This week in history, Ozzy Osbourne was arrested for urinating on the Alamo Cenotaph

Ozzy Osbourne and his manager, Sharon Arden (now his wife), leave the Bexar County Adult Detention Center on Feb. 19, 1982, after he was arrested for urinating on the Alamo Cenotaph. Ozzy Osbourne and his manager, Sharon Arden (now his wife), leave the Bexar County Adult Detention Center on Feb. 19, 1982, after he was arrested for urinating on the Alamo Cenotaph. Photo: EXPRESS-NEWS FILE PHOTO Photo: EXPRESS-NEWS FILE PHOTO Image 1 of / 41 Caption Close This week in history, Ozzy Osbourne was arrested for urinating on the Alamo Cenotaph 1 / 41 Back to Gallery

Thirty-seven years ago Tuesday, vocalist Ozzy Osbourne was photographed leaving the Bexar County jail with his manager by his side and a goofy grin on his face. He had just been released after, earlier in the day, picking up a charge for urinating on the Alamo Cenotaph.

The intoxicated rock star spent the afternoon in jail before being bonded out for $40 — and then performing for a sold-out crowd at HemisFair Arena later that night, where he boasted about the incident, according to former Express-News reporting.

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Osbourne was barred from performing at any city-owned facilities for 10 years, Express-News archives show. In 1992, he finally made a public apology and gifted $10,000 to the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, and later that year he returned for another show in the city.

The 1982 incident, though the most notorious, was not Osbourne's only time defiling San Antonio's trademark site. In 2016, the heavy metal legend reverted to profanity when, on a new reality TV show, his son informed him they would be visiting the Alamo.

“(Expletive) that! I’m not going to the (expletive) Alamo,” the musician said at the time.

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San Antonio is still waiting for that apology — though it might not come until 2026.

S. M. Chavey is a breaking news and general assignment writer. Read her on our breaking news site, mySA.com and on our subscriber site, ExpressNews.com | sarah.chavey@express-news.net | @smchavey