Rod Stewart’s in-concert tribute to Ozzy Osbourne has met with criticism after video of the tribute, that includes AI photos of Osbourne and different gone-too-soon artists, emerged on social media.
Throughout Stewart’s final handful of concert events since Osbourne’s passing on July twenty second, he has devoted his tune “Ceaselessly Younger” to the Black Sabbath singer. Nonetheless, what initially began as a traditional tribute with a easy picture of Osbourne proven on the video screens, just lately took a weird flip when “Ceaselessly Younger” was accompanied by the AI Osbourne in heaven with a selfie stick in hand. He was taking images 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 surprisingly determined to have Osbourne take images with controversial artists like Michael Jackson and XXX tentacion.
So as to add insult to the damage, Stewart instructed the Charlotte, North Carolina crowd following the “Ceaselessly Younger” efficiency, “Very unhappy. Lots of these individuals died ’trigger of medicine… I’m nonetheless right here, although!,” the Charlotte Observer famous of their evaluation of Stewart’s July 29 present.
Following information of Osbourne’s passing, Stewart beforehand wrote on Instagram, “Bye, bye Ozzy. Sleep properly, my good friend. I’ll see you up there, later somewhat than sooner.” However sadly, issues have now turned ugly.