July 22, 2025 • 4 mins
Entertainment Editor Peter Ford on Ozzy Osbourne's passing, Birmingham tributes, Ed Sheeran down under and Sarah Michelle Geller teasing the upcoming reboot.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, let's return to today's top story, and the entertainment
industry is paying tribute to legend Ozzy Osbourne, who has
passed away. He was seventy six.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Entertainment editor Peter Ford is back with us this morning.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Pete.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
There's been a huge outpouring of love and grief here.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
Absolutely.
Speaker 4 (00:17):
I think you're right there, David, because it's very much
about shock, it's about grief, it's about gratitude. Some of
these beautiful tributes coming in from the biggest names in
the world of entertainment. You know, Elton John has taken
to his social media and referred to him as being
a very very good friend. You can see there, you know,
a legend in Elton John. If he calls you out
and says that you're something special and you feel pretty good.
(00:39):
Black Sabbath themselves, of course, remembering that all began in Birmingham.
That's where it ended a couple of weeks ago in Birmingham.
They kept it pretty simple. Ozzie Forever.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
What a way for them all to go out.
Speaker 4 (00:50):
And of course, as your commentator earlier had mentioned that
a Black Sabbath is in the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame, and of course Ozzy is in there as
a solo performer, so he's inducted twice. Metallica, who performed
on that concert just a couple of weeks ago. You
can see if you look carefully on their actual social
media post that they've put a broken heart emoji, so
(01:11):
you know they if you saw some of that backstage
vision of people going up to Ozzie and just telling
him how much they loved him. Paul Stanley from Kiss
Now Kiss actually worked as a support act for Black
Sabbath way back before Kiss really hit big. Paul Stanley
is one of the great voices actually, and for him
to write beautiful words like that as they say the
word everyone's using legends. So here those are rolling in
(01:34):
me while in Birmingham there's vision coming in. It's now
about twelve thirty in the morning in Birmingham, the hometown
of Ossie where that concert was, and there's a huge
mural era of Black Sabbath, and that is where people
are gathering, gathering with flowers, loudspeakers blasting out some of
the Ossie music, both as a solo performer and Black Sabbath.
So as to say it's a mixture of shock, it's
(01:57):
gratitude and it's grief.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
The timing, of course, Peter, as you've just been pointing
out all morning, he had that concert just a few
months ago, like what a way to exit on a
high note?
Speaker 3 (02:07):
One two weeks Yeah, yeah, performers love.
Speaker 4 (02:10):
But you know, the other week we're talking about Connie
Francis when she died and people are going, O, who
is she again?
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Well, she was the biggest selling female star in the world.
Speaker 4 (02:19):
But time marches on and people forget and it's like
a slow fade and the phone stops ringing.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
But in the case of Ossie went out on a high.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
And the master of reinvention as well. Of course he
had a solo career, and we're pointed out as well
the success of the Osborne's too.
Speaker 4 (02:33):
Yeah had great sense of humor too. I mean he
sent himself up. That was the funny part about it.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
People will come back to this, of course throughout the morning.
But as we move on right now, Ed Sheeran has
announced his coming down Under.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
Yes, so this is going to be huge, the Loop tour,
and it's going to sell like cockcakes. I mean the
Divide tour back in twenty eighteen became the biggest selling
tour of Australia and New Zealand ever in terms of
the number of tickets Soul including dates right across the stranger,
including Adelaide. Please to tell the folks in Adelaide. Now,
the Loop Tour is a reference, of course to the
(03:07):
Loop pedal, which is one of the devices that is
kind of a signature, if you like, in the work.
In the work of Ed, he's always used that, so
very back to basics. See those dates there, it is
going to sell like cotcakes. And you can see looking
at those dates they are very long gaps between each
city because you know they're going to be adding more
and more shows.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Oh okay, but it's kicking off in Pursose.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
Kicking off and it's the beginning of the tour World Tour.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Yeah, good stuff. We've got some of you people.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Yeah, here's Ed talking about.
Speaker 5 (03:36):
That new stage, new tricks, new set, new songs, old songs.
Really excited about it and I'm really pumped to kick
it off in OZ and New Zealand. I haven't kicked
off at all there in a long time. I usually
finish it all there, so it's good to good to
start it off.
Speaker 4 (03:54):
There's also promised no kiss cam.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
He's made clear there.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Is just they're getting outload now, hey Pete, Sarah Michelle
Geller has gotten Buffy fans excited today.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
Yeah, it is happening. It's on like Donkey Kong.
Speaker 4 (04:08):
Now, we knew that this was a possibility, Buffy the
Vampire Slayer coming back. Now, in this particular reboot, there
will also be a younger Vampire Slayer, so I guess
she's going to be more of the mentor to the
younger one.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
But on social.
