Quote from Oladosun Joshua Segun on September 8, 2025, 10:11 AM

An appropriate VMAs farewell was offered to the Prince of Darkness. At the MTV Video Music Awards on September 7, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, along with Yungblud and Nuno Bettencourt, led a musical remembrance of the late Ozzy Osbourne. They performed a medley of Ozzy's greatest hits.

However, first, Jack Osbourne, Ozzy's son, and his children made an appearance in a video message, saying, "I wish we could be there with you all tonight as you celebrate my dad's amazing musical journey. I know for sure it would make him incredibly happy to see these great musicians carry on his legacy and help inspire the next generation of rockers."

After performing "Crazy Train" without a shirt to open the evening, Yungblud transitioned into the ballad "Changes." After that, the Aerosmith members took center stage for "Mama, I am Coming Home," and Yungblud joined them at the end to create a potent trio.

Behind him, purple lights illuminated a cross as Steven sang, "Time's gone by, it seems to be / You could have been a better friend to me / Mama, I am coming home." "Ozzy forever!" they yelled at the conclusion of the tribute.

Only a few weeks after a star-studded farewell event in which he was reunited with fellow Black Sabbath members and musical contemporaries like Anthrax, Alice in Chains, and Metallica, Ozzy passed away in his native England in July.

Ozzy had battled Parkinson's disease for a long time and had other health issues in the years before his death at 76 from a heart attack.

"There was a level of like, 'OK, he is not suffering anymore,'" his 39-year-old son Jack stated in a YouTube video posted on September 3 on his father's passing. "He’s not struggling. That is something. I wish he was still here. I wish he was still with us all, but he was having a rough go."

Kelly Osbourne, his older sister and the middle of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne's three children together, also talked about how she struggled in the weeks following her father's passing.

“Grief is a strange thing," on August 4, the 40-year-old posted on her Instagram Story. "It sneaks up on you in waves I will not be ok for a while but knowing my family are not alone in our pain makes a difference. I'm holding on tight to the love, the light, and the legacy left behind."

Kelly also thanked the many of her father's admirers who contacted her after his death.

"I've sat down to write this a hundred times and still don't know if the words will ever feel like enough... but from the bottom of my heart, thank you," the former Osbournes member wrote. "The love, support, and beautiful messages I've received from so many of you have truly helped carry me through the hardest moment of my life. Every kind word, every shared memory, every bit of compassion has meant more than I can ever explain."