Remembering all the times Ozzy Osbourne performed in Fort Worth
Over his nearly six-decade career, heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne stopped by Fort Worth a couple of times on tour.
Osbourne died Tuesday at 76 years old, his family announced in a statement. His family said he died surrounded by loved ones in Birmingham, England.
While no cause of death has been revealed, Osbourne disclosed in 2020 that he had Parkinson’s disease.
The British singer and songwriter first broke into the industry with Black Sabbath in the late 1960s.
After he was fired from the group in 1979, Osbourne began his solo career that went on for decades. He later rejoined the band in a few different stints.
As solo act in 1980s, Osbourne stopped by Fort Worth a couple times to perform. Here’s what we know about the shows.
Osbourne’s 1981 concert in Fort Worth
On June 5, 1981, Osbourne and his band lit up Will Rogers Auditorium on the “Blizzard of Ozz” tour.
The band performed 11 songs that night, most from their 1980 debut album, and a few covers of Black Sabbath tunes, according to Setlist.fm. Here’s the full list:
- “I Don’t Know”
- “Crazy Train”
- “Believer”
- “Mr. Crowley”
- “Flying High Again”
- “Revelation (Mother Earth)“
- “Steal Away (The Night)“
- “Suicide Solution”
- “Iron Man” (Black Sabbath)
- “Children of the Grave” (Black Sabbath)
- “Paranoid” (Black Sabbath)
Motörhead opened the show with a 37-minute performance, according to previous Star-Telegram coverage. More than 2,500 people attended Osbourne’s show as the band played for around 70 minutes.
Osbourne’s second concert in Fort Worth
Nearly five years later, Osbourne returned to Fort Worth for a show on May 10, 1986, at the Tarrant County Convention Center (now Fort Worth Convention Center) on “The Ultimate Sin” tour.
In the weeks leading up to the concert, there were concerns about if Osbourne would bring his “controversial” antics to Fort Worth, according the previous Star-Telegram coverage. The singer was known at the time for things like biting a head off a dead bat on stage and urinating on The Alamo.
In addition, just a few weeks prior, there was local uproar after Ted Nugent undressed a female fan on stage and grabbed her chest at his Fort Worth concert.
Osbourne’s show went off without incident as the rocker performed 13 songs over an 80-minute set. Here’s a look at what he sang:
- “Bark at the Moon”
- “Suicide Solution”
- “Never Know Why”
- “Mr. Crowley”
- “Shot in the Dark”
- “I Don’t Know”
- “Killer of Giants”
- “Thank God for the Bomb”
- “Flying High Again”
- “Secret Loser”
- “Iron Man” (Black Sabbath)
- “Crazy Train”
- “Paranoid” (Black Sabbath)
More than 14,000 people attended the sold-out show, according to previous Star-Telegram coverage. Osbourne was in good spirits that evening.
“I love you people. You people are the greatest. God bless you,” Osbourne told the crowd.
Three decades after the show, Osbourne shared a photo (see below) from that night on his Facebook page in 2019.
A young group named Metallica opened for Osbourne at the Fort Worth show.
