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Gary Graff

"I saw Black Sabbath one month before their first album came out – and I was right in the front row": Billy Idol on his love for Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne and Billy Idol, pictured together in 2005.

Singing in tribute to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Ozzy Osbourne over the weekend was a full-on blast from the past for Billy Idol.

"I've been watching Ozzy my whole life," Idol – who sang No More Tears during the star-studded Osbourne segment of the Rock Hall's induction ceremony in Cleveland – tells Classic Rock prior to the performance. "I saw Black Sabbath one month before their first album came out – John Peel was playing it on the BBC before it came out – and I was right in the front row and the tassels of his coat were touching me.

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