The MTV Video Music Awards paid tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne with an all-star tribute featuring Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, YUNGBLUD and Nuno Bettencourt.
The special band came together for a once-in-a-lifetime performance honoring Osbourne known to many as the “Prince of Darkness” with a medley of his greatest hits. The special performance was introduced by Ozzy’s son Jack and Jack’s children who appeared in a video to introduce the iconic band. They performed a medley of Ozzy’s biggest hits, including “Crazy Train” / “Changes” / “Mama, I’m Coming Home” at 2025 Video Music Awards.
With more than 120 million albums sold worldwide, Ozzy Osbourne was a five-time GRAMMY winner, two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, both with Black Sabbath in 2006 and as a solo artist in 2024, with stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Birmingham Walk of Stars, among a multitude of other top accolades.
Ozzy’s long-standing and storied MTV history spans HEADBANGER’S BALL in the ‘80s, BATTLE FOR OZZFEST and groundbreaking reality TV series THE OSBOURNES, to name a few. He was honored with the prestigious MTV EMAs Global Icon Award in 2014. Later this year, Paramount+ will debut the feature-length documentary OZZY OSBOURNE: NO ESCAPE FROM NOW.
The 2025 MTV VMAs, hosted by LL COOL J, airs LIVE coast-to-coast from New York’s UBS Arena, airing Sunday, Sept. 7 at 8:00 PM, ET/5:00 PM, PT on the CBS Television Network, simulcast on MTV and streaming on Paramount+ in the U.S.*
