Judas Priest singer “wrapped and cried” when he discovered the loss of his friend, died after a heart attack at age 76 on July 22
Rob Halford said he was shaken by the death of Ozzy Osbourne last month. The vocalist of Judas Priest He admitted: “I just shrunk like a ball and cried copiously for hours” after receiving the devastating news.
“I just couldn’t believe it,” Halford said in an interview with Detroit’s Talkin ‘rock With Meltdown. “I can’t believe it yet. I’m still mourning, like many people.”
Osbourne died of heart attack at 76 on July 22. Fans filled the streets of Birmingham, the singer’s hometown of Black Sabbathfor your funeral on July 30, shouting your name and playing the songs of the heavy metal band.
Halford said that the day after Osbourne’s death, Judas Priest had a show scheduled. Wanting to honor the icon that had an “extraordinary personality”, Halford said they played “Giants in the Sky”from the album Invincible Shield.
“This song talks about people we love in music and moved to this beautiful place. And then, to that show, we added Ozzy at the end.”
Unable to attend Osbourne’s farewell show in early July, Halford said he couldn’t remember exactly the last conversation he had with the rocker. He stated:
“We used to exchange messages from time to time. We haven’t talked for a while. But again, I only have the wonderful memories of the two opportunities I had to sing for him with Sabbath. And then this recent opportunity to make a cover of ‘WAR PIGS’which we still play at the beginning of our show, which is one of the best metal songs ever created. So this connection will never be cut into that. ”
Ozzy Osbourne’s death
The cause of Osbourne’s death was revealed earlier this month. An death certificate confirmed that he died of a heart attack “out of the hospital” and listed “coronary artery disease and Parkinson’s disease” as joint causes.
On Monday, a BBC documentary about Osbourne in its last years was canceled hours before its debut. A BBC spokesman told Rolling Stone: “The movie has changed programming and we will confirm new transmission details soon.”
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