Rod Stewart Raises Eyebrows With AI Tribute To Ozzy Osbourne

Rod Stewart on stage at Glastonbury in JuneSir Rod Stewart has caused quite the stir with his questionable tribute to Ozzy Osbourne on his current tour.The crooner is currently touring the US, where he surprised audiences with a video homage to Ozzy during a performance of the song Forever Young.AI technology was utilised to create a video of Ozzy greeting a number of late musicians and taking photos with them in the afterlife using a selfie stick, including everyone from Michael Jackson, Prince and Whitney Houston to Amy Winehouse, Tupac Shakur, Freddie Mercury and Tina Turner.The video has since been widely shared online, with many questioning whether the use of AI to portray the dead music legends on screen was a tasteful tribute.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, 2025So 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 shitty AI visuals in concerts but this is a new low pic.twitter.com/WZMCNFlrOU— peter lane (@peterlanee) August 3, 2025Chile, wtf is this! 😔😖Nope, Rod could've paid tribute to Ozzy & the other artist who we've lost withOUT doing this. Like, no. 🙄 https://t.co/j4ZWydLvP3— Creshia314 (@CreeLuv314) August 4, 2025most distasteful thing I’ve seen— 𝙅𖣠𝙉𝒁̴𝙀 (@0xJONZE) August 4, 2025We live in the worst timeline pic.twitter.com/PvHLOG3Wyo— Myles, Is this easy mode? (@MowzaProduction) August 3, 2025this is like actually nauseating wow— Gia (@theokcomputer) August 4, 2025I understand what the concept of doing this is, and why he did it. Because the song is called “Forever Young”, but instead of showing AI pictures, why didn’t he just show pictures of them? Kinda like what Wiz Khalifa does when he performs “See You Again”— XXXTentacion (@theher0infath3r) August 4, 2025This is bizarre for many reasons, not the least of which being the fact that Rod Stewart has performed with Ozzy Osbourne. Instead of blasting AI images of Ozzy in heaven, they could show this real & quite lovely picture of Rod Stewart with his arm around the actual Ozzy Osbourne https://t.co/1j5VAxJqXtpic.twitter.com/nIGHb2As2k— HarryHew (@harryhew) August 4, 2025I mean, I’m sure they didn’t mean to hurt anyone, but it’s just weird imo— RileyTaugor 🏴 (@RileyTaugor) August 3, 2025The video also features the likeness of Kurt Cobain, George Michael and XXXTenacion, who has become a controversial figure within the world of music as he was awaiting trial over a domestic abuse case involving an ex-girlfriend when he was murdered at the age of 20 in 2018.Per Billboard, Sir Rod told the crowd after the video: “Very sad. A lot of those people died ’cause of drugs… I’m still here, though!”While many online have voiced their discomfort with Sir Rod’s video tribute, family members of several of the late musicians depicted have given it their seal of approval.XXXTentacion’s mother Cleopatra Bernard told TMZ she had no problem with the video, while Tupac’s stepbrother Mopreme Shakur said: “I’m not sure about the legalities of it, but I have no problem with him memorialising the greats. Personally, I’m good with it.”HuffPost UK has contacted Sir Rod Stewart’s team for additional comment.The Maggie May singer was one of the first public figures to pay tribute to Ozzy when he died last month at the age of 76, writing on Instagram: “Bye, bye Ozzy. Sleep well, my friend. I’ll see you up there – later rather than sooner.”View this post on InstagramA post shared by Sir Rod Stewart (@sirrodstewart)This isn’t the first time in recent history that Sir Rod has courted controversy, though.Days before his set in Glastonbury’s famous “Legends” slot, the Grammy winner faced a widespread backlash when he said that people have “got to give” Reform leader Nigel Farage “a chance”.READ MORE:Rod Stewart Faces Backlash After Voicing Support For Nigel Farage In Run-Up To GlastonburyRod Stewart Made A Surprising Admission About His Glastonbury 'Legends' Slot PaySir Rod Stewart Tears Into Former Friend Donald Trump Over His Support Of Israel

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