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VMAs Honor Ozzy Osbourne With All-Star Medley Led by Yungblud, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry

The live tribute extended the public commemorations that followed Osbourne’s July 22 death from cardiac arrest.

Overview

  • Jack Osbourne introduced the segment in a prerecorded message with his children, closing with the family’s “Let’s go crazy!” salute.
  • Yungblud opened with “Crazy Train” and “Changes,” wearing a cross gifted by Ozzy, before joining Steven Tyler and Joe Perry on “Mama, I’m Coming Home.”
  • Nuno Bettencourt featured on guitar as pyrotechnics capped the set, which ended with Yungblud’s shout of “Ozzy forever, man.”
  • The performance aired live from New York’s UBS Arena on CBS and MTV with streaming on Paramount+, hosted by LL Cool J.
  • The tribute echoed July’s Villa Park farewell concert that included several of the same artists and followed confirmation of Osbourne’s death at 76 from cardiac arrest with coronary artery disease and Parkinson’s disease.