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The 12 September saw another first when former Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne brought his new band including the late Randy Rhoads to the Apollo. Blizzard of Ozz's first ever gig broke all records for the venue and the band played to a sold out crowd. Sharon Osbourne remembers the show in her autobiography, Extreme. "...we were all really, really nervous. In the days of variety, Glaswegians were said to be the most difficult of any audience in Britain, especially on a Friday night, which this was, when they got paid and got pissed. I didn't tell Ozzy - he was nervous enough already, on and off the toilet shaking with stage fright. .....before the doors opened they were lining up round the block, and we were all in shock. The show was unbelievable. At the end, Ozzy knelt down and kissed the stage. "Thank you, thank you, I love you, love you," he said, his voice breaking with emotion. And we all cried, the three of us: Ozzy, Randy and me, sobbing with tears of joy, and we could still hear voices from the auditorium calling for more...He had done it. He had fucking done it"