The legendary Black Sabbath vocalist Ozzy Osbourne sadly passed away at the age of 76 last July 22. The news shocked his peers and millions of fans worldwide, with many tributes on social media and TV, but some bands who had concerts scheduled these days also paid tribute to him live. Some of them were Def Leppard, The Who, Cyndi Lauper, Rod Stewart, Ghost, Lady Gaga and more.
Def Leppard, The Who and more pay tribute to Ozzy during shows
Def Leppard
The Who
Pantera
Mammoth (Wolfgang Van Halen)
Cyndi Lauper
Alice Cooper
Ghost
Lady Gaga
Coldplay
Rod Stewart
Besides Ozzy and Sabbath, the “Back to the Beginning” festival had many other artists like Slayer, Metallica, Anthrax, Guns N’ Roses, Steven Tyler, Papa V Perpetua, Sammy Hagar, Jake E. Lee, Billy Corgan and Nuno Bettencourt.
The bands performed Black Sabbath and Ozzy covers, but also played some of their most famous songs in small sets, of 3 to 6 songs. Many covers from other bands were also performed, like the supergroup with Steven Tyler on vocals, which played, for example, Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love”. Ozzy Osbourne sang five songs of his solo career and four more with Black Sabbath.
The RATM and Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello, who was the music producer of the celebration recently revealed that the festival grossed over 190 million dollars to charity. According to Billboard, it is more than any other major charity concert ever made.
Ozzy Osbourne is one of the most influential Heavy Metal musicians of all time. The first voice of the music genre, he conquered the world with Black Sabbath and after being fired in the late 70s, started an extremely successful solo career playing with incredible musicians like Randy Rhoads, Jake E. Lee and Zakk Wylde.
