Concerts

73-year-old Ozzy Osbourne helped start the NFL season with this performance

The NFL’s regular season started last night (September 8) at SoFi Stadium in LA. When the Rams and the Bills went to the locker rooms for halftime, Ozzy and his band trotted out.

For a 73-year-old guy in rough health (Parkinson’s, back and neck problems), it was pretty good. And yes, that was Tony Iommi on guitar, too. Weirdly, NBC aired only TEN SECONDS of the performance. Was the network afraid of something? Fans were NOT happy.

Neither were the hometown fans. The defending Super Bowl champions lost 31-10.

Alan Cross

is an internationally known broadcaster, interviewer, writer, consultant, blogger and speaker. In his 40+ years in the music business, Alan has interviewed the biggest names in rock, from David Bowie and U2 to Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters. He’s also known as a musicologist and documentarian through programs like The Ongoing History of New Music.

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