Rod Stewart gets hammered for his Ozzy Osbourne tribute

An AI-generated tribute to late rocker Ozzy Osbourne is dividing fans and generating anger.

Singer Rod Stewart’s decision to use artificial intelligence to create powerful visuals of late music industry titans has some up in arms, while others believe it is a beautiful tribute to those who have had such a profound impact on so many people.

Since Osbourne’s passing on July 22nd, Stewart has dedicated his song “Forever Young” to the artist while on his “One Last Time” tour. However, one of his recent shows used AI to create visuals of the rocker posing with the likes of “Michael Jackson, Prince, Tina Turner, Bob Marley, Freddie Mercury, Kurt Cobain, George Michael and Amy Winehouse,” according to Fox News.

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, 2025

This follows an Instagram post made by Stewart that reads “Bye, bye Ozzy. Sleep well, my friend. I’ll see you up there— later rather than sooner.”

X users reacted to the controversial dedication:

I mean, I’m sure they didn’t mean to hurt anyone, but it’s just weird imo

— RileyTaugor (@RileyTaugor) August 3, 2025

most distasteful thing I’ve seen

— ̴ (@0xJONZE) August 4, 2025

Ya this is weird I hate Ai

— Delightful (@delightful2114) August 4, 2025

Would be cool if they just randomly picked someone from the crowd and used their face in the video, and then put the message “you’re next”

— Ash D. HD (ADHD) (@IntranetComedy) August 4, 2025

I like how they’re all at the age they were when they were most famous on earth

— Not the Bee (@Not_the_Bee) August 4, 2025

Beautiful and tasteful use of AI. Can’t wait to make a montage of my granny meeting juice wrld.

— Mr. Teen Crypto 2015 — e/acc (@elonconomy) August 4, 2025

This is so beautiful Seeing Ozzie and Bob Marley hit hard and I started to tear up, but as Bob said, I’m going to “don’t worry, be happy” we had them in the first place ‍

— Esoteric Coggyism (@shaniachanvt) August 4, 2025

Everyone responsible for this should go to jail

— peste labubônica (@absenceofield) August 4, 2025

Or could’ve searched through literally any of the thousands of videos of Ozzy on youtube if he’s fine with downloading stuff off the internet and putting it on the big screen

— peter lane (@peterlanee) August 3, 2025

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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to BizPac Review.

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