Rob Halford describes the reaction to the death of Ozzy Osbourne

Rob Halford describes the reaction to the death of Ozzy Osbourne


The singer of Judas Priest “wrapped and cried” when he discovered the loss of his friend, he died after a heart attack at the age of 76 on July 22nd

Rob Halford he said he was shaken by the death of Ozzy Osbourne last month. The singer of Judah priest He admitted: “I simply reduced like a ball and cried copiously for hours” after receiving the devastating news.

“I couldn’t believe it,” Halford said in an interview with Detroit’s Rock Talkin with Meltdown. “I still can’t believe it. I’m still in mourning, like many people.”

Osbourne died of a heart attack on 76 July. The fans filled the streets of Birmingham, the hometown of the singer of Sabbath BlackFor your funeral on July 30th, shouting your name and playing the songs of the Heavy Metal band.

Halford said that the day after Osbourne’s death, Judas Priest planned a show. Wanting to honor the icon that had an “extraordinary personality,” he said he had 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 in the end.”

Unable to attend Osbourne’s farewell show at the beginning of July, Halford said he did not remember exactly the last conversation he had with Rocker. He said:

“From time to time we exchanged messages. We haven’t been talking for a while. But once again, I only have the wonderful memories of the two opportunities that I had to sing for him with Sabbath. And then this recent opportunity to make a coverage of ‘War Pigs’That 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 in this. “

The death of Ozzy Osbourne

The cause of Osbourne’s death was revealed at the beginning of this month. A death certificate confirmed that he died of a “out of the hospital” heart attack and listed “coronary heart disease and Parkinson’s disease” as joint causes.

On Monday, a BBC documentary on Osbourne has been deleted hours in recent years before its debut. A BBC spokesman said to Rolling Stone: “The film changed the programming and we will soon confirm new details on the broadcast”.

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Source: Terra

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