Kelly Osbourne and family brace for Manchester tribute as Robbie Williams leads supergroup honouring Ozzy
Who feels the impact first are the Osbourne family and longtime collaborators: with the Brit Awards set to close on a Sharon Osbourne-curated tribute, kelly osbourne and other family members will see a high-profile re-framing of Ozzy Osbourne’s legacy on a major stage. The performance is designed to be a final evening centerpiece led by Robbie Williams and several musicians who played in Ozzy’s bands over the years.
Kelly Osbourne and the Osbourne family: personal stakes and public mourning
The tribute—curated by Sharon Osbourne—puts the family at the center of how Ozzy’s era will be remembered. kelly osbourne is named among the family members connected to past Brit appearances: Ozzy previously hosted the Brit Awards in 2008 alongside Sharon and his two children, Kelly and Jack. Here’s the part that matters: a posthumous, family-curated performance on a major awards show shifts the conversation from mourning to legacy stewardship.
Event details and what will close the night
Robbie Williams will front a special arrangement of "No More Tears" that Sharon Osbourne curated; that performance is scheduled to close the ceremony. Williams was personally invited by Sharon Osbourne to take part as a long-standing fan and family friend. The awards take place on Saturday at Manchester’s Co-op Live and will be hosted by Jack Whitehall. It is the first time the ceremony will be held outside London.
One published account states Ozzy Osbourne passed on 22 July from a reported heart attack after a period of significant health challenges, including multiple surgeries following a fall in February 2019 and a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease. Other coverage notes only that he died last July just weeks after his farewell performance in his hometown of Birmingham; the precise details are unclear in the provided context. The farewell show is referenced as "Back To The Beginning, " and it is said to have reunited him with his bandmates just over two weeks before his death.
Who’s on stage: the supergroup and the wider lineup
The Brits performance will feature musicians who played with Ozzy over the years: Adam Wakeman, Robert Trujillo, Tommy Clufetos and Zakk Wylde. Williams’s connection to Ozzy’s world is recent as well: last year he teamed up with Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi for the single "Rocket" and has previously performed sections of "Paranoid" live.
The ceremony’s broader performance slate includes EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami (the singing voices of HUNTR/X from KPop Demon Hunters), Alex Warren, Harry Styles, Olivia Dean, Mark Ronson, Raye, Rosalía, Sombr and Wolf Alice. Earlier tributes in the U. S. Grammys featured a cover of "War Pigs" performed by Post Malone, Slash, Duff McKagan, Chad Smith and Andrew Watt—a signal that this recognition has been crossing major ceremonies.
Awards, accolades and ceremony context
Stacey Tang, chair of the 2026 Brit Awards Committee and co-president of RCA Records at Sony Music UK, described the Lifetime Achievement recognition as honoring a legacy built on originality and enduring influence. Ozzy’s recorded legacy is quantified in the provided context as more than 100 million worldwide album sales over five decades: 19 studio albums and eight live albums with Black Sabbath, plus 13 studio albums as a solo artist. Industry honors listed in the context include five Grammy awards, inductions into both the UK Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (both with Black Sabbath and as a solo artist, in separate years), and the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement with Black Sabbath.
The ceremony will also hand out genre and career prizes: Jacob Alon is named winner of this year’s Critics' Choice award, Noel Gallagher will be presented with Brits Songwriter of the Year, and PinkPantheress is to be honoured with Brits Producer of the Year.
