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Kalaroga Shark Media.
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I'm Garrett Fisher and On February first, twenty twenty six,
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at the Grammy Awards, young Blood walked onto the stage
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to accept the award for Best Rock Performance. He was
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joined by Sharon Osborne, Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bellow, and Adam Wakeman,
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the all star band that had performed with him on
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the track The Widow of the Man. They'd honored the
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musicians who'd helped make it happen. You do not expect
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to be up here, and then you fucking are, so
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it's wild, young Blood said, visibly overwhelmed. Then he got
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to the heart of it. To grow up loving an
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idol who helps figure out your identity not only as
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a musician but as a man is something I'm truly
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grateful for. For them to get to know them and
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form a relationship with them, and honor them at their
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final show and then received this. The cost of it
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is something I and all of us are finding so
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strange to comprehend. The win was for Changes Live from
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Villa Park Back to the Beginning, young Blood's cover of
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Black Sabbath's ballad. Changes performed at Ozzy Osbourne's farewell concert
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on July fifth, twenty twenty five. Seventeen days after that performance,
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Ozzy Osbourne died at age seventy six. This Grammy wasn't
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just about a great performance. It was about a young
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artist earning his place in front of the toughest crowd, imaginable.
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It was about a mentor passing the torch. It was
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about grief and legacy and what it means to honor
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someone who changed your life. Let's tell this story properly.
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Dominic Richard Harrison was born August fifth, nineteen ninety seven,
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in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. His parents were Samantha and
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Justin Harrison. He has two younger sisters, Jemima and Isabelle.
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From a young age, Dominic was diagnosed with ADHD. He
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was an opinionated and jeddak kid whose intensity was often misunderstood.
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He got kicked out of school after trying to fulfill
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a dare from a friend. Teachers didn't know what to
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do with him, but his family did. They were loud, unfiltered, chaotic.
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Dominic later said that growing up people used to call
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them the Osbornes, that comparison would prove prophetic. His grandfather,
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Rick Harrison ran a guitar shop in Doncaster. Music was everywhere.
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Dominic absorbed influences from Arctic Monkeys to Nirvana to Marilyn
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Manson to Kanye West. He was drawn to artists who
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didn't fit in, who were unapologetically themselves. Before music, he
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tried acting. He appeared in six episodes of the Disney
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Channel series The Lodge in twenty sixteen. But music was
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calling Louder. In January twenty eighteen, at age twenty, he
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released his debut EP under the name young Blood. The
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name was Deliberate, Youth, Blood, Energy, every Thing he was.
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His debut album, twenty first Century Liability, came out in
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July twenty eighteen. It was a bratty fusion of punk,
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hip hop and altpop, political, angry, confrontational. He toured with
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Van's Warp Tour that summer. The music industry didn't quite
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know what to make of him. Was he punk, hip
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hop pop? The answer was all of it, none of it,
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something new. His second EP, The Underrated Youth, came out
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in October twenty nineteen. The single I Think I'm Okay
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with Machine Gun Kelly and Travis Barker became a hit.
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He was building a following young people who felt like
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outsiders who didn't fit the mold society tried to force
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them into His second album, Weird, dropped in December twenty
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twenty and hit number one on the UK album's chart,
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number seventy five on the Billboard two hundred in the US.
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He was crossing over throughout this period. Youngblood was theatrical, flamboyant, unapologetic, eyeliner, pink,
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frequent shirtlessness, leather pants. He identified as pan sexual and
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was open about his mental health struggles. He dated Halsey
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briefly in twenty nineteen, then Jesse Joe Starr. His third album,
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self titled Young Blood, came out in twenty twenty two.
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It hit number one in the UK, number forty five
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on the Billboard two hundred, but he wasn't satisfied. He
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later said that album was a pastiche a reaction made
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in fear of living up to people's expectations. It lacked cohesion, identity,
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a through line. He'd listened to what people wanted instead
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of what he needed to say. That realization led him
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to his fourth album, Idols. But before we get to Idols,
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we need to talk about Ozzie. In March twenty twenty two,
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young Blood released the single The Funeral. The music video
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featured Sharon Osbourne and Ozzy Osbourne himself. During that vide
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yo shoot in Pomona, California, something click Youngblood and Ozzie connected.
