Ozzy Osbourne won’t sing at his son Jack’s wedding.
Ozzy’s daughter Kelly Osbourne explained that the kind of rock the Black Sabbath lead singer would perform isn’t suitable for the romantic nuptials.
Kelly’s sibling is expected to wed fiancée Lisa Stelly this year after a whirlwind romance. The couple got engaged after only four months and announced Lisa’s pregnancy shortly after.
“No,” Kelly told US publication E! Online when asked if her dad would sing at the happy event. “I don’t really think rock music is quite appropriate for a wedding!”
The 27-year-old can’t contain her excitement and wells up every time she sees her younger brother.
Kelly is incredibly proud that Jack has turned his life around after struggling with addiction.
The 26-year-old has been sober since 2003. Before his stint at rehab, Jack went into a downward spiral consuming drink and taking OxyContin pills.
“He makes fun of me because every time I’m around him I get teary eyed now,” the Fashion Police host admitted.
“He’s like, ‘Stop it! Go Away. Stop being dramatic. Get out of my face.’ Because I’m like, ‘I’m so proud of you. You’re moving into a new house. You’re getting married. You’re having a baby. You have the most amazing fiancée ever!'”
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Actor William Shatner has recorded a cover version of Black Sabbath’s heavy metal track Iron Man for his new concept album.
The Star Trek icon is working on his third musical release, Searching for Major Tom, which features Shatner channelling David Bowie’s Space Oddity character for his own take on a variety of space-themed songs, including tracks by The Police (Walking on the Moon), Frank Sinatra (Lost in the Stars) and Pink Floyd (Learning to Fly).
Shatner’s version of Black Sabbath’s 1970 hit has been given the thumbs up from Zakk Wylde, Ozzy Osbourne’s former guitarist, who you can see collaborating with the veteran TV star on the track below.
Wylde says, “He’s super cool. We had an awesome time working together.”
Searching for Major Tom is due for release later this month (Oct11) but if you can’t wait, I have hunted it down for you. Enjoy (or not…)
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No More Tears is the sixth studio album by English heavy metal musician Ozzy Osbourne. Released on 17 September 1991, the album charted at number 17 on the UK Albums Chart and 7 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart.
No More Tears spawned five singles, of which four reached the top ten of the US Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, including the number-two “Mama, I’m Coming Home”, and it contains the Grammy winning track “I Don’t Want To Change The World”. It is also one of Osbourne’s two best-selling albums in North America, along with his debut Blizzard of Ozz, having been certified four times platinum by the RIAA and double platinum by CRIA. To date, sales stand at over 5,000,000 copies worldwide.
Motörhead’s, Lemmy collaborated with Ozzy on this album, he co-wrote such popular tracks as “Hellraiser,” “Don’t Want to Change the World,” “Desire” and “Mama I’m Coming Home.”
And just recently Ozzy was credited in part to reuniting a lost autistic boy in California.
Joshua Robb ran away into the wilderness near his elementary school in San Barnardino on September 12 and was missing for approximately 24 hours. A team of about 60 people on foot and in vehicles scoured the lands in attempts to find the boy. The boy’s father, Ron, requested that his son’s two favourite tunes, Osbourne’s “No More Tears” and country artist Alan Jackson’s “Good Time,” be blasted over the San Barnardino National Forest’s public address system. The thought was that even though Joshua is allegedly fearful of loud noises, the familiar songs would draw him out of hiding.
“I heard them blaring ‘No More Tears’ and it was a short time after that we heard the rescuers had found him,” Ron Robb told NBC.
The boy, scratched & bruised, was taken to a local hospital, but is reportedly fine otherwise.
What do you think is “No More Tears” still as good as it was 20 years ago, or has song like this one below past its used by date?
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Fun Fact #109: Ozzy Snorts Fire Ants
Everyone knows the story about Ozzy biting a head off a bat, onstage in 1982 (he thought it was a fake one). Less well known is the time he snorted a line of fire ants in a bid to impress Motley Crue’s Nikki Sixx.
