As the rock world and fans alike mourn Ozzy Osbourne‘s death at age 76, some of his peers teamed up to pay tribute.
On Friday, Johnny Depp joined Alice Cooper on stage with guitar in hand, accompanying the singer for his cover of Black Sabbath‘s 1970 single ‘Paranoid’ during his concert at O2 Arena in London.
Depp, who performs with Cooper in the supergroup Hollywood Vampires, stuck around for a performance of Cooper’s ‘School’s Out’.
The surprise performance comes after the Osbourne family announced Ozzy’s death in a statement on Tuesday. Although he endured numerous health problems in recent years, a cause of death was not immediately disclosed.
“It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning,” the statement read. “He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time.”
Born John Michael Osbourne on December 3, 1948, in England, Ozzy co-founded the ever-influential and controversial Black Sabbath in 1968 with guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward.
The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006 — after being eligible for more than a decade, to the chagrin of the band and its legion of fans — and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Grammys in 2019. Osbourne was inducted into the Rock Hall last year. A five-time Grammy winner and 12-time nominee, he had been eligible as a solo act for 18 years.