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Sharon and Kelly Osbourne later marveled at their similarities on
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the Osbourne's podcast Favorite Tour Food Pasta at lunchtime, Youngblood said,
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same as dad. Kelly responded, how does he kill time
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on flights? Drink war movies at ten am? I can't
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believe it, Sharon said, Ozzie's the same. But the connection
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went deeper than pasta and war films. Young Blood opened
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up to Ozzie about the hate he'd received online, people
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calling him disrespectful for spitting beer into crowds at his shows,
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people who didn't understand him. Ozzie gave him advice that
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changed his life. People think I'm kind of gone, but
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I'm not. I'm so intelligent and so fucking beautiful. People
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are scared of me until they hear me speak. Never
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apologize for anything. They will understand you later. Time always tells.
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He told young Blood to spit beer, but with love.
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He told him, you don't want to live your life
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censoring it. Don't not be a rock star. Young Blood
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later said, if you can be completely truthful, people aren't
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going to get it, and then they're gonna get it.
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For a period you're gonna be loved, and for a
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period you're gonna be hated. And Ozzy was like, that's
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the journey. When you look back at it at seventy,
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that's the fucking fun bit. Ozzy became a mentor, a
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father figure family. Ozzie gifted young Blood across necklace. Youngblood
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wore it everywhere. It became the most precious thing I own.
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They stayed in touch, They talked on the phone. When
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young Blood felt misunderstood, he cried to Ozzie and Ozzy,
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who'd spent decades being called crazy, weird, too much, understood completely.
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In early twenty twenty five, young Blood was working on Idols,
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his fourth album and biggest artistic statement yet. The album
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was a love letter to rock music, to his heroes,
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to the legends who'd shown him what was possible. Nine minutes,
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opening with Hello, Heaven, Hello, Raw, vulnerable about moving forward
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and discovering himself. Singles included Love, Sick, Lullaby and Zombie
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featuring Florence pew In the music video. Idols was released
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June twentieth, twenty twenty five, through Locomotion Recordings and Capitol Records.
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It was the first half of a two part project.
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It hit number one on the UK Album's Chart, his
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third consecutive number one. It reached number one on the
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Billboard two hundred in the US, his biggest American success yet.
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The album was young blood, leaning into his classic rock influences,
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bigger guitars, more focused songwriting, a cohesive vision. Dave Grohl
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had called him the future of rock and roll in
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twenty twenty two. Mick Jagger had given him a guitar.
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Now he was proving them right. Critics noticed the shift.
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This wasn't the bratty punk hop kid anymore. This was
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an artist who'd found his voice. And then came the
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call about Ozzie's final show. Black Sabbath had formed in
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nineteen sixty eight in Aston, Birmingham, near Villa Park Football Stadium.
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The band had defined heavy metal, sold over seventy five
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million albums, changed music forever. Ozzy had been diagnosed with
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Parkinson's disease in February twenty nineteen. He'd suffered spinal damage
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from a fall that same year. By early twenty twenty five,
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he'd lost his ability to walk. He rarely performed anymore,
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but he wanted one final show, one last time with
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the original Black Sabbath lineup Ozzy, Tony, Iomi, Geezer, Butler,
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bill Ward. They hadn't performed together since two thousand and five.
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Back to the Beginning was scheduled for July fifth, twenty
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twenty five, at Villa Park in Birmingham, a ten hour
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benefit concert fourteen supporting acts, a drum.
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Off video tributes.
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Ozzie would sing seated on a throne, unable to stand.
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Tom Morello was organizing the musical lineup Who's Who of Rock, Metallica,
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Mastadon Rival Sons, Anthrax, Hailstorm, Lamb of God, Gojira and
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young Blood. When young Blood found out he was invited,
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he made a specific request.
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I wanted it, he told nme.
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Tom Morello put the whole thing together, and I said,
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give me the ballad. He wasn't so sure, but I
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told him, trust me, I'll bring the house down. The
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ballad was changes originally from Black Sabbath's nineteen seventy two
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album Volume four, a piano driven song a about heartbreak
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and loss. Ozzie's vocals raw and vulnerable. It's not a
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typical rock anthem. It's quiet, emotional, requires restraint and soul.
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Tom Morello was hesitant. This was a stadium full of
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metal heads, hardcore black Sabbath fans. They were coming to
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see Ozzie's final show. Would they accept young Blood, a
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twenty seven year old punk kid an eyeliner, performing one
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of Sabbath's most intimate songs. But young Blood was insistent.
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He knew he could do it, He had to do it.
