{"id":41807,"date":"2025-07-23T22:56:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T22:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/23\/drake-walks-out-to-iron-man-in-ozzy-osbourne-tribute-at-birmingham\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T22:56:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T22:56:25","slug":"drake-walks-out-to-iron-man-in-ozzy-osbourne-tribute-at-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/23\/drake-walks-out-to-iron-man-in-ozzy-osbourne-tribute-at-birmingham\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake Walks Out to ‘Iron Man’ in Ozzy Osbourne Tribute at Birmingham"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\tDrake<\/a> paid tribute<\/a> to Ozzy Osbourne<\/a> during his tour stop in the metal legend\u2019s hometown of Birmingham, England, on Wednesday evening. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe rapper walked out to Black Sabbath\u2019s \u201cIron Man,\u201d the 1970 hit track about a time-traveling metal monster off Paranoid<\/em>. Taking the stage, Drake addressed the thousands gathered at Utilita Arena Birmingham, as fan footage captured: \u201cHey Birmingham! Rest in peace to the legendary Ozzy Osbourne.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tDrake is currently on his U.K. co-headlining Some Special Shows 4 U<\/em> tour with fellow Canadian musician PartyNextDoor.<\/p>\n

\n\tEarlier on Wednesday, the rapper reportedly poured one out for the Prince of Darkness at a local memorial with some tequila and told a\u00a0New York Times<\/a><\/em>\u00a0reporter, \u201cI just came out to pay respects to someone who lived it to the fullest.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tHis homage follows the wave of tributes<\/a> across the music industry as news of Ozzy Osbourne death spread. The beloved frontman died on Tuesday<\/a> at the age of 76. Through his storied career, Osbourne collaborated and shared the stage with artists across genres from Slash, Elton John, Mot\u00f6rhead, and Madonna, as well as Busta Rhymes, Yungblud, and Post Malone.<\/p>\n

\n\tDuran Duran, who also hail from Osbourne\u2019s hometown,\u00a0reacted<\/a>\u00a0to the loss on Instagram, sharing the musician\u2019s 1984 mugshot. \u201cWhat can you say about Ozzy? Whatever it is, it\u2019s in a Brummie accent,\u201d they wrote. \u201cHard to imagine a world without him, Ozzy brought so much joy, humour and raw power to the world, in a life of many chapters. Ozzy was a cat who had way more than nine lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n