Throughout “Perpetually Younger” efficiency, Black Sabbath singer proven taking selfies in heaven with Kurt Cobain, Freddie Mercury and, umm, XXXtentacion
Picture from Rod Stewart’s latest “Perpetually Younger” efficiency
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What was meant to be Rod Stewart’s in-concert tribute to Ozzy Osbourne has as an alternative been met with criticism and mock after video of the tribute — that includes AI pictures of Osbourne and different gone-too-soon artists — emerged on social media.
Throughout Stewart’s final handful of live shows since Osbourne’s July 22 death, he has devoted his track “Perpetually Younger” to the Black Sabbath singer. Nonetheless, what originally started as a normal tribute — with a easy picture of Osbourne proven on the video screens — lately took a weird flip when “Perpetually Younger” was accompanied by the AI Osbourne — in heaven with a selfie stick in hand — taking pictures of himself with the likes of Freddie Mercury, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse.
Along with the selfies with Prince, Bob Marley, Tupac Shakur, and Whitney Houston, the perpetrator of the insensitive AI video additionally unusually determined to have Osbourne take pictures with controversial artists like Michael Jackson and XXXtentacion.
So as to add insult to the visible harm, Stewart advised the Charlotte, North Carolina crowd following the “Perpetually Younger” efficiency, “Very unhappy. Quite a lot of these folks died ’trigger of medication… I’m nonetheless right here, although!,” the Charlotte Observer noted of their evaluation of Stewart’s July 29 present.
Following information of Osbourne’s demise, Stewart wrote on Instagram, “Bye, bye Ozzy. Sleep nicely, my good friend. I’ll see you up there — later quite than sooner.”
From Rolling Stone US.