Backstage at Villa Park in July 2025, a topless Yungblud handed Ozzy Osbourne a custom sterling silver cross necklace. The Prince of Darkness, sat in his wheelchair, visibly moved, pulled the young Doncaster lad in for a hug and a kiss. Three years earlier, Ozzy had given Dom his own cross on the set of the ‘The Funeral’ video, telling him he hoped it would bring him luck. Now, at what would become Black Sabbath‘s final ever show, Yungblud was returning the favour. Less than three weeks later, Ozzy was gone.
That moment tells you everything you need to know about Dominic Harrison. At 27, there’s arguably nobody in British rock moving at the same pace or with the same fearlessness.
So whether you’re already deep in the Yungblud universe or you’ve just clocked him performing ‘Changes’ at the VMAs and want to know what all the fuss is about, here are ten things worth knowing.
1. He Created His Own Festival and Kept Tickets at £50
While festival prices spiral into the absurd, Yungblud launched Bludfest at Milton Keynes Bowl in August 2024 and priced tickets at fifty quid. Thirty thousand fans turned up for a genre-smashing lineup featuring Lil Yachty, Soft Play, and punk icons The Damned. There was a ‘Make A Friend’ tent, a Yungblud museum, and a replica of Camden’s Hawley Arms pub. The whole thing returned bigger in June 2025, with Chase Atlantic, Denzel Curry, and Blackbear joining the bill. Dom’s dream? A Bludfest world tour. He’s already hinted at Paris and beyond.
2. Ozzy Osbourne Treated Him Like Family
Yungblud first connected with the Osbourne family through Kelly Osbourne, and when Ozzy and Sharon turned up to film ‘The Funeral’ in 2022, something clicked. Ozzy made Dom a salami sandwich before they even started shooting. From there, the bond only deepened. Appearances on The Osbournes Podcast, Sharon offering advice on launching Bludfest, and Ozzy telling Dom the words he carries with him to this day: “Never compromise. They’ll get it later.”
When Ozzy passed away on 22 July 2025, Yungblud posted a tribute that hit hard: “Your cross around my neck is the most precious thing I own.”
3. He Owns a Fan Space on London’s Tin Pan Alley
In August 2025, Yungblud opened Beautifully Romanticised Accidentally Traumatised at 20 Denmark Street, the legendary Soho strip where The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, and The Sex Pistols once recorded and rehearsed. The venue is part store, part fan club, part community hub. You can buy merch, grab a coffee, take an art class, play pool on a leopard-print table, or just exist in a space built specifically for people who might not feel like they belong anywhere else.
Dom launched it with a surprise street performance, topless in a Union Jack kilt, naturally, belting out ‘The Funeral’, ‘Strawberry Lipstick’, and ‘Zombie’ to fans who’d queued around the block. His ambition is to open similar spaces worldwide.
4. His Album Idols Hit Number One and Earned Three Grammy Nominations
Released in June 2025, Idols is Yungblud‘s fourth studio album and arguably his most ambitious. Billed as the first part of a two-part project, it deals with self-reclamation before a promised second half dives into darker territory around mortality. It hit number one in the UK and earned nominations for Best Rock Album, Best Rock Song (for ‘Zombie’), and Best Rock Performance (for ‘Changes’). That’s not bad for a lad who was playing tiny venues less than a decade ago.
5. He Performed at Black Sabbath’s Final Concert
Tom Morello put the Back to the Beginning show together, and Yungblud fought for the slot performing ‘Changes’, Black Sabbath‘s 1972 ballad. As he told NME: “Give me the ballad. Trust me, I’ll bring the house down.” He wasn’t wrong. In front of 40,000 people at Villa Park, sharing a stage with Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Slayer, and Alice in Chains, the youngest artist on the bill led the entire crowd in a singalong that became one of the most talked-about moments of the night.
He later released the performance as a charity single, with proceeds going to Acorns Children’s Hospice, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, and Cure Parkinson’s. It debuted at number one on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.
6. The Smashing Pumpkins Collaborated on His Biggest Song
‘Zombie’ was always meant to be heavier. When Yungblud originally wrote it for Idols, he pulled it back because he thought it sounded too much like The Smashing Pumpkins. Then Billy Corgan got involved, and the track became what it was always supposed to be. It’s the first time in their entire career that The Smashing Pumpkins have featured on another artist’s recording.
The song, written about Dom’s late grandmother who died from alcoholism, has racked up over 100 million streams and remains his fastest-streaming solo single. Corgan compared Yungblud‘s trajectory to Elton John‘s. No pressure, Dom.
7. He’s Got an EP With Aerosmith
Yungblud and Aerosmith released a collaborative EP called One More Time in November 2025, featuring the track ‘My Only Angel’, the rock legends’ first original release in over 12 years. The kid from Doncaster is now making music with Ozzy Osbourne‘s family, The Smashing Pumpkins, Steven Tyler, and Joe Perry.
8. He Paid Tribute to Ozzy at the 2025 VMAs
In September 2025, Yungblud took the stage at the MTV Video Music Awards to honour the late Ozzy Osbourne. Backed by guitarist Nuno Bettencourt, he opened with ‘Crazy Train’ before slowing things down with ‘Changes’. Steven Tyler and Joe Perry then joined him for ‘Mama, I’m Coming Home’. The performance drew some criticism from The Darkness‘s Justin Hawkins, but Jack Osbourne publicly defended Yungblud, making clear that the relationship between Dom and his father went far deeper than outsiders realised.
9. His Book Went Straight to Number One
You Need to Exist: A Book to Love and Destroy, published by Happy Place Books in August 2024, became an instant No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller. It’s not a memoir or an autobiography. It’s an interactive journal packed with art, lyrics, poems, and creative prompts designed to help fans figure out who they are.
10. He Threw a Post-Grammys Party at the Rainbow on the Sunset Strip
On 1 February 2026, Yungblud won his first ever Grammy. Best Rock Performance, for ‘Changes (Live From Villa Park)’, his cover of the Black Sabbath classic performed at the Back to the Beginning concert with Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, and II from Sleep Token. He accepted the award with Sharon Osbourne by his side, dedicating it to Ozzy in a speech that had the room on its feet: “We fucking love you Ozzy. I deeply love this genre, it’s all I’ve ever known. I wanna dedicate this to everyone in the guitar shop I grew up in and everyone in a guitar shop or a bedroom with a dream.”
Later that night, he joined Steven Tyler at the Jam for Janie Grammy Awards Viewing Party at the Hollywood Palladium, where the pair performed ‘Back in the Saddle’ together. Then, because apparently one legendary moment wasn’t enough for one evening, Dom headed to the Rainbow Bar and Grill on the Sunset Strip to celebrate with friends and fans. The Rainbow, of course, is one of rock’s most hallowed watering holes and the home of the Lair of the Hollywood Vampires, Alice Cooper‘s legendary drinking club where the likes of John Lennon, Keith Moon, Harry Nilsson, and Ringo Starr held court in the upstairs loft from 1972 onwards. It’s also the place where Lemmy, Slash, Ozzy, and just about every rock icon worth mentioning has propped up the bar. For a lad from Doncaster who grew up tuning guitars in his dad’s shop, ending Grammy night at the Rainbow feels like the kind of thing that was always meant to happen.
We’re gutted we missed that night out there. Next time, Dom.
