In the year two thousand and five-and-twenty, upon the night of the great gathering called the MTV Video Music Awards, there was wrought a tribute most solemn unto the late lord of rock, Ozzy Osbourne, who had departed this mortal coil in the month of July.
Lo, the stage was graced by noble minstrels: Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, Yungblud the fiery, Joe Perry the steadfast, and Nuno Bettencourt the skillful. Together they did lift their voices and their strings in songs of remembrance, chanting “Crazy Train,” “Changes,” and “Mama, I’m Coming Home.” And the hall was moved as by a mighty wind, for the son of Ozzy, Jack, and the daughters of his daughters, did herald the rite, and the people’s hearts were pierced with memory.
Yet it was not upon the stage alone that marvels were born. For behind the veil, where few eyes could see, there came a moment most curious. Tyler, elder bard of thunderous voice, did embrace Yungblud as father unto son, and in the hush of their meeting he spake thus: “We have a secret, and none knoweth it.”
The words fell like hidden fire, and those who heard of it afterward were stricken with wonder. What secret was this? Some did whisper it was bound to their fellowship with the fallen Ozzy, with whom they had last stood in concert during his final show. Others deemed it a vow, sealed in grief and brotherhood, that shall yet be revealed in its own hour.
And verily, ere the performance, Yungblud was seen pressing lips unto a golden cross, gift of Osbourne himself. This sign, tender and sacred, did deepen the mystery, weaving together love, loss, and legacy.
Thus the tale spreads abroad, and the multitude waiteth with eager hearts. For in the hidden words of Steven Tyler, and in the fervent spirit of Yungblud, there lieth a riddle yet unsolved, a secret that keepeth the realm of music in thrall.
