Doncaster rocker Yungblud was full of praise for his “idol” Ozzy Osborne picking up the Grammy for Best Rock Performance in LA last night.
Yungblud (real name Dominic Richard Harrison) took to the stage with Nuno Bettencourt Extreme), Frank Bello (Anthrax, Helmet) and Adam Wakeman (Ozzy Osborne Band) to pick up the award for their rendition of Black Sabbath’s “Changes” at the 68th annual Grammy Awards.
The performance was one of the most memorable moments of the Back to the Beginning concert, which took place last July, just weeks before Ozzy Osbourne’s death at the age of 76.
Yungblud embraced Sharon Osbourne onstage before accepting the Grammy.
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“To grow up loving an idol that helps you figure out your identity, not only as a musician but also as a man, is something that I’m truly grateful for,” the rocker began. “But then to get to know them and form a relationship with them, honour them at their final show and receive this because of it, is something that I and I think we’re all finding so strange to comprehend. We f—ing love you Ozzy!”
The singer went on to thank the whole Osbourne family, before noting that the “Changes” performance featured “six generations of rock musicians (who) came together in the name of our genre, in the name of Sabbath and in the name of Ozzy Osbourne.”
“The last time I saw Ozzy Osbourne, you asked me if there’s anything you could do for me. I answered the music was enough and I can safely say on behalf of all of us that still stands now and it will do forever. You’ll be with me every time I’m nervous and on stage at every show. God bless rock music and god bless f—ing Ozzy Osbourne.”
There was further regional Grammy success for Blackpool native Robert Smith and his pop-goth troubadours The Cure, who picked up the first Grammys’ of their five-decade career – Best Alternative Music Album for 2025’s Songs of a Lost World and Best Alternative Music Performance, for the song Alone.
Image: Yunglbud at the Reading Festival Raph_PH/Creative Commons
