Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne

Sharon wore a cream wedding gown and diamond tiara as her father escorted her down the aisle whilst daughter Kelly was a flower girl.

The 1970s group Village People provided the music.

Kylie ’to duet with Ozzy Osbourne’ - 23/12/02
Kylie Minogue is rumoured to be teaming up with Ozzy Osbourne for a new duet.

Ozzy’s daughter Kelly, who became friends with Kylie when they toured America last month, suggested the duet. The pair are to sing Especially For You.

Kylie has also agreed to appear on the family’s reality TV show The Osbournes early next year.

Kylie first recorded the song with her Neighbours co-star Jason Donovan back in 1989.

MTV sets date for second Osbournes - 13/12/02
The second series of ’The Osbournes’ will premiere on MTV in Ireland and the UK on 5 February. The first series of ’The Osbournes’ was the highest rating show in the history of the MTV UK & Ireland channel.

The first episode of the new series will feature daughter Kelly preparing for her debut live performance.

Cheers, ears - 10/12/02
Courtesy of Heat Magazine
Ozzy Osbourne is the star of a new educational video about the dangers of listening to loud music. The 15-minute video will be played in classrooms across the US and Canada and features Ozzy passing on pearls of wisdom such as "You should be really careful, man - those eardrums are sensitive."

Toilet Talk - 03/12/02
Courtesy of heat Magazine
Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne lock themselves in the bathroom whenever they need privacy from MTV’s cameras. Sharon says, "It’s very romantic with the smell of urine."

Osbournes will shave off their hair - 29/11/02
The Osbourne family have said they will all shave there hair off if Sharon loses hers following her Cancer treatment.

So far Sharon’s hair hasn’t thinned much but Ozzy, Jack and Kelly are ready to come out in solidarity if need be. "We’ll be known as the Osbalds," Sharon told People magazine.

The second season of their MTV show has just started over in the states. Brummie Ozzy says he fell apart and started drinking when Sharon’s cancer was diagnosed last summer. "I don’t think I’ll ever be 100% sober," he says. "I can’t stand AA."

What Queen? - 21/10/02

Ozzy Osbourne has admitted that he has absolutely no idea what the Queen said to him when he met her at the Golden Jubilee celebrations earlier this year. Forget the wild man of rock being under any influence at the time either - it was all down to his nerves. Ozzy can be a bit shaky - as followers of his cult MTV fly on the wall documentary can verify, and it all proved too much when meeting the Queen in the Buckingham Palace line up. Maybe it was down to playing ’Paranoid’ for her.

Ozzy backs Brum - 14/08/02
Ozzy Osbourne has been recruited to head the campaign for Birmingham’s bid to be the European Capital of Culture in 2008.

A spokesperson has said ’He is a huge star at the moment and no one could bring attention and publicity to the bid better than Ozzy, he is a bit rough and ready, but he’s got a heart of gold and that is the sort of image that the city wants to portray.’

Ozzy was, of course, born in Birmingham and is perhaps the world’s most famous Brummie.

Ozzy meets the president - 4/04/02
Our very own Ozzy Osbourne has cast such an impression of George W Bush, he’s been invited to Whitehouse.

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Biography

Ozzy - real name John Michael Osbourne - born into a very poor family, he apparently slept in one bed with all of his 5 brothers and sisters.

At the age of 15, he left school and began work as a plumbers mate, and then in a slaughter house but it was when he landed a job testing car horns at the Lucas factory where first developed his musical interest. He began as a singer in a series of local bands until 1969 he watched an old horror movie at a local theatre. The film was called "Black Sabbath" - the new group was born.

Their first album was released in 1970. Ozzy remained with the band for eight years and then reunited the group in July 1985 at the Live Aid Concert. In December 1999 Osbourne and Black Sabbath performed their last ever concerts in Birmingham. Ozzy released 10 records with Black Sabbath. Black Sabbath sold over 100 million records (to date) worldwide. Ozzy left the band and went solo in 1979.

His concerts are guaranteed sell. His first solo record Blizzard Of Ozz in 1981. The record quickly goes Quadruple Platinum. Ozzy and his wife/manager Sharon launch OZZfest in 1996, the first national music festival of its kind dedicated to hard rock music and breaking new artists. He won a Grammy for Best Metal Performance in 2000 as a part of Black Sabbath for "Iron Man." He also received an MTV Movie Awards 2001 nomination for "Best Cameo" for his role in "Little Nicky."

Film director Penelope Spheeris shot a full-length documentary on OZZfest titled "We Sold Our Souls For Rock ’n’ Roll," that debuted at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival. Ozzy appeared in Adam Sandler’s "Little Nicky."

December 2007

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