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smosh.com has come up with a list of songs they would like to be “Gleed”
One of the reasons Glee is so popular is that they cover so many cool songs—except for this season’s Britney Spears tribute show. But lately, their covers have been kind of boring…are they running out of ideas? They’ve even gotten desperate enough to have Bieber on the show. What’s next, Nickelback?
It’s time to shake things up again. I’d like to somehow convince the show’s producers that I know what’s best for Glee and nominate these songs for their consideration.
1. Lindsay Lohan’s “Rumors”
A LiLo cover (maybe even two or three!) would be an awesome framework for an episode in which Quinn becomes an alcoholic, goes to jail, goes to rehab and beats up a few nurses. I bet parents everywhere would LOVE that episode, especially if kids wrote “f*ck you” on their nails.
2. Ozzy Osbourne’s “Suicide Solution”
So many Ozzy songs would be perfect for the chipper little Glee kids, but I think 1980’s “Suicide Solution” wins for its uplifting lyrics: Evil thoughts and evil doings / Cold, alone you hang in ruins / Thought you’d escape the reaper / You can’t escape the master keeper. And how cool would it be if Artie dressed up as Ozzy and ripped the head off a rat with his bare teeth and ate it?
3. Sir MixaLot’s “Baby Got Back”
I bet your mom would TOTALLY love an episode about guys who like girls with big butts! For some reason, I see Sue Sylvester singing it…
4. Barney’s “I Love You”
The Glee kids could do a little Stuffie cosplay and scare little kids by singing “I Love You” on a special episode in which the cast attends a Plushie convention in Vegas. Let’s just hope they aren’t the kind of Stuffies who like to “do it” in costume…
5. NWA’s “F— the Police”
Universally condemned as the most shocking rap song ever recorded, “F— the Police” has been banned just about everywhere—NWA even got an FBI smackdown. Puck would rock this song, though they’d have to change some of the lyrics like they did with the Cee Lo Green’s song.
6. Marilyn Manson’s “Antichrist Superstar”
Covering a Marilyn Manson tune or two would make Glee really popular with Goths, most of whom probably find the show far too cheerful. “Antichrist Superstar” would be perfect because parents would happy their kids were learning about the dangers of the antichrist. It’s a twofer!
7. The Brady Bunch’s “Sunshine Day”
A Brady Bunch tribute episode is totally in Glee’s future, so I’m going to scoop the story now: Westdale High School is up for action because they can’t pay the back taxes, and the glee club must raise $20,000 to save the school from Sue Sylvester’s nefarious plan to turn it into a year-round cheer camp. Just in the nick of time, the kids learn about a singing contest whose first prize is the exact amount of money they need. Quinn would play Marsha, Finn would play Greg, and Rachel, of course, would play Jan.
8. Eminem’s “Kim”
We think a romantic cover of this song would be perfect for Kurt. Just think how beautiful his high tenor would sound when he sings: Now bleed! B*tch bleed! / Bleed! B*tch bleed! bleed!
9. Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg’s “Mother Lover”
Since mothers don’t play a big part on the show, they’d have to adjust the song so Kurt sings about Finn’s mom and Finn sings about Kurt’s dad.
10. Tribute Show to Flava Flav
Best. Tribute. Episode. Ever. The kids could cover all the high points of Flav’s career, including his appearances on The Surreal Life and Flavor of Love. Since Amber is the only black person in the Glee cast, she’d have to play Flava. She’s going to look darned weird making out with Sue Sylvester, who would play Brigitte Nielsen…
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A peak behind the making of Slash’s self-titled album, featuring Fergie, Ozzy Osbourne, Andrew Stockdale (of Wolfmother), Kid Rock, Ian Astbury, Myles Kennedy, Adam Levine (Maroon 5), Lemmy Kilmeister (Motorhead), Dave Grohl, Duff McKagan, M Shadows (Avenged Sevenfold), Rocco DeLuca, Cypress Hill and Iggy Pop.
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