Legendary heavy metal band pays tribute to Ozzy Osbourne at North Yorkshire gig
Rob Halford, lead singer of Judas Priest, paid tribute to the Black Sabbath frontman as the rock band played a headlining show at Scarborough Open Air Theatre on Wednesday (July 23).
The band dedicated their song Giants in the Sky to Osbourne, who died on Tuesday, alongside other fallen heroes of rock as has become practice at their live shows.
Rob Halford (Image: CUFFE & TAYLOR/SCARBOROUGH OPEN AIR THEATRE)
On stage, Halford said: 'It's been tough the last 24 hours right but he would want us to be doing this.
"He would want us to be together, he would want us to be having a good time which is what we're doing right now. We love you Ozzy.'
He then paused before fans joined in chants of the late singer's name.
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(Image: CUFFE & TAYLOR/SCARBOROUGH OPEN AIR THEATRE)
Halford added: 'This next song is all about him and all of the other greats that we've lost. Their music lives forever.
"They used to be down here on the earth plain, now they're in the sky plain as we call it. This is Giants in the Sky.'
The show in Scarborough was one of just two UK dates Judas Priest are playing this summer as they celebrate 35 years since the release of their iconic album Painkiller.
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Halford said: 'It's good to be home, we've been all over Europe the last six weeks or so.
"We started in Finland, we've been all over Europe, everywhere you could imagine. That's the power of metal, it's everywhere man but we've been looking forward to these two show back home here at Scarborough and a couple of days later at the 02 in London.'
The near two hour set featured songs from Painkiller alongside other hits from their back catalogue including Breaking The Law, Freewheel Burning and Electric Eye.
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