NEED TO KNOW
- Johnny Depp joined forces with Alice Cooper through the rocker’s sold-out present in London to pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne
- Throughout Cooper’s efficiency of Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid,” Depp appeared on stage to play guitar
- Osbourne died at age 76 on July 22
Alice Cooper paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne throughout his newest efficiency in London — however not and not using a little assist from some friends, together with Johnny Depp.
The rocker, 77, confirmed love for Osbourne on Friday, July 25, three days after his household introduced his dying at age 76.
Cooper stunned the group at London’s O2 Area with a particular look from Depp, 62, because the group carried out Black Sabbath’s 1970 hit “Paranoid.”
Depp — who’s Cooper’s Hollywood Vampires bandmate — walked on stage with a guitar in hand midway by “Paranoid.”
Cooper, rocking an Osbourne T-shirt, later raised his fist within the air because the track got here to an in depth, as seen in live performance video footage shared on YouTube.
The efficiency itself was a part of Cooper’s sold-out London gig with Judas Priest, timed to the Alice Cooper band’s first new album in over 50 years, The Revenge of Alice Cooper.
The LP marks the band’s first album of latest materials since 1973’s Muscle of Love.
To have a good time the event, Depp caught round for one remaining track after the Osbourne tribute, performing “Faculty’s Out” with unique band members Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith and Michael Bruce.
Cooper and Depp are longtime collaborators themselves, performing within the supergroup Hollywood Vampires alongside Joe Perry and Tommy Henriksen since 2012. They launched their most up-to-date studio album collectively, Rise, in 2019.
In an interview with Planet Rock on July 25, Cooper shared reminiscences of Osbourne, whom he mentioned he shared a “mutual respect” for after collaborating and performing on the similar exhibits over time.
“I used to be on my technique to the stage once I heard about [his death],” Cooper mentioned. “And I went, ‘Oh, that is not proper.’ He simply did this [show]. And I noticed him. He was signing nicely. However when it lastly hit, it was simply a kind of, ‘Yeah.’ Despite the fact that it is coming … what a shock to the system.”
“On the finish of the present, I simply mentioned, ‘Everyone, to illustrate goodnight to Ozzy. And all people simply [chanted], ‘Ozzy, Ozzy.’ He was a really beloved character in rock,” continued the rocker.
Cooper additionally known as Osbourne a “lifer” in rock music throughout an look on The Scott Mills Breakfast Present.
“There’s sure guys who’re lifers. The Stones, The Beatles — which can be nonetheless doing it,” Cooper mentioned. “And doing it amazingly nicely. And I simply felt, ‘I am going to do that til’ I am unable to do it.’ And I feel Ozzy was the identical factor.”
Osbourne’s household introduced his dying in a press release shared with ipromiseyoumedia, revealing that he was “along with his household and surrounded by love,” 5 years after the rocker introduced in January 2020 that he was identified in 2003 with Parkinson’s illness.
Osbourne was additionally honored by Yungblud, Elton John, Jason Momoa, Gene Simmons and others following his dying.
