Dolly Parton helped the BRIT Awards deliver one of its most touching moments.
The country legend appeared virtually at the 2026 BRIT Awards on Saturday, February 28 to honor Ozzy Osbourne, who was posthumously awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award during the ceremony at Co-op Live in Manchester.
Though Parton, 80, has kept a lower public profile in recent months amid health concerns, she delivered a meaningful tribute that properly celebrated the late Black Sabbath frontman, who she referred to as a “showman.”
“Ozzy Osbourne dedicated his entire life to music and his legacy has left a permanent imprint in the fabric of music lovers everywhere,” she said in a video message shown during the event. “Now talk about stealing the show.”
Parton went on to highlight the theatrical flair that defined much of Osbourne’s career. “Ozzy knew how to get your attention with his love of theatrics, his musical gifts—he could turn any occasion into a full-blown show,” she continued. “And at his very core, Ozzy Osbourne was a showman.”
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The tribute also featured a performance of Osbourne’s 1991 hit “No More Tears” by Robbie Williams alongside members of Ozzy’s longtime live band. Sharon Osbourne and daughter Kelly Osbourne took the stage to accept the award. “He may not be here,” Sharon said, “but he left us an amazing body of work that will never be forgotten by the country that made him.” Kelly added her own lighthearted nod to her father’s beloved soccer team, telling the crowd, “Thank you for loving my father as much as we do,” before joking, “Up the Villa and Birmingham forever.”
Parton’s appearance at the awards comes just days after she made headlines for announcing her own milestone: the East Tennessee Children’s Hospital will now be renamed Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital. “I am so excited to share that East Tennessee Children’s Hospital is becoming… Guess what? Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital. Yay!” she teased in an Instagram Reel.
The hospital’s president, Matt Schaefer, said the partnership will help expand access to pediatric care, calling it “more than a name change.”
