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Ozzy Osbourne<\/strong> will be featured on a posthumous Judas Priest recording\u2014and it\u2019s a song Black Sabbath fans know very well. During an appearance on Full Metal Jackie\u2019s radio show<\/a>, Priest frontman Rob Halford<\/strong> revealed that an alternate version of his band\u2019s \u201cWar Pigs\u201d cover will have Osbourne trading lyrics with him. The idea came from Osbourne\u2019s wife and manager, Sharon.<\/p>\n \u201cShe approached me with this idea, she said, \u2018I love your version of \u2018War Pigs.\u2019 Is there a way we can get Ozzy?\u2019\u201d Halford recalled. \u201cI was [like], \u2018You\u2019re asking me? This is gonna happen.\u2019 So you get Ozzy singing a line, and then I\u2019m singing a line, and Ozzy\u2019s singing a lin,e and I\u2019m singing a line. It\u2019s the first ever time in my entire life that I\u2019ve been able to do a duet with Ozzy, and I\u2019m so eternally grateful and blessed that I was able to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s just colossal,\u201d he added. \u201cWhen you hear Priest\u2019s \u2018War Pigs\u2019 with Ozzy singing on that track, it\u2019s just going to a really special place.\u201d<\/p>\n Halford added that he expects the cover to drop \u201cpretty soon\u201d pending legal clearances. \u201cThe green button\u2019s almost ready to go,\u201d he said of the duet version of the song.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfac <\/strong>SIGN UP for Parade’s Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox<\/strong><\/a> \ud83c\udfac <\/strong><\/p>\n Judas Priest released their first cover of \u201cWar Pigs,\u201d<\/a> a track from Black Sabbath\u2019s 1970 album Paranoid, on July 2, 2025, just three weeks before Osbourne\u2019s death. The band has been performing the song in concert and vowed to continue doing so.<\/p>\n \u201cWE ARE HONORED TO SHOW OUR LOVE FOR OZZY AND BLACK SABBATH WITH OUR HOMAGE OF ‘WAR PIGS’ – A SONG WE PLAY AT EVERY SHOW AROUND THE WORLD THAT FANS SING ALONG TO – REINFORCING THEIR LOVE AS WELL FOR THE LEGENDARY PRINCE OF DARKNESS….!!\u201d the band announced on Instagram<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n Three days later, Osbourne performed the song for the final time at his Back to the Beginning farewell show with Black Sabbath.<\/p>\n Speaking on the Talkin\u2019 Rock With Meltdown podcast<\/a> after Osbourne\u2019s death, Halford revealed he still couldn’t believe the rock legend was gone.<\/p>\n \u201cIt had been a while since we’ve been in touch,\u201d the Judas Priest rocker said. \u201cI just have the wonderful memories of the two opportunities I was able to sing for him with Sabbath. And then this recent opportunity to cover \u2018War Pigs,\u2019 which we still play at the start of our show, which is one of the greatest metal songs ever written. So that connection, we will never be severed in that respect.”<\/p>\n This story was originally reported by Parade<\/a> on Sep 15, 2025, where it first appeared in the Entertainment<\/a> section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n