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Music industry pays tribute to Ozzy Osbourne

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Music industry pays tribute to Ozzy Osbourne

Artists, musicians and music companies have paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne following the announcement of his death yesterday. Among them Sony Music, which released Osbourne’s solo records, and Warner Music, which handled the US releases of all the early Black Sabbath albums…

Chris Cooke • 23 Jul 2025

Ozzy Osbourne sued for posting photos of himself on social media

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Ozzy Osbourne sued for posting photos of himself on social media

Ozzy Osbourne is the latest artist to be sued for posting photos of himself on social media. The copyrights in the images are owned by the photographer, who says no permission was granted to use the photos on social platforms that are “key components” of Osbourne’s “lucrative commercial enterprise”…

Chris Cooke • 11 Feb 2025

Ozzy Osbourne hits out at Kanye over ‘unauthorised’ sample saying rapper “has caused untold heartache to many”

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Ozzy Osbourne hits out at Kanye over ‘unauthorised’ sample saying rapper “has caused untold heartache to many”

A Black Sabbath sample has been removed from a track on Kanye West's new album after Ozzy Osbourne hit out when a version with the sample was played at a listening party. Osbourne said he'd refused to license the sample to the "antisemite" rapper.…

Chris Cooke • 12 Feb 2024

Ozzy Osbourne museum and music school to open in Birmingham

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Ozzy Osbourne museum and music school to open in Birmingham

Sharon Osbourne has revealed plans to open an Ozzy Osbourne museum in his hometown of Birmingham. “It’s more of an educational thing”, she says, “to see that you can come from nothing, and if you work hard enough this is what you can get”.…

Andy Malt • 06 Oct 2023