{"id":128654,"date":"2025-09-08T21:45:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T21:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/128654\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T21:45:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T21:45:09","slug":"yungblud-wore-ozzy-osbournes-necklace-during-tribute-performance-at-the-vmas-last-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/128654\/","title":{"rendered":"Yungblud wore Ozzy Osbourne\u2019s necklace during tribute performance at the VMAs last weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yungblud<\/a> wore one of Ozzy Osbourne<\/a>\u2019s necklaces while paying tribute to the late Black Sabbath<\/a> singer at the MTV Video Music Awards last weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At the ceremony \u2013 held at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York on Sunday (September 7) \u2013 Yungblud joined Extreme<\/a> guitarist Nuno Bettencourt and former Sabbath keyboardist Adam Wakeman to perform Ozzy\u2019s solo song Crazy Train and Sabbath\u2019s Changes. Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith<\/a> then played Ozzy\u2019s Mama, I\u2019m Coming Home with the band.<\/p>\n

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In an interview with E! News held on the VMAs red carpet and published this morning (September 8), Yungblud reveals that he wore one of Ozzy\u2019s cross-shaped necklaces while onstage, having developed a friendship with the Prince Of Darkness during the singer\u2019s final years.<\/p>\n

When asked by a reporter how he feels going into the VMAs performance, Yungblud holds up the necklace and says, \u201cHe\u2019s here, he\u2019s with me. I\u2019ve got his cross on. Ozzy forever, man.\u201d<\/p>\n

He then talks about his relationship with Ozzy, with the singer having transitioned from inspiration to friend for the 28-year-old.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had to navigate in the past couple of years, to get to know a hero of yours and then he passes away, right as you start to get to know each other as humans, was really hard,\u201d he says. \u201cBut, like I said, I\u2019m going to play this song [Changes] every night for the rest of my life and keep that guy\u2019s legacy alive. He was everything for me, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n

Yungblud first sang Changes onstage during Back To The Beginning, Ozzy\u2019s blockbuster farewell concert at Villa Park in his hometown of Birmingham on July 5. Yungblud\u2019s performance \u2013 for which he was joined by Bettencourt, Wakeman, Anthrax<\/a> bassist Frank Bello and Sleep Token<\/a> drummer \u2018II\u2019 \u2013 was received as one of the standouts of the all-day extravaganza, with Metal Hammer writer Rich Hobson saying<\/a> it \u201cset Villa Park alight\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Yungblud and Ozzy had collaborated prior to the event, as the Sabbath man and his wife\/manager Sharon have cameos in the video for his 2022 single The Funeral. The video depicted the couple running over Yungblud in a car, with Ozzy asking, \u201cWho was that?\u201d, and Sharon responding, \u201cJust some fucking poser.\u201d Ozzy then replied, \u201cAh, run him over again, then.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ozzy died following a heart attack aged 76<\/a> on July 22, just 17 days after his retirement. Yungblud paid tribute via social media the same day, saying, \u201cYour cross around my neck is the most precious thing I own.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yungblud released his fourth album, Idols, on June 20 via Locomotion and Capitol. In an interview with Louder\u2019s Dave Everley<\/a>, the musician called it a statement of \u201cself-reclamation\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201dIt\u2019s a concept album about relinquishing your idols and finding the answers to your own life,\u201d he explained. \u201cYou look at a photograph on a wall, you want to be that photograph. In my case, you end up as that photograph. But then you realise the photograph never had any answers, it\u2019s me who had the answers all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

YungBlud honors Ozzy Osbourne by wearing his cross necklace at the #VMAs. pic.twitter.com\/2gpOOHV5gOSeptember 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n