Speaker 4 (04:22):
Media today, that's what Sarah Michelle Geller has put up there.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
Buffy Summers.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
She's back in business again, so we look forward to
more of that later of the year.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
And you spoke about the Dawson's Creek reunion yesterday as well. Well, An,
it's back to the nineties, isn't it. It is.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
Thanks
Well, let's return to today's top story, and the entertainment
industry is paying tribute to legend Ozzy Osbourne, who has
passed away. He was seventy six.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Entertainment editor Peter Ford is back with us this morning.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Pete.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
There's been a huge outpouring of love and grief here.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
Absolutely.
Speaker 4 (00:17):
I think you're right there, David, because it's very much
about shock, it's about grief, it's about gratitude. Some of
these beautiful tributes coming in from the biggest names in
the world of entertainment. You know, Elton John has taken
to his social media and referred to him as being
a very very good friend. You can see there, you know,
a legend in Elton John. If he calls you out
and says that you're something special and you feel pretty good.
(00:39):
Black Sabbath themselves, of course, remembering that all began in Birmingham.
That's where it ended a couple of weeks ago in Birmingham.
They kept it pretty simple. Ozzie Forever.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
What a way for them all to go out.
Speaker 4 (00:50):
And of course, as your commentator earlier had mentioned that
a Black Sabbath is in the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame, and of course Ozzy is in there as
a solo performer, so he's inducted twice. Metallica, who performed
on that concert just a couple of weeks ago. You
can see if you look carefully on their actual social
media post that they've put a broken heart emoji, so
(01:11):
you know they if you saw some of that backstage
vision of people going up to Ozzie and just telling
him how much they loved him. Paul Stanley from Kiss
Now Kiss actually worked as a support act for Black
Sabbath way back before Kiss really hit big. Paul Stanley
is one of the great voices actually, and for him
to write beautiful words like that as they say the
word everyone's using legends. So here those are rolling in
(01:34):
me while in Birmingham there's vision coming in. It's now
about twelve thirty in the morning in Birmingham, the hometown
of Ossie where that concert was, and there's a huge
mural era of Black Sabbath, and that is where people
are gathering, gathering with flowers, loudspeakers blasting out some of
the Ossie music, both as a solo performer and Black Sabbath.
So as to say it's a mixture of shock, it's
(01:57):
gratitude and it's grief.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
The timing, of course, Peter, as you've just been pointing
out all morning, he had that concert just a few
months ago, like what a way to exit on a
high note?
Speaker 3 (02:07):
One two weeks Yeah, yeah, performers love.
Speaker 4 (02:10):
But you know, the other week we're talking about Connie
Francis when she died and people are going, O, who
is she again?
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Well, she was the biggest selling female star in the world.
Speaker 4 (02:19):
But time marches on and people forget and it's like
a slow fade and the phone stops ringing.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
But in the case of Ossie went out on a high.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
And the master of reinvention as well. Of course he
had a solo career, and we're pointed out as well
the success of the Osborne's too.
Speaker 4 (02:33):
Yeah had great sense of humor too. I mean he
sent himself up. That was the funny part about it.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
People will come back to this, of course throughout the morning.
But as we move on right now, Ed Sheeran has
announced his coming down Under.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
Yes, so this is going to be huge, the Loop tour,
and it's going to sell like cockcakes. I mean the
Divide tour back in twenty eighteen became the biggest selling
tour of Australia and New Zealand ever in terms of
the number of tickets Soul including dates right across the stranger,
including Adelaide. Please to tell the folks in Adelaide. Now,
the Loop Tour is a reference, of course to the
(03:07):
Loop pedal, which is one of the devices that is
kind of a signature, if you like, in the work.
In the work of Ed, he's always used that, so
very back to basics. See those dates there, it is
going to sell like cotcakes. And you can see looking
at those dates they are very long gaps between each
city because you know they're going to be adding more
and more shows.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Oh okay, but it's kicking off in Pursose.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
Kicking off and it's the beginning of the tour World Tour.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Yeah, good stuff. We've got some of you people.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Yeah, here's Ed talking about.
Speaker 5 (03:36):
That new stage, new tricks, new set, new songs, old songs.
Really excited about it and I'm really pumped to kick
it off in OZ and New Zealand. I haven't kicked
off at all there in a long time. I usually
finish it all there, so it's good to good to
start it off.
Speaker 4 (03:54):
There's also promised no kiss cam.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
He's made clear there.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Is just they're getting outload now, hey Pete, Sarah Michelle
Geller has gotten Buffy fans excited today.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
Yeah, it is happening. It's on like Donkey Kong.
Speaker 4 (04:08):
Now, we knew that this was a possibility, Buffy the
Vampire Slayer coming back. Now, in this particular reboot, there
will also be a younger Vampire Slayer, so I guess
she's going to be more of the mentor to the
younger one.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
But on social.
Speaker 4 (04:22):
Media today, that's what Sarah Michelle Geller has put up there.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
Buffy Summers.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
She's back in business again, so we look forward to
more of that later of the year.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
And you spoke about the Dawson's Creek reunion yesterday as well. Well, An,
it's back to the nineties, isn't it. It is.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
Thanks
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