{"id":22115,"date":"2025-07-28T21:05:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T21:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=22115"},"modified":"2025-07-28T21:05:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T21:05:10","slug":"for-the-prince-of-darkness-he-sure-gave-us-a-whole-lot-of-light-those-words-echoed-through-madison-square-garden-as-ghost-paused-their-show-to-honor-ozzy-osbourne-in-a-moment-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=22115","title":{"rendered":"\u201cFor the Prince of Darkness, he sure gave us a whole lot of light.\u201d Those words echoed through Madison Square Garden as Ghost paused their show to honor Ozzy Osbourne in a moment that hit straight to the heart. The lights dimmed, the crowd fell silent, and then\u2014like a storm breaking\u2014cheers erupted. This wasn\u2019t just a tribute. It felt like a farewell, a thank-you, and a love letter all wrapped into one."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"strapline\">The Swedish giants were playing in New York as part of their Skeletour, and paid tribute to the late metal icon<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ryyZfwqVuszEEFzMiZpWvL.jpg\" alt=\"Ozzy Osbourne and Ghost frontman Papa V Perpetua \" \/><\/p>\n<p>Adding to the many tributes flooding in for Ozzy Osbourne, Ghost dedicated their Madison Square Garden show in New York last night to the late metal icon.<\/p>\n<p>It was announced that Ozzy had died yesterday in an official statement that read, \u201cIt is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love.\u201d<\/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=\"a0e1619e-b9b4-4440-99a8-fe6bc0bde6b9\" data-result=\"missing\"><\/aside>\n<p>Addressing the crowd before launching into Ghost\u2019s 2024 cut The<em>\u00a0Future Is A Foreign Land<\/em>, frontman Tobias Forge \u2013 aka Papa V Perpetua \u2013 told the crowd:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to dedicate tonight\u2019s show to the memory of the life and laughter of Ozzy Osbourne,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>To chants of \u201cOzzy! Ozzy! Ozzy!\u201d from the crowd, he continued, \u201cFor being the prince of darkness, he sure gave us a lot of light so we\u2019re gonna tap into that tonight and carry it forward through a time of darkness.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\" class=\" fb_reset\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video fb_iframe_widget fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/namelessghouls\/videos\/1481525239695131\" data-app-id=\"887156172104257\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" title=\"fb:video Facebook Social Plugin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/v23.0\/plugins\/video.php?app_id=&amp;channel=https%3A%2F%2Fstaticxx.facebook.com%2Fx%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter%2F%3Fversion%3D46%23cb%3Dfb15416f39d29b5d3%26domain%3Dflashnewswave.com%26is_canvas%3Dfalse%26origin%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fflashnewswave.com%252Ffd9740be5e315098a%26relation%3Dparent.parent&amp;container_width=913&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fnamelessghouls%2Fvideos%2F1481525239695131&amp;locale=en_US&amp;sdk=joey\" name=\"fffbf7d2b274b4eef\" width=\"1000px\" height=\"1000px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-testid=\"fb:video Facebook Social Plugin\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The singer had appeared at Black Sabbath and Ozzy\u2019s celebratory farewell gig Back To The Beginning in Birmingham just a few weeks ago, covering Ozzy\u2019s 1983 solo song\u00a0<em>Bark At The Moon<\/em>. Ghost were performing in New York as part of their Skeletour run to support their sixth album\u00a0<em>Skelet\u00e1<\/em>, released earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Papa V Perpetua (Ghost) - &quot;Bark at the Moon&quot; - Live @ Villa Park 2025 ('Back to the Beginning')\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oOv80awu-Zg?list=RDoOv80awu-Zg\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The band uploaded the footage to their official Instagram account, writing:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[MESSAGE FROM THE CLERGY]<\/p>\n<p>We wish to inform you that Ghost dedicated their sold out New York ritual at Madison Square Garden to the Prince Of Darkness himself: Ozzy Osbourne.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ghost - Live at Madison Square Garden 2025 (Bootleg audio)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2Rh3nGvGBKg?list=RD2Rh3nGvGBKg\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Swedish giants were playing in New York as part of their Skeletour, and paid tribute to the late metal icon Adding to the many tributes flooding&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22116,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u201cFor the Prince of Darkness, he sure gave us a whole lot of light.\u201d Those words echoed through Madison Square Garden as Ghost paused their show to honor Ozzy Osbourne in a moment that hit straight to the heart. 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