Heavy metal’s own ‘Prince Of Darkness’ Ozzy Osbourne will be making his way into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame for a second time later this year. The 75-year-old legend has officially been named one of this year’s inductees, with the announcement having just been made tonight, April 21st on an episode of ‘American Idol‘.
Osbourne was previously inducted by Metallica‘s James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame back in 2006 along his bandmates in the pioneering heavy metal outfit Black Sabbath. This time around he will be making it in on the merits of his own storied solo career.
This year’s inductees include:
Ozzy Osbourne
Foreigner
A Tribe Called Quest
Cher
Mary J. Blige
Dave Matthews Band
Peter Frampton
Kool & The Gang
Other nominees this year who didn’t make it into the hall include:
Mariah Carey
Eric B. & Rakim
Jane’s Addiction
Lenny Kravitz
Oasis
Sinéad O’Connor
Sade
This year’s induction ceremony will take place on October 19th at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, OH. It is scheduled the stream live on Disney+.
