Lady Gaga, Coldplay and Alice Cooper honour Ozzy Osbourne during concerts

His death at the age of 76 comes just weeks after Osbourne took to the stage for a farewell concert at Villa Park in Birmingham – a stone’s throw from where the band was formed in 1968.

Ozzy Osbourne has died at the age of 76 (Yui Mok/PA)

Lady Gaga, Coldplay and Alice Cooper are among the music artists who have honoured the “Prince of Darkness”, Ozzy Osbourne, by paying tribute to him during live concert performances.

The death of the music star, who fronted heavy metal band Black Sabbath, was announced in a statement to the PA news agency saying he was “with his family and surrounded by love”.