Last night’s Grammys Awards ceremony featured a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, who passed away last year at the age of 76. Post Malone, Duff McKagan, Slash, Chad Smith, and Andrew Watt teamed up for a faithful rendition of Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs,” the band’s rousing anti-war protest song from 1970, while balls of fire exploded behind them. Watch the performance below.
As the group of musicians tore through the metal song, an image of Osbourne with his arms outstretched was displayed onscreen as his surviving family members looked on from the crowd. Meanwhile, the award show’s ongoing In Memoriam segment continued displaying the names of those who died the past year, including Kiss’ Ace Frehley, Mott the Hoople’s Mick Ralphs, Rick Derringer, Chris Jasper, Roy Thomas Baker, the Damned’s Brian James, Irv Gotti, Blondie’s Clem Burke, Anthony Jackson, Michael “5000” Watts, Jack DeJohnette, the Time’s Jellybean Johnson, and New York Dolls’ David Johansen.
This year’s In Memoriam segment honored several musicians who died over the past year with special live performances. In another portion of the tribute medley, Lauryn Hill, the former frontwoman of Fugees, honored the work of the late artists Roberta Flack and D’Angelo with a star-studded performance.
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