Overview

• The LL Cool J–hosted ceremony airs live Sunday, Sept. 7 at 8 p.m. ET from New York’s UBS Arena on CBS and MTV, with streaming on Paramount+.
• The four artists will perform a medley of Osbourne’s greatest hits that MTV bills as a “once-in-a-lifetime” moment.
• Steven Tyler and Joe Perry’s appearance forms a rare onstage reunion following Aerosmith’s halted farewell tour.
• Yungblud, Nuno Bettencourt and Tyler previously honored Osbourne at his July 5 Back to the Beginning farewell event in Birmingham.
• Osbourne died on July 22 of a heart attack, with coronary artery disease and Parkinson’s disease noted as contributing conditions, according to his death certificate.