NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 18: Dan Hawkins of The Darkness performs at Terminal 5 in NYC on October 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images)
Ozzy Osbourne basically got to headline his own all-star tribute concert a few weeks before he passed away. With that in mind, the world really didn’t need MTV to stage its own Ozzy tribute at the VMAs, but they did it anyway. They made sure it would be incredibly fucking stupid, too. On Sunday night, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry got together with Yungblud and Extreme’s Nuno Bettencourt for a couple of covers, and it’s hard to say who the resulting performance was for. I was watching the Ravens lose their season opener, so I missed it, but every reaction I’ve seen online has been unhappy. Among the disgruntled masses is Dan Hawkins, guitarist for UK rawk revivalists the Darkness.
