Rod Stewart fans left baffled by AI tribute to Ozzy Osbourne
During his performance of 'Forever Young', the UK singer displayed an AI video of 'Ozzy' holding a selfie stick smiling with fellow late icons including Janis Joplin, Prince, Tina Turner, Bob Marley, Tupac Shakur, Aaliyah, Michael Jackson, Freddie Mercury, George Michael, Kurt Cobain, XXXTentacion, Whitney Houston, and Amy Winehouse.
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Ozzy died two weeks ago, with his funeral taking place in Birmingham last Wednesday.
Ozzy passed away two weeks ago. Pic:Fans of the Black Sabbath icon and many of the other deceased music stars used for the video have been left shocked and 'disgusted' by the tribute and have taken to social media to voice their distaste.
One user wrote: 'So Rod Stewart has been on tour dedicating Forever Young to Ozzy… and now he's showing the AI generated video of him in heaven taking selfies with all these dead artists… I've seen some sh***y AI visuals in concerts but this is a new low.'
Another shared: 'No, Rod Stewart. Just… no. This is so wrong and creepy on so many levels.'
Another shared: 'No, Rod Stewart. Just… no. This is so wrong and creepy on so many levels.' Pic:A third said: 'We truly are in the end times.'
Yet another added: 'Most distasteful thing I've seen.'
It wasn't all bad reviews for Rod online with some fans jumping to his defence.
Bruh what, Rod Stewart's tour features an AI video of Ozzy Osbourne taking selfies with XXXTentacion, Kurt Cobain, 2Pac, and many other artists in heaven 😭
We truly are in the end timespic.twitter.com/UbaFnVh2Jt — RileyTaugor 🏴 (@RileyTaugor) August 3, 2025
One fan stated: 'If this is Rod's way of showing respect to those people that passed away that's his way. Everyone is gonna show respect their own way everyone is different everyone isn't gonna do it the same way.'
Another remarked: 'I mean, I'm sure they didn't mean to hurt anyone, but it's just weird.'
According to Rolling Stone, at his show in North Carolina a few days prior, the 80-year-old ended the song by saying: 'Very sad. A lot of those people died 'cause of drugs… I'm still here, though!'
Fans gathered to see Ozzy Osbourne's funeral cortege travel through his home city of Birmingham. Pic:On the day of Ozzy's death, Rod posted a tribute on Instagram, stating: 'Bye, bye Ozzy. I'll see you up there – later rather than sooner.'
Ozzy, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2019, performed his last gig on July 5 in a concert that also saw performances from the likes of Anthrax, Metallica and Guns N' Roses.
The streets of Birmingham were packed with fans for his funeral last week.
Jack Osbourne, Sharon Osbourne and Kelly Osbourne view tributes to the late Ozzy Osbourne from fans as his funeral cortege travels through his home city of Birmingham. Pic:One fan, called Goose, told the PA news agency that Ozzy 'was a family member' and said they discovered heavy metal as a teenager.
They said: 'That's when I found, like millions of people around the world, that there was music that was for us, something that understood us.
'We knew that there was somebody out there that felt the way that we did and it was a constant presence.
'Ozzy helped give that to the world. He was a family member. He felt like a family member to so many people and he touched so many people's lives.'
Evie Mayo, from Wolverhampton, said the heavy metal star had inspired her and everyone in Birmingham.
She told PA: 'I think he was so influential, he was such an inspirational person. I think he really impacted everyone here, especially in Birmingham as well.
'Now that he's not here any more, you can feel the impact of it. He inspired a lot of people and he was a great person.'
She added: 'He inspired me … I love his music, absolutely love his music. I'm learning guitar so that I can learn some of his songs.'
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