Remarkably, till Saturday’s “Again to the Starting” live performance in Birmingham, England, Ozzy Osbourne and Axl Rose had by no means met one another. Now, each rock icons are gushing over their first encounter.
On Monday (July seventh), alongside a photograph of the 2 shaking fingers backstage (see under), Ozzy wrote on Instagram, “My first time assembly Axl Rose, at my age you don’t get to satisfy many legends, critically an utter gentleman.”
A day earlier, Axl shared his personal emotions about assembly the Prince of Darkness, writing on X/Twitter, “Wow!! What an EVENT!! Extraordinarily overwhelming!! Actually nice crowd!! Was very emotional for everybody!! MET OZZY!! (Loopy we’d by no means met b4!!) He was actually nice!! Was nice to satisfy Sabbath!!”
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The Guns N’ Roses singer continued, “Was onerous as I think about for anybody to observe [Ozzy’s] struggles whereas on the similar time everybody was rooting for him n’ massively respecting the challenges he took on n’ HE DID IT!!!! Was nice to satisfy Ozzy’s household n’ see associates n’ peeps in all bands n’ the enterprise. A HUGE THANK YOU once more to Ozzy, Sharon, Black Sabbath n’ all of the followers for having us!!”
Weapons N’ Roses covered four Black Sabbath songs throughout their set, together with taking part in their very own classics “Welcome to the Jungle” and “Paradise Metropolis.” Ozzy, in the meantime, closed out the evening along with his final ever performances as a solo artist and as frontman of Black Sabbath.
See the respective social media posts by Ozzy Osbourne and Axl Rose under, together with a second picture with Ozzy, Axl, and Slash.
— Axl Rose (@axlrose) July 7, 2025
