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El excéntrico rockero Ozzy Osbourne cumpliría el sueño de su vida al compartir un escenario con el legendario Paul McCartney durante la próxima entrega de los Brit Awards.

El número habría sido preparado para cerrar la noche de gala e incluiría la interpretación a dúo del tema clásico de James Bond, Live and Let Die.

“Ellos lo hacen muy bien juntos. Será increíble”, dijo la esposa de Ozzy, Sharon Osbourne, quien parece ser la más entusiasta por la presentación del dúo.

Si todo se concreta favorablemente, la presentación de ambos artistas de convertiría en uno de los números más recordados de la historia de la música.

Ozzy ha confesado ser fanático de la música de McCartney y ha catalogado a su último disco (Memory Almost Full) como su favorito durante el 2007.

“Solía soñar que Paul McCartney se convertía en el enamorado de mi hermana. Todo mi cuarto estaba lleno de posters de él”, declaró Osbourne.

OZZY OSBOURNE is to fulfil a lifelong dream at the Brit Awards — by performing with his hero SIR PAUL McCARTNEY

Brits bosses are thrashing out the final details for The Prince Of Darkness to join Macca for an explosive finale.

Aptly for Ozzy, after his well documented booze and drugs battles, they will perform Paul’s classic Bond theme Live And Let Die. And if it does come off it will all be down to Ozzy’s wife SHARON.

The X Factor judge has used her influence — and the couple’s gig as awards hosts — to set up the once in a lifetime opportunity for her hubby.

She said: “They go together really well. It will be amazing.”

Sir Paul will also be presented with an Outstanding Contribution To Music gong at the bash, being held at London’s Earls Court on February 20.

A show source reckons the performance will go down as one the most memorable in its history.

He told me: “Sharon is a very determined woman and wants it to be the best Brits ever. She’s been in touch with lots of the legendary music business names she knows personally.

“It was her idea for a duet between Ozzy and Sir Paul. If it happens, it will be unmissable.”

The Brits is renowned for its duets. The most memorable in recent times came in 2003 when JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE sang with KYLIE, grabbing the pint-sized Aussie’s rear during the performance.

But king of the duets is JAMIROQUAI star JAY KAY. In 1997 he teamed up with soul legend DIANA ROSS to perform her hit Upside Down. And in 2005 he did DONNA SUMMER’s Bad Girls with ANASTACIA.

Ozzy is a self-confessed mop-top fan and has long been a champion of Paul’s. He has said: “McCartney’s a genius. THE BEATLES were the greatest band ever.

“The only problem I have with him is even God has a p***ed off day.

“No one can be that happy all the time. Even Mr Happy gets a sore ass sometimes.”

Ozzy voted Paul’s latest album Memory Almost Full as his favourite of 2007 in a web survey.

And he’s even admitted having rather sinister fantasies about the Scouser. He said: “I used to dream, ‘Wouldn’t it be great if Paul McCartney married my sister?’. My bedroom wall was covered in pictures of him.”