British singer, songwriter and musician Yungblud — whose real name is Dominic Richard Harrison — has posted a video capturing a tender moment between him and Ozzy Osbourne, taken ahead of Black Sabbath‘s farewell concert at Villa Park in Birmingham, United Kingdom, which took place on July 5th.
Speaking about the significance of the moment, Yungblud said, “Back in 2022 on the video shoot for The Funeral, Ozzy gave me his gold cross and said, ‘I hope this brings you luck.’ I thought, on this monumental moment for him and Sabbath, it was time for me to return the favor and let him know what he and the band means to me.”
At Saturday’s concert, Yungblud sang a version of Black Sabbath‘s Changes, backed by Extreme‘s Nuno Bettencourt on guitar, Anthrax‘s Frank Bello on bass, Sleep Token‘s II on drums and Black Sabbath/Ozzy Osbourne touring keyboardist Adam Wakeman on keys. The original version of Changes appeared on Black Sabbath‘s fourth album, Vol. 4, released in 1972.
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The metal purists will probably disagree with me, but Yungblud gave the best vocal performance of the day with “Changes.”
Nope. ‘Demon of Screamin’ ST, hands down.
Ok, I’ll admit it’s a tie – Yungblud and Steven Tyler. The thing is, it’s expected that Tyler would deliver a great performance at a hard rock/heavy metal show. Yungblud’s stellar performance was totally unexpected.
Must be me?
We listened to the Yungblud performance, for a few seconds, and skipped right past it, However, I admit to not being a ballads type of gal (I think I can count the ballads I appreciate on one hand, maybe two?), that song is never on my Sabbath rotation, far too depressing. However, I think, the late, great, Freddie Mercury, or the sadly late, George Michaels, would have done an exemplary job, covering, Changes.
As for Tyler, it begs the question, “Vocal” issues?