Yahoo Finance Grammys 2023: Ozzy Osbourne takes home two awards after stepping back from touring
Ozzy Osbourne won two Grammy awards less than a week after announcing he is stepping back from touring due to poor health.
The Birmingham-born Black Sabbath singer, 74, secured the gong for best rock album for his 13th solo record, Patient Number 9, released last September during a pre-ceremony event.
He also won the prize for best metal performance for the single Degradation Rules featuring his Black Sabbath bandmate Tony Iommi.
Osbourne, who was not present at the ceremony, passed on a message through his producer Andrew Watt, who said the rocker had given him two messages for the audience: “I love you all” and “F*** off”.
Watt also paid tribute to their “unbelievable” collaborators on the record, including late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, who co-wrote the song Parasite.
He also hailed guitarist Jeff Beck, who featured on the title track, as one of the “greatest” guitarists of all time.
This marks Osbourne’s first Grammy win in 29 years with his only previously victory being in when I Don’t Want To Change The World from Live & Loud won best metal performance back in 1993.
The nod comes after Osbourne confirmed last week that he is pausing touring “for now” following extensive spinal surgery as he is “not physically capable” of the travel involved.
Osbourne suffered a fall at home in 2019 which aggravated injuries from a near-fatal quad bike crash in 2003, resulting in his No More Tours 2 shows from going ahead that year in Europe and the UK.
The tour has been rescheduled several times over the last four years on separate occasions to illness, the coronavirus pandemic and logistical issues.