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There was one problem. Young Blood was already booked to
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perform at Rockworchster Festival in Belgium on July fifth. I
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couldn't miss it, he said. We've become so close and
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I love him. His music has given me an outlet,
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and he's given me so much advice. When it felt
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like people didn't understand me, I cried down the phone
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to him. He's always told me people will not get you,
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so do not deviate, keep fighting and keep pushing. Ozzie
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isn't just my hero, He's my family. He canceled rock
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Werchter he flew to Birmingham. The band assembled for changes
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was Extraordinary young Blood on vocals, Nuno Bettencourt Extreme on guitar,
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Frank Bellow Anthrax on bass, Adam Wakeman, Ozzie's longtime keyboardist
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on keys, two from Sleep Token on drums, six generations
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of rock musicians coming together to honor one man. Before
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the show, young Blood gave Ozzie a gift, a sterling
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silver and gold cross necklace set with diamonds. I made
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you something, young Blood said. He was returning the favor.
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Ozzie had given him a cross, now he was giving
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one back. The moment was captured on video, Ozzie frail
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but smiling, accepting the gift. Young Blood later said, I
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knew it was going to be a tough audience for
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me because it was all metal heads, and a lot
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of people did not think I had the right to
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be there. He was right to be nervous. When young
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Blood walked on stage at Villa Park in front of
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forty thousand Black Sabbath fans, many were skeptical, who was
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this kid? Why was he here? This was Ozzie's night.
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Then the piano started. Young Blood's voice filled the stadium, raw, vulnerable, honest,
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I am going on downhill roads. Slash, your tears are
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adding to the c slash, listen to the rain slash,
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don't give me those things I can't resist. The audience
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went quiet listening. The performance was stripped down, no pyrotechnics,
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no gimmicks, just five musicians and one voice delivering a
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song about loss and change and the passage of time.
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By the end, grown men and women in the crowd
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were crying. Brian May from Queen sent young Blood a
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message afterward. The silence from those people was deafening. That's
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the highest compliment a performer can receive. Silence from a
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metal crowd means you've earned their respect. They're actually listening.
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The Guardian called it sincere and passionate, saying Youngblood was
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compelling a whole stadium sing along. Louder Sound wrote Youngblood
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might be a surprising addition, but his colossal take on
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Sabbath ballad Changes sets Villa Park alight. Fans on Reddit agreed.
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One wrote his cover of Changes was simply amazing and
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was a highlight of the concert. Preazzi and Black Sabbath's performances.
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Another I was honestly blown away by this performance. I
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can only hope enough people who like Youngblood see this
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and decide to check out Sabbath. Someone called it the
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best vocal performance of the day.
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Young Blood had done it.
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He'd brought the house down with a ballad, just like
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he said he would. After all the supporting acts, Ozzie
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performed his solo set with his touring band. Then came
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the moment everyone had waited decades for the original Black
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Sabbath lineup together one final time. The concert was streamed
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worldwide via pay per view. It became the highest grossing
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charity concert in history. Seventeen days later, on July twenty second,
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twenty twenty five, Ozzy Osbourne died at age seventy six.
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The cause of death out.
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Of hospital cardiac arrest resulting from acute myocardial infarction, heart attack,
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with coronary artery disease and Parkinson's disease listed as contributing factors.
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The rock world was devastated. Young Blood posted on Instagram.
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I didn't think you would leave so soon. The last
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time we met, you were so full of life and
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your laugh filled up the room. But as it is
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written with legends, they seem to know the things that
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we don't, he continued, I will never forget you.
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You will be in every.
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Single note I sing, and and with me every single
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time I walk on stage. Your cross around my neck
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is the most precious thing I own. You asked me
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once if there was anything you could do for me,
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and as I said then and as I will say now,
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for all of us, the music was enough. You took
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us on your adventure, an adventure that started it all.
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I am truly heartbroken. You were the greatest of all time.
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On July eighteenth, twenty twenty five, four days before Ozzie's death,
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Young Blood released Changes Live from Villa Park Back to
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the Beginning as a charity single. All proceeds went to
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three charities, Acorn's Children's Hospice, Birmingham Children's Hospital and Cure Parkinson's.
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The performance was everything, the emotion, the context, the fact
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that it was Ozzie's final show, the all star band,
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the forty thousand people witnessing history. On November seventh, twenty
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twenty five, the Grammy nominations were announced. Young Blood received