Aston Villa have paid a touching tribute to Black Sabbath singer and lifelong fan Ozzy Osbourne following his dying on the age of 76.
The Black Sabbath frontman had carried out from a throne on stage at Aston Villa’s stadium Villa Park lower than three weeks in the past.
In a press release, his household stated tonight: ‘It’s with extra unhappiness than mere phrases can convey that we have now to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has handed away this morning.
‘He was along with his household and surrounded by love. We ask everybody to respect our household privateness presently. Sharon, Jack, Kelly, Aimee and Louis.’
The rocker was capable of bid an emotional farewell to his followers on stage this month as he reunited along with his authentic Black Sabbath bandmates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Invoice Ward for the primary time since 2005.
In a press release following his dying, Aston Villa paid tribute to Osbourne with the membership noting his ‘particular connection’ to the Premier League membership.
Ozzy Osbourne has died on the age of 76, lower than three weeks after taking part in his farewell gig at Aston Villa’s stadium Villa Park
Aston Villa paid tribute on social media, highlighting his ‘particular connection’ to the membership
Osbourne’s picture had been used as a part of a tifo forward of Aston Villa’s Champions League match towards Celtic again in January
‘Aston Villa Soccer Membership is saddened to be taught that world-renowned rockstar and Villan, Ozzy Osbourne has handed away,’ an Aston Villa assertion learn.
‘Rising up in Aston, not removed from Villa Park, Ozzy at all times held a particular connection to the membership and the neighborhood he got here from.
‘The ideas of everybody at Aston Villa are along with his spouse Sharon, his household, associates, and numerous followers at this extraordinarily troublesome time.
‘Relaxation in peace, Ozzy.’
Osbourne’s connection to Aston Villa had been displayed all through final season.
The singer’s picture was used as a part of an enormous tifo forward of Aston Villa’s Champions League match towards Celtic at Villa Park in January.
Osbourne was depicted carrying an Aston Villa shirt within the tifo, which was displayed within the Holte Finish earlier than the match.
Aston Villa stated on the time that the Prince of Darkness ’embodies Villa’s Aston origins, bridging the worlds of rock steel and soccer.’
Black Sabbath’s emblem adorned Aston Villa’s residence package in a Carabao Cup match in October
Emi Martinez wore customised boots impressed by Osbourne and Black Sabbath towards Spurs
The membership stated the picture ‘celebrated our roots, our ardour and our relentless pursuit of glory’, whereas including the second would ‘stay within the hearts of Villa followers perpetually.’
Aston Villa had produced restricted version Ozzy t-shirts that includes the tifo show following the match.
Final October, Aston Villa launched a collaboration with Black Sabbath, which featured a restricted version Predator soccer boot and a specially-designed Villa shirt paying homage to Osbourne.
The hand painted design on the boot took inspiration from Black Sabbath’s iconic albums and stay reveals, with the color palette stated to have embodied the band’s signature fashion.
‘My absolute favorite colors on this planet have at all times been purple and black,’ Osbourne stated on the time.
‘It’s been Black Sabbath colors for over 50 years. Tony, Geezer, Invoice and I take a look at this as an enormous honour. UP THE VILLA.’
The shirt featured ‘Black Sabbath’ on the again, with the design proven when Aston Villa performed Crystal Palace within the Carabao Cup final season.
Aston Villa goalkeeper Emi Martinez wore the personalized boots throughout a Premier League match towards Tottenham in November.
Osbourne had additionally been a part of the video launching Aston Villa’s 2024-25 season residence package
Osbourne was seen on the finish of the skit asking spouse Sharon, ‘The place are my preds?’
Martinez and Osbourne had each featured in a skit to advertise Aston Villa’s residence package forward of the 2024-25 season.
The clip noticed Osbourne, wearing a Villa shirt with a equally clad canine within the background, on the telephone to fellow Black Sabbath member Geezer Butler.
He asks the guitarist: ‘Hey Geezer, let’s play Villa Park.’
To which Butler replies: ‘So long as I am left wing.’
The band’s iconic hit Paranoid then kicks in, triggering a sequence that includes Villa gamers and followers.
Geezer is seen in the course of the video exhibiting up within the residence dressing room and asks if he ought to play by way of the center or on the left, prompting a double take from Martinez.
Osbourne seems once more later within the clip, shouting in the direction of his spouse: ‘Sharon, have you ever seen my preds?’ in reference to the Adidas Predator soccer boot.
