“I Was Going to Sing ‘Home’… But Tonight, I Miss Someone Else” — Michael Bublé Overwhelms Hollywood Bowl Audience with a Tearful Tribute, Singing ‘Mama, I’m Coming Home’ for Ozzy Osbourne
HOLLYWOOD, July 25 — The evening at the iconic Hollywood Bowl began like so many Michael Bublé concerts: laughter in the air, champagne flutes clinking, warm jazz drifting through the breeze. But moments later, it turned into something no one in the audience will ever forget.
Just as the opening chords of his signature ballad “Home” were about to play, Michael Bublé raised his hand gently to stop the band. He turned toward the crowd with a different kind of stillness in his eyes — not rehearsed, not part of the act.
“I know you’re all expecting Home right now,” he began, voice soft, warm — but heavier than usual.
“But tonight… my heart’s somewhere else. It’s with someone we just lost.”
There was a silence across the open-air amphitheater. A few murmurs. Then, quiet again.
“I’m not a metal guy. I don’t scream, I don’t wear spikes, I don’t… bite bats,” he said with a half-smile. The audience chuckled gently.
“But I grew up with him. And while we didn’t share the same sound, we did share the same soul for music.”
“So tonight, instead of Home, I’d like to sing a different kind of homecoming. Ozzy, this one’s for you.”
No dramatic lighting. No intro. Just a piano, a bass, and a quiet shift in the air — and then, Michael Bublé began to sing “Mama, I’m Coming Home,” the soulful ballad Ozzy Osbourne once penned as a raw confession of return and regret.
Bublé didn’t deliver it like a rocker. He delivered it like a son.
His voice wavered slightly in the first verse, but that only made it more human. By the chorus, many in the crowd were wiping their eyes.
Some lit up their phones not to record, but to cast soft lights skyward — candles in digital form.
“He wasn’t just metal,” Michael whispered after the song ended, his voice trembling.
“He was melody. He was madness. And to people like me… he meant more than words could ever say.”
He stepped back. No bow. No smile. Just a long, still pause — then he disappeared quietly backstage, leaving the crowd in hushed awe.
Audience Reactions
“I came for jazz, but I left with my heart cracked open,” one woman said outside the venue, dabbing her eyes.
“I never thought I’d cry at a Michael Bublé concert — especially over Ozzy Osbourne. But here we are.”
Clips from the moment are already spreading online, with fans creating the hashtag #BubléForOzzy, sharing stories of how two seemingly opposite artists somehow met in the middle — for one beautiful, unforgettable moment.
