"Brian May of Queen was in tears watching the performance...I’d shed a few tears myself." The emotional reaction one rock legend had to one of Ozzy Osbourne's final performances - and why it was so emotional for Ozzy himself

Brian May looking on and clapping and Ozzy on stage at the Commonwealth Games, smiling.

On August 8, 2022, Ozzy Osbourne took to the stage at the Commonwealth Games in his hometown of Birmingham, England for what would prove to be one of his final ever performances. Flanked by his old Black Sabbath comrade Tony Iommi, the Prince Of Darkness headlined the Games' closing ceremony at the Alexander Stadium, belting out two Black Sabbath classics in Paranoid and Iron Man. It was Ozzy's first show in almost four years following a series of health complications.

In his recently published memoir Last Rites, Ozzy looked back at that show with fondness, noting the power he still felt from performing Iron Man live and adding that a certain other rock legend had a particularly emotional reaction to watching the show.