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The legendary musician Ozzy Osbourne, vocalist of the legendary band Black Sabbath He was included in the list of artists nominated for the 2024 Rock Hall.
Ozzy, 75 years old, whose real name is John Michael Osbourne, is part of a group of musicians that also includes Cher, Peter Frampton and the band Kool and the Gang.
The ceremony in which the entry of the artists will be made official will take place on October 19 of this year. After hearing the news, Ozzy declared “Not bad for a guy who was fired from his last band,” reported the portal marikalrock.co.
Osbourne has been a member of the Hall of Fame since 2006 as a member of the band Black Sabbath.
In February of this year, the list of those eligible to enter the 2024 Rock Hall had been published, of which only Cher, Peter Frampton and the band Kool and the Gang.
They were discarded Oasis, Sinéad O’Connor, Lenny KravitzJane’s Addiction, Sade and Mariah Carey.
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Despite being accepted, Cher, 77, rejected the invitation.
He stated: “I wouldn’t go in now if they gave me a million dollars. “I will never change what I think.” The singer had been a harsh critic of the Rock Hall and for a year she had expressed her disappointment because her name had not been taken into account, despite her career and successes.
Furthermore, the recently deceased Jimmy Buffett, the Michigan band MC5, singer Dionne Warwick and songwriter and singer Norman Whitfield (1940-2008) were selected for the Musical Excellence Award.
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In the Musical Influence Award category, Big Mama Thornton (1926-1984) is accompanied this year by the British Alexis Korner (1928-1984) and the Englishman John Mayall, all of them in the musical territory shared by blues and rock’n roll
