.
“This guy influenced the culture in a way and touched everyone in many different ways.”
Yungblud also paid tribute to Ozzy on the red carpet by wearing a special cross necklace that was given to him by the Prince of Darkness before his death.
The former Black Sabbath frontman passed away on July 22 at the age of 76. His family confirmed his death in a statement obtained on page 6 of 6.
Ozzy held her final performance at the Black Sabath Fairwell concert at Villa Park in Birmingham, England earlier that month.
“If you have to go – I want Ozzy to live another 30 years – but if you have to go out, he really felt like he knew,” Tom Morello, the locker who worked as music director for Ozzy’s final show, told Chicago’s Q101 radio show.
He also said, “The fact that he lived to play and feel with that love again. You know, “drama.” To do “Crazy Train.” ”
Before his death, Ozzy reportedly moved to Buckinghamshire, England in 2023 with his wife Sharon and lived his “final chapter” before “in peace.”
“Ozzy’s last day was spent in the UK, surrounded by family, music and what he called home,” a source told people in July.
“Sharon wanted to return to England for years, especially when he was older. England was always home for them, but it’s even more.”
Almost a week after his death, Ozzy’s family met for an emotional funeral in Birmingham and built a rock icon for rest.
Each member referenced the late star with items worn as part of their calm outfits. Sharon wore one of Ozzy’s wedding rings With a long chain As a necklace.
Their children followed suit. Amy, 41, wore a bat brooch and referenced Time Ozzy, famous for one of the 1982 shows, 40-year-old Kelly rocked round blue-coloured glasses that resemble a representative pair of her father.
Meanwhile, Jack, 39, wore a black chrome hearts tie featuring silver cloth decorations at the bottom.
