Ozzy Osbourne meets his own personal legend as he sends touching message
The Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne, met Guns N' Roses icon Axl Rose for the first time during the epic Back to the Beginning super show in Birmingham over the weekend, which saw the world's biggest rockers and metal stars unite for Ozzy's final-ever show with Black Sabbath.
During the show, Ozzy, 76, had the opportunity to meet 'legend' Axl backstage. He took to his Instagram page to reveal how it went as she shared a snap of them shaking hands. He wrote: "My first time meeting Axl Rose, at my age you don't get to meet many legends, seriously an utter gentleman."
Ozzy also posed with Axl and Slash for another epic photo, which delighted fans in the comment section.
Axl also took to his social media to share his excitement over the entire event. He wrote: "Wow!! What an EVENT!! Extremely overwhelming!! Really great crowd!! Was very emotional for everyone!! MET OZZY!! (Crazy we'd never met b4!!) He was really great!! Was great to meet Sabbath!!
"Was hard as I imagine for anyone to watch his struggles while at the same time everyone was rooting for him n' massively respecting the challenges he took head on n' HE DID IT!!!!"
The 63-year-old continued: "Was great to meet Ozzy's family n' see friends n' peeps in all the bands n' the business. A HUGE THANK YOU again to Ozzy, Sharon, Black Sabbath n' all the fans for having us!!"
During their set, Guns N' Roses paid tribute to Black Sabbath by covering a few of their classic before performing their own hit tracks, Welcome to the Jungle and Paradise City.
Ozzy's fans have declared the show as an end of an era as he performed his final show. His health issues became clear to fans as they helped him get through the set.
It left Rakkan, from Saudi Arabia but travelled from London, saying: "I'm conflicted. He's obviously enjoying himself but it's sad to see him in this physical state. It feels like an end of an era."
Over on Twitter, one fan wrote: "Feel a bit sorry for Ozzy being wheeled out like that. He clearly isn't fit and well." "I feel bad for Ozzy. Yeah it's his last ever live show but it's kinda gross how a visibly unwell man is being wheeled out like this by Sharon," another mused.
A third wrote: "Very sad, Ozzy in a goth wheel chair." However, some loved it.
"As much as I am against this final Ozzy Osbourne/Black Sabbath show, the videos I've seen on Twitter and Youtube, Ozzy sounds a lot better than I expected," one declared online.
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