Because the rock world and followers alike mourn Ozzy Osbourne‘s dying at age 76, a few of his friends teamed as much as pay tribute.
On Friday, Johnny Depp joined Alice Cooper on stage with guitar in hand, accompanying the singer for his cowl of Black Sabbath‘s 1970 single ‘Paranoid’ throughout his live performance at O2 Enviornment in London.
Depp, who performs with Cooper within the supergroup Hollywood Vampires, caught round for a efficiency of Cooper’s ‘Faculty’s Out’.
The shock efficiency comes after the Osbourne household introduced Ozzy’s dying in an announcement on Tuesday. Though he endured quite a few well being issues in recent times, a reason behind dying was not instantly disclosed.
“It’s with extra disappointment than mere phrases can convey that we now have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has handed away this morning,” the assertion learn. “He was along with his household and surrounded by love. We ask everybody to respect our household privateness presently.”
Born John Michael Osbourne on December 3, 1948, in England, Ozzy co-founded the ever-influential and controversial Black Sabbath in 1968 with guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Invoice Ward.
The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame in 2006 — after being eligible for greater than a decade, to the chagrin of the band and its legion of followers — and acquired a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Grammys in 2019. Osbourne was inducted into the Rock Corridor final yr. A five-time Grammy winner and 12-time nominee, he had been eligible as a solo act for 18 years.
