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BRIT Awards: Sharon and Kelly Osbourne make emotive speech as the late Ozzy Osbourne wins Lifetime Achievement Award

Sharon and Kelly Osbourne gave a heartfelt speech about the late Ozzy Osbourne as the Black Sabbath legend received the Lifetime Achievement Award at Saturday's (28.02.26) BRIT Awards ceremony in Manchester.

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In Pictures: Bez and co bring touch of ‘Madchester’ to Brit Awards in Manchester

The music awards are being held in the North West city for the first time, after nearly 50 years in London.

Evening Standard

Ozzy Osbourne to be honoured with posthumous Brit award

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Brit Awards to honour Ozzy Osbourne with lifetime achievement award

Osbourne’s legacy will be recognised by Brits during its annual award show on Saturday along with a tribute performance, fronted by popstar Robbie Williams

The Independent UK

Ozzy Osbourne to be honoured with Brit Awards lifetime achievement award

The Black Sabbath singer died aged 76 in July last year, just over two weeks after his Back To The Beginning farewell concert.

Evening Standard

"He wanted to do it so bad. And he did. He went like a rock star." Sharon Osbourne on dying Ozzy's determination to perform one last time

Ozzy Osbourne and his family knew he didn't have long to live – yet he insisted on performing at epic farewell show

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“Tony said, ‘Hey, you’re singing flat.’ My dad got really pissed off”: Jack Osbourne says a heated moment during soundcheck before Black Sabbath’s farewell show revealed everything about Tony Iommi and Ozzy’s relationship

Jack Osbourne says everyone needs a friend like Iommi was to Ozzy

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Star Trek legend to cover Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden for unique album

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The Independent UK

Star Trek actor William Shatner is releasing an all-star heavy metal album featuring Zakk Wylde, Ritchie Blackmore and more, because you try and tell him not to

Captain Kirk is set to cover Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Iron Maiden and uncork some hard-hitting originals

Metal Hammer

“They said, ‘You're playing heavy metal.’ I said, ‘Heavy metal… what's that?’” Why Tony Iommi shunned the heavy metal tag during Black Sabbath's early days

The Godfather of Heavy Metal was trying to channel the horror films he and bassist Geezer Butler used to watch – and that, in turn, would give birth to an entire genre

Guitar World

"Everything I've done in my life so far seems to have led up to this moment." Dee Snider details the emotional mushroom ceremony he participated in to resolve health issues

Dee Snider's experience with mushrooms was documented on the Acid For Squares podcast

Metal Hammer

“It’s crazy, ambitious and so out of the box. It’s like nothing you’d ever heard before.”: Zakk Wylde picks his favourite Randy Rhoads guitar solo – and explains why Rhoads and Ozzy Osbourne were perfect for each other

Plucked from Quiet Riot, Rhoads was the transfusion of virtuosity Ozzy needed to launch his solo career. But Wylde says it goes both ways, and the Prince Of Darkness was the "perfect foil" for Rhoads' classically trained style

MusicRadar

The Cardigans’ Nina Persson: ‘Ozzy said our Black Sabbath cover was the creepiest thing he’d ever heard’

The Swedish band’s frontwoman answers your questions on ‘sweet and curious’ Tom Jones, being changed by cancer and whether the Cardigans will ever make new music

The Guardian - UK

“I was at school supposedly trying to get an education and all I could think about was that album. Black Sabbath are the gods, man!”: How Pantera singer Phil Anselmo fell under Sabbath’s evil spell

And why he thinks that Norwegian black metal ruled in the ’90s

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Sharon Osbourne felt Ozzy Osbourne's spirit 'in the building' at the Grammy Awards

Sharon Osbourne says Ozzy was "definitely in the building" at the Grammy Awards.

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What the 2026 Grammys got right about rock and metal this year - and what they got very wrong

As is so often the case, the rock and metal representation at this year's Grammys was a mix of deserved recognition and total clangers

Evening Standard

Sharon Osbourne in tears at 2026 Grammys as she joins Yungblud on stage ahead of emotional Ozzy tribute

Grammys paid tribute to The Black Sabbath frontman and one of rock’s most influential figures, who died aged 76 in July last year

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"We've experienced the biggest loss we will ever go through." Kelly Osbourne reveals why the Osbourne family are "closer than ever" following Ozzy's death - and has an emotional reaction to the epic Grammys tribute starring Post Malone and Slash

Ozzy not being here any more still feels as raw and surreal as ever

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The Independent UK

Kelly and Sharon Osbourne left in tears at heartfelt Grammy Awards tribute to Ozzy

Kelly Osbourne, Sharon Osbourne, and Jack Osbourne watched on in tears as the 2026 Grammy Awards honoured Ozzy Osbourne on Sunday night (1 February).

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Kelly Osbourne reveals how she's really doing after Ozzy's death

Kelly Osbourne has revealed she is "not doing so great" after her dad Ozzy's death last summer.

Evening Standard

Kelly Osbourne says she is ‘not doing so great’ after Ozzy’s death

The daughter of the late Black Sabbath frontman said that a tribute performance to her father will be ‘very emotional’.

Metal Hammer

“It was something Ozzy was very passionate about: giving young talent a stage in front of a lot of people”: Sharon Osbourne is talking to Live Nation about bringing Ozzfest back

She’s hoping for a return next year, with a lineup that goes beyond rock and metal

MusicRadar

“It was something Ozzy was very passionate about. We really started metal festivals in this country”: Sharon Osbourne wants to bring back Ozzfest and has plans for a Black Sabbath orchestral tour

But there's a twist: “I’d like to mix up the genres”

Guitar World

“Those cleaner tones are very characterful and usable, evoking classic tube-driven bass amps”: Ashdown Geezer Butler Pedal of Doom review

Geezer Butler helped invent heavy metal. Here’s a slab of heavy metal bearing his name.

Metal Hammer

“It feels good to have a thousand people flipping you off. Just to see the amount of middle fingers go up when we go into it is amazing”: The alt-rock superstars who trolled their fans with a 70s easy listening cover – and scored a huge hit with it

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