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Sharon Osbourne took to her Instagram account on Saturday to mark what would have been her and the Blacksbath's 46th wedding anniversary.

She penned down a touching tribute to the late rock legend, writing, “Today would have been our 46th wedding anniversary.

"Instead, it is a celebration of a love that even death could not diminish. I miss your hand in mine, but I carry your love with me every step of the way."

She concluded the post writing, "Forever my husband. Forever my heart.”

Sharon also posted a heart wrenching photo of her and Ozzy holding each other's hands.

Sharon and Ozzy's daughter Kelly Osbourne also wrote a touching note to her mother on her parents’ first wedding anniversary since Ozzy's death.

She took to her social media after visiting Ozzy's grave and called her grieving mother's love story with her late father as one “even heaven could never end.”

Kelly penned, "My Dearest Mummy, today feels different. A day that was once filled with celebration now carries a quiet ache.

“This is your first wedding anniversary without Daddy by your side, and I can only imagine how heavy your heart must feel. There are some dates that remind us just how deeply we have loved and today is one of them.”

She went on to say, “I hope you know that love like yours doesn't end when a life does. It changes shape. It becomes the warmth of the sun on your face when you need comfort, the memories that make you smile through tears, the quiet moments when you somehow know he's near. Daddy may no longer walk beside you, but he will never stop walking with you.”

The doting daughter further reminded her mother that as she will "walk through every first, every anniversary, every birthday, every Christmas and every milestone that now feels different without Daddy," her kids and family "are here" for her.

Kelly concluded her post, writing, “Happy Anniversary to a love story that even heaven could never end."

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Thousands descended on Villa Park in July 2025 for the Back to the Beginning concert, which featured a star-studded line-up of metal giants, including Metallica and Slayer.

The new free exhibition at Grand Central includes photos from the sold-out gig including of Ozzy and band mates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward.

Sam Watson, Chair of Central BID, told the BBC: "There are over 50 photos, over 60 metres. All of the photos from the concert last year. It's brilliant."

The event was hugely significant, as Ozzy's final performance, and 20 years since the original Black Sabbath played together.

They were joined by a host of all-star supergroups featuring legendary musicians including Tom Morello, Yungblud, Chad Smith, Jake E. Lee, Steven Tyler, Ronnie Wood, Billy Corgan, Travis Barker, Tobias Forge (Ghost), Sammy Hagar.

All profits raised went to three local charities - Birmingham Children's Hospital, Acorns Children's Hospice and Cure Parkinson's.

"This exhibition gives people another opportunity to enjoy Sabbath and make a real day of it." Watson added

The photos were taken by Mark "WEISSGUY" Weiss and Ross Halfin, while the exhibition was curated and commissioned by Central BID.

Dan Murphy, Destination Director at Bullring, said: "Back to the Beginning was a truly historic moment for Birmingham and for music fans around the world.

"We're delighted to host this free-to-view exhibition at Grand Central, giving visitors a unique opportunity to relive that incredible event and experience a celebration of some of rock's most iconic artists in the heart of the city."

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Jake E. Lee and Mick Mars almost came to blows as well when Ozzy and Mötley Crüe hit the road together in 1984.

Sharon Osbourne spent much of 1984 trying to keep Ozzy Osbourne out of trouble. Then he went on tour with Mötley Crüe.

According to Crüe drummer Tommy Lee, Sharon repeatedly flew out to the tour after hearing reports of the chaos unfolding backstage each night. Eventually, she confiscated Mötley Crüe’s after-show passes and banned them from bringing guests backstage in an effort to protect Ozzy from the nonstop partying surrounding the young band.

“Put it this way, Sharon was not happy with us,” Lee recalled during a recent appearance on The Zach Sang Show."

The tour, which paired Ozzy’s Bark at the Moon lineup with Mötley Crüe in support of Shout at the Devil, has since become one of hard rock’s most infamous road outings. Stories from the trek — including Ozzy’s notorious ant-snorting incident — have become part of rock folklore.

But Lee says those tales barely capture the atmosphere that surrounded the tour, one that ultimately left Ozzy physically and emotionally spent by its conclusion.

“Some people lost brain cells, marriages,” Lee said. “She’d get called out. Like, ‘The Mötley guys are bringing shitloads of girls backstage after the show; it’s a fucking party everywhere.’”

According to Lee, Sharon would often fly in after hearing reports of the band’s latest exploits.

“She took all of our after-show passes from us,” he recalled. “We’re no longer allowed to have any guests backstage. She cut us off.”

The restriction didn’t go over particularly well with Mötley Crüe.

“We made special shirts that had a smiley face with a bullet hole in it, and it said ‘The No Fun Tour,’ because she came out and just literally shut it down,” Lee said. “She was like, ‘There is no way this is going to continue.’”

Looking back, Lee admits Sharon had good reason to be concerned.

“When I say ‘continue,’ I’m talking about ’til-the-wheels-fall-off shit,” he added. “It was bad for Ozzy to be around.”

By the end of the tour, Lee says the toll on Ozzy had become impossible to ignore.

“I remember Ozzy coming out towards the end of the tour,” he recalled. “He came out in, like, tighty-whitey Hanes underwear, some boots, and that’s it. He had been up for days partying. I mean, days.

“He finally stumbles out to the microphone, and he just starts crying. Then he just turned away and walked right off the stage. First song. Came out, started crying, and left. That was it. The tour was done. It was time for him to go home and get some rest.”

The atmosphere wasn’t just hard on Ozzy. The tour also became notorious for clashes between members of the two camps, most notably guitarists Jake E. Lee and Mick Mars.

In a 2019 interview with Tone-Talk, Lee recalled that he and Mars frequently clashed during the run and claimed that some members of Mötley Crüe had even floated the idea of replacing Mars with him.

“Nikki [Sixx] and Tommy wanted me in the band,” Lee told Tone-Talk in 2019 (via Ultimate Classic Rock). “They wanted me to replace Mick. You can understand that — better looking and a better player. But Mick’s in-law or whatever was funding the band, so that didn’t happen.”

According to Lee, tensions eventually boiled over when Mars called him a “slant-eyed Japanese bastard.”

“I did not like that,” Lee said. “I hadn’t heard it since I was in grade school, and it pissed me off. I was gonna beat the fuck out of him, but [Ratt guitarist] Robbin Crosby, who was six-five, came up to me, picked me up and said, ‘C’mon, Jake. None of that shit matters.’ And he carried me out of the room.”

Between Sharon Osbourne’s efforts to rein in the partying, Ozzy’s deteriorating condition and tensions between members of the two bands, the Bark at the Moon/Shout at the Devil tour earned its reputation as one of hard rock’s most chaotic road adventures.

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"Dad, I still find myself looking for you in ordinary moments the advice I need, the joke I want to tell, the victory I wish you could see. The ache of missing you is the price of loving you, and I would pay it forever rather than have never been your child at all! I will never stop missing you. It is an honor to spend the rest of my life loving you. Until we meet again! 💔" (c) KO

This photo appears in one of the episodes of The Osbournes. Ozzy received it from someone as a Christmas gift and was really moved by it. This is a screenshot from the moment when the photo is shown in close-up.

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