Sharon and Kelly Osbourne were spotted crying during Ozzy Osbourne’s tribute at the Grammys. Post Malone, Slash, Duff McKagan, and Chad Smith performed “War Pigs” by Black Sabbath to honor Ozzy. Yungblud won the Best Rock Performance Grammy for his cover of Black Sabbath’s “Changes.”
This past July, just weeks before Ozzy Osbourne’s death, Ozzy and Black Sabbath took the stage for the final time at their farewell concert, “Back to the Beginning.” While the event featured a massive all-star lineup, bassist Bob Daisley – best known for his work with Ozzy – was notably absent.
Now, in an interview with Loaded Radio, Daisley reflected on not receiving an invitation to the show.
“Hey, you’re not alone in thinking that [I should have been invited] and saying that. So many people did,” he said. “It was me not being there and me not being asked to be there, was really the elephant in the room, wasn’t it?”
Daisley noted that even if he had been invited, he was too ill to attend. Still, the bassist admitted that he would’ve appreciated at least some acknowledgment.
“I wasn’t put out [by the fact that I wasn’t asked to take part in the concert], because a couple of years ago I got COVID and it knocked the sh*t out of me and I can’t fly anywhere anyway. I couldn’t have gone even if I’d wanted to, but a mention on the day, being that the whole audience was out there, thousands of people singing my lyrics, and I don’t even get a mention. It seems a bit, um, what’s the word? I don’t know.”
Daisley was also absent from Ozzy’s 2024 solo induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, receiving neither an invitation nor a mention.
“That was another [thing]. People were speaking out about that. There were people putting messages up on their Instagram and on Facebook and saying, ‘What the f*ck? He doesn’t even get a mention? He wrote all your f*cking lyrics.’”
He went on to describe his relationship with Ozzy as “complicated,” revealing that the last time they spoke was in 2001 during a deposition tied to a lawsuit against the Osbournes over ”unpaid royalties and incorrect credits on ‘Diary [of a Madman’].”
“The thing is, in the early days, Sharon and I got on really well, and Ozzy and I were close mates and it was very sad for me to see all that end. I got on great with both of them. And the day that I heard that Ozzy died, I actually shed tears because there was a lot of memories that came flooding back,” Daisley said.
“There was the dirty water that went under the bridge, but there was a lot of good times as well. There was a lot of laughter and a lot of enjoyment and a lot of creativity. And for me, that day it all came flooding back and I did shed tears.”
Despite his “complicated” relationship with the Osbournes, Daisley says he’s not holding any grudges.
“I don’t hate her,” he said of Sharon Osbourne. “If there was something to talk about, of course I’d talk. I’m not a vindictive person and I don’t hold grudges. And I felt for Ozzy’s family that day too. Nobody likes to see people suffer. Well, I don’t like to see people suffer. And it was sad for me, with all the nice memories that came back, and it was sad for me to know what they were going through.”
