Overview

• Halford said he received the call in a Leeds hotel room and curled up in a ball crying for hours, recalling that he is still grieving.
• Judas Priest honored Osbourne at their next show by adding his image to the on-screen tribute during the song “Giants in the Sky.”
• The singer noted that Priest continues to celebrate Osbourne’s legacy in concert, including performing Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs.”
• Halford reiterated he was “gutted” to miss Black Sabbath’s July 5 Back to the Beginning farewell concert due to a prior Scorpions commitment.
• Osbourne’s death certificate cites an out-of-hospital heart attack with coronary artery disease and Parkinson’s disease, and the BBC has delayed a planned documentary at the family’s request.