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Ozzy Osbourne Surprises Fans Joining Black Sabbath Guitarist Tony Iommi For Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony

August 9th, 2022 - 5:50 PM

Ozzy Osbourne Surprises Fans Joining Black Sabbath Guitarist Tony Iommi For Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony

Legendary Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne surprised fans by appearing at last night’s Commonwealth Games closing ceremony.  After hearing Sabbath’s song “Paranoid” played over highlights of the games, the singer took to Twitter on August 1st to express his sadness at not being able to attend this year’s Commonwealth Games in his hometown of Birmingham, saying: “This was played at the end of today’s #CommonwealthGames. I really wish I could have been there with you all. Just amazing for Birmingham!”

Due to uncertainty over his health, Osbourne was not sure he would be able to attend the games at all. However, last night he appeared on stage, joining Black Sabbath Guitarist Tony Iommi to perform the Black Sabbath hit song “Paranoid”. As Iommi pounded out the infamous opening guitar riff, Osbourne arose from the depths of the stage, greeting the Birmingham crowd, imploring them to “go crazy” as the song kicked in; you can watch below.

Towards the end, he said, “I love you, Birmingham – it’s good to be back!” before ending the set. They were joined by Osbourne’s long-time bass player, Adam Wakeman and drummer Tommy Clufetos, who played with Black Sabbath during their reunion tour and who also plays in Osbourne’s band.

Osbourne later took to Twitter to express his pride about closing the Commonwealth Games in the city he grew up in, posting, “Closing the #CommonwealthGames #Birmingham Forever!” With photos of his performance. Iommi had already appeared playing with acclaimed saxophonist Soweto Kinch in the opening ceremony. The two musicians led a dream sequence called “Hear my Voice”, based on the title track from the 2020 film Trial of the Chicago Seven, reimagined by Birmingham-born RnB vocalists Indigo Marshall and Gambimi. Osbourne, at the time, tweeted about how proud he was at seeing his bandmate at the ceremony, saying, “@TonyIommi, I was really proud to see you tonight at the opening of the Commonwealth Games in our home town of Birmingham”.

On June 24th of this year, Osbourne confirmed on his website that his upcoming album, Patient Number 9, would be released on September 9th. The album features Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, Black Sabbath co-founder Tony Iommi, and the late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins among others. Beck appearing on the self-titled first single from the album.

On July 26th Osbourne released the second single, “Degradation Rules”, off the forthcoming album featuring his Black Sabbath bandmate Iommi. You can pre-order Osbourne’s Patient Number 9 Album here.

If you were impressed with Osbourne’s performance last night, the heavy-metal icon is due to finish his postponed “No More Tours 2” run of UK dates in 2023, tickets are available here, and dates are below.

Ozzy Osbourne “No More Tour 2 ” dates:

31/05/2023 – Nottingham Motorpoint Arena – Nottingham
02/06 – Utilita Arena Newcastle – Newcastle Upon Tyne
04/06 – OVO Hydro – Glasgow
07/06 – AO Arena – Manchester
10/06 – 3Arena – Dublin
12/06 – The O2 – London
14/06 – Resorts World Arena – Birmingham

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