Watch: Slash, Duff McKagan, Andrew Watt, Chad Smith and Post Malone lead fiery Ozzy Osbourne tribute at the Grammys
The 68th Grammy Awards briefly turned into a metal arena last night, as an all-star lineup paid tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne with a thunderous performance of Black Sabbath’s War Pigs.
Taking the stage at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena, Slash, Andrew Watt, Duff McKagan, Chad Smith and Post Malone joined forces for the Paranoid classic, complete with towering walls of pyro and an audience that included Osbourne’s wife Sharon and their children.
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Guitar fans were treated to a particularly memorable moment during the solo section, with Slash and Watt trading licks side by side and Malong joining in to help Watt with a burst of finger tapping.
The chemistry onstage felt fitting, given that every musician involved had previously worked with Osbourne in some capacity. Malone famously duetted with the Sabbath frontman on Take What You Want and It’s a Raid; Watt served as executive producer on Ozzy’s final two albums – Ordinary Man (2020) and Patient Number 9 (2022) – while Slash featured him on 2010’s Crucify the Dead. McKagan and Smith also contributed to Osbourne’s later solo work.
As the band powered through the song’s closing section, screens behind them displayed images honouring other recently lost figures from the rock world, including ex-Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley, Mick Ralphs, Anthony Jackson and producer Roy Thomas Baker.
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Elsewhere in the ceremony, Osbourne’s legacy surfaced again when Yungblud picked up the Grammy for Best Rock Performance. He shared the award with Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello and Adam Wakeman for their rendition of Sabbath’s Changes, recorded at last year’s epic Back to the Beginning farewell concert.
Yungblud, who had formed a close bond with Osbourne in recent years, embraced Sharon Osbourne onstage before delivering an emotional speech.
“To grow up loving an idol that helps you figure out your identity, not only as a musician but also as a man, is something that I’m truly grateful for,” he said. “But then to get to know them and form a relationship with them, honour them at their final show and receive this because of it, is something that I and I think we’re all finding so strange to comprehend. We fucking love you, Ozzy!”
Osbourne died in July 2025 at the age of 76, just weeks after his final onstage appearance at Back to the Beginning.
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