2025 MTV Video Music Awards sets powerhouse Ozzy Osbourne tribute, airing live Sept. 7 on CBS

The 2025 MTV VMAs revealed a powerhouse tribute of rock and roll royalty with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, YUNGBLUD, and Nuno Bettencourt, all coming together for a once-in-a-lifetime performance honoring the legendary “Prince of Darkness” and metal luminary with a medley of his greatest hits.

With more than 120 million albums sold worldwide, the global rock icon, multiplatinum singer-songwriter and pop culture phenom was a five-time GRAMMY winner, two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, both with Black Sabbath in 2006 and as a solo artist in 2024, with stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Birmingham Walk of Stars, among a multitude of other top accolades.

Ozzy’s long-standing and storied MTV history spans HEADBANGER’S BALL in the ‘80s, BATTLE FOR OZZFEST and groundbreaking reality TV series THE OSBOURNES, to name a few. He was honored with the prestigious MTV EMAs Global Icon Award in 2014. Later this year, Paramount+ will debut the feature-length documentary “OZZY OSBOURNE: NO ESCAPE FROM NOW”.

The 2025 MTV VMAs, hosted by LL COOL J, airs LIVE coast-to-coast from New York’s UBS Arena, airing Sunday, Sept. 7 at 8:00 PM, ET/5:00 PM, PT on the CBS Television Network, simulcast on MTV and streaming on Paramount+ in the U.S.*