Alice Cooper and Johnny Depp carried out a canopy of Black Sabbath’s ‘Paranoid’ in tribute to Ozzy Osbourne. See the second under.
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The demise of the heavy steel pioneer and iconic Black Sabbath frontman was introduced on Tuesday (July 22). He was aged 76, and his household mentioned in a press release that he was “surrounded by love” on the time of his passing.
Cooper honoured the late singer throughout his efficiency at London’s O2 Enviornment on Friday evening (July 25), after additionally paying tribute to him earlier within the week throughout his Cardiff present.
The musician, who was carrying an Osbourne t-shirt, performed the start of ‘Paranoid’ along with his band, earlier than being joined by Depp, who walked onstage along with his guitar and performed the music’s well-known riff alongside the opposite guitarists.
Later, they performed Cooper’s personal observe ‘Faculty’s Out’ collectively, earlier than ending with a rendition of Osbourne’s ‘Loopy Practice’.
Watch the second under.
Upon the announcement of Osbourne’s demise, Cooper touched on the “immense respect” he has for the musician.
“The entire world is mourning Ozzy tonight,” he mentioned. “Over his lengthy profession, he earned immense respect amongst his friends and from followers around the globe as an unmatched showman and cultural icon.”
The efficiency sees Cooper and Depp be part of the likes of Oasis, Judas Priest, Metallica, Yungblud, Elton John, Ronnie Wooden, Tom Morello and plenty of extra in paying tribute to the heavy steel revolutionary, whose demise got here shortly after he took to the stage for his final-ever stay exhibits at Sabbath’s large ‘Again To The Starting’ occasion in Birmingham on July 5.
The historic gig noticed Osbourne reunite with former bandmates Tony Iommi, Invoice Ward and Geezer Butler, with the latter taking to social media to jot down that he was “so glad we acquired to do it one final time, again in Aston”.
The present was live-streamed globally, and now has a cinema launch scheduled for subsequent yr. Proceeds from the live performance have been break up equally amongst Treatment Parkinson’s, Birmingham Kids’s Hospital and Acom Kids’s Hospice, and made the occasion the highest-grossing charity live performance of all time, bringing in just below £200million for good causes.
The likes of Coldplay, Alice Cooper, Ghost, Gojira and Drake have additionally devoted performances to Osbourne, as followers shared footage and reminiscences from the artist’s ultimate stay appearances.
Jake E. Lee, who performed guitar with Ozzy within the ‘80s and appeared at ‘Again to the Starting’, has shared the ultimate message he acquired from the late singer.
Elsewhere, social media customers have been flooding platforms with humorous clips of the Prince Of Darkness in The Osbournes. In the meantime, avid gamers have been remembering his iconic advert for PlayStation’s digital actuality headset, the PSVR2.
In different information, Osbourne’s ultimate memoir, Final Rites, is ready to be printed this autumn. The e book will inform the “stunning, bitterly hilarious, never-before-told story of Ozzy’s descent into hell”, with the Prince Of Darkness detailing the well being points he’d confronted in recent times.
Taking to Instagram Tales, Kelly Osbourne just lately paid tribute to her father, saying that she had “misplaced the perfect pal [she] ever had”.