{"id":22099,"date":"2025-07-28T18:16:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T18:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=22099"},"modified":"2025-07-28T18:16:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T18:16:44","slug":"it-sucks-that-we-are-in-a-world-that-doesnt-have-ozzy-osbourne-anymore-wolfgang-van-halen-honors-the-prince-of-darkness-with-emotional-cover-of-mama-im-coming-hom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=22099","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt sucks that we are in a world that doesn\u2019t have Ozzy Osbourne anymore\u201d: Wolfgang Van Halen honors the Prince of Darkness with emotional cover of Mama, I\u2019m Coming Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"strapline\">Wolfgang and his Mammoth bandmates heard of Ozzy\u2019s passing during soundcheck \u2013 and knew that \u201cjust mentioning it wasn\u2019t enough\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/GopnGYTMXdToMzz5E5XRzL.jpg\" alt=\"Wolfgang Van Halen\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wolfgang Van Halen\u00a0has paid tribute to the\u00a0late Ozzy Osbourne\u00a0with a beautiful and heartfelt performance of\u00a0<em>Mama, I\u2019m Coming Home<\/em> in Hartford, Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p>The Mammoth bandleader had pulled out of Back to the Beginning due to scheduling conflicts, but from the other side of the Atlantic, while supporting Creed on a US tour, he paid homage to the man who helped forge the sound of heavy metal.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-base hawk-processed\" data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" data-widget-id=\"44cc332a-03e4-42d1-9d3f-7cf966368659\" data-result=\"missing\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIt fucking sucks that we are in a world that doesn\u2019t have\u00a0Ozzy Osbourne\u00a0anymore,\u201d he told the crowd. \u201cIt was right before we went out to soundcheck that we found out, and we felt like we had to do something. Just mentioning it wasn\u2019t enough.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve played through this maybe three times,\u201d he adds, his voice breaking. \u201cSo please bear with us, and sing the fuck along with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The weight of the song, and what covering it means to Wolfgang Van Halen, is clear throughout the performance, and his voice is absolutely superb throughout. The guitar solo he unfurls on his gorgeous green-colored EVH SA-126 Special isn\u2019t half bad, either.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLove you, Ozzy,\u201d he says as the final notes are drowned out by a screaming crowd.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wolfgang Van Halen \/ Mammoth Honors Ozzy with Mama, i\u2019m coming home\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ns1OxrxRqls\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The guitarist had seemingly put the decades-long\u00a0Eddie Van Halen-Randy Rhoads rivalry\u00a0to bed last year when he joined Andrew Watt, Chad Smith, and Maynard James Keenan to cover\u00a0<em>Crazy Train\u00a0<\/em>at Ozzy\u2019s Rock Hall induction.<\/p>\n<p>After soundcheck that night, Wolfgang had shared an image of himself and a smiling Ozzy, looking like the royalty he is, on a pitch black throne. The shot was taken backstage at the Rock Hall ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLegend,\u201d his caption read. \u201cThank you for everything, Ozzy.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"instagram-embed\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DMa5_p5v1p9\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fflashnewswave.com&amp;rp=%2Flehieu%2Fwolfgang-van-halen-took-the-stage-with-a-heavy-heart-and-a-mission-just-hours-after-hearing-the-news-that-ozzy-osbourne-had-passed-he-stood-before-a-packed-crowd-eyes-wet-voice-shaking-and-gav#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1367.4000000953674%2C%22ls%22%3A997.9000000953674%2C%22le%22%3A1363.7000000476837%7D\" height=\"835\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mammoth are currently readying their third album,\u00a0<em>The End<\/em>, having released a blockbuster horror-themed music video for its opening track. 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