In a new interview on ‘Talkin’ Rock with Meltdown,’ Judas Priest’s Rob Halford opened up about his profound grief following Ozzy Osbourne’s death on July 22. “I just put the phone down in my hotel room… and I just curled up in a ball and bawled my eyes out for hours,” the 73-year-old Halford recalls of the moment he learned of Ozzy’s death, while adding, “I just couldn’t believe it. I still can’t believe it now. I’m still grieving like so many people.” Halford admitted back in May that he was “gutted” to have to miss Ozzy’s final concert due to already being booked to play a 60th anniversary show with the Scorpions in Germany that day. Halford praised Osbourne’s generosity and enduring spirit, recalling that, “Whenever we did shows together he would always say to me, ‘Did you have a good time?’ He was the embodiment of kindness in that respect.” (Billboard)
