Just when everyone thought the legendary night was over—when the lights dimmed, the crowd roared, and Ozzy Osbourne had bid his final farewell—he turned back to the mic with one final, unforgettable moment. “Wait,” he said. “One more thing.”
What followed wasn’t an encore, but something far more real: a surprise that stunned fans, brought his daughter Kelly to tears, and turned the last Black Sabbath concert into a moment of family history.
On July 5, 2025, at Villa Park in Birmingham, Black Sabbath played their final show—fittingly called Back to the Beginning. With over 40,000 fans packed into the stadium and Ozzy seated on a gothic “bat throne” due to his ongoing battle with Parkinson’s, the show was already heavy with emotion. He delivered gut-wrenching renditions of “Mama, I’m Coming Home” and “Paranoid,” ending an era that defined generations.
But backstage, a new chapter was beginning.
As the final chords rang out and the crowd began to cheer, Ozzy paused, motioning for someone. That someone was his daughter, Kelly Osbourne—and her longtime partner, Slipknot’s DJ Sid Wilson. In front of thousands, Ozzy dropped to one knee. But this wasn’t for a song. It was for a moment that would change their lives forever.
With tears in his eyes, he looked up at Kelly and said, “You’ve always been my little girl. But now… it’s time I gave you away.” And with that, Sid stepped forward, got down on one knee—and proposed.
Kelly froze. Then broke down in tears. Ozzy, emotional himself, wrapped them both in a hug. “F–k off, you’re not marrying my daughter—unless you promise to love her as much as I do,” he joked, drawing laughter from the crowd. Sharon Osbourne wiped away tears, while Jack Osbourne captured the whole thing on video.
Later, Kelly posted the moment online with a simple caption: “Oh—and this happened yesterday!”
The engagement news exploded across social media. Fans of The Osbournes and Slipknot alike flooded the internet with love. Comments poured in like:
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“Ozzy handing off his daughter at his final show?? I’m SOBBING.”
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“Slipknot x Black Sabbath is the crossover we never knew we needed.”
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“What a way to end an era and begin a new one.”
Kelly and Sid, who met in 1999 and quietly began dating in 2022, have one son together and have kept their relationship largely private—until now. The proposal wasn’t just a headline. It was a generational passing of the torch, from one rock legacy to another.
As Ozzy closed the final chapter of Black Sabbath, his family was writing the next. On a night filled with goodbyes, this surprise engagement reminded the world that even in the darkest chords of metal, there’s always room for a little.
