Ozzy Osbourne has finished touring, confirmed his wife and manager Sharon Osbourne, who also revealed that the metal legend plans to play two shows in Birmingham, England, to “say goodbye” to his fans.
Sharon made the statement during her London stop of the “Cut the Crap” speaking tour on Sunday night (January 21). “He's not going to tour again, but we're planning on doing two more shows to say goodbye because he feels, 'I've never said goodbye to my fans and I want to say goodbye properly,'” Sharon stated (transcribed by Rolling Stone UK).
He went on to say that the two shows would take place in his hometown of Birmingham, presumably at the Villa Park football stadium. “We're doing it at Aston Villa, where Ozzy is from,” Sharon revealed.
Sharon concluded: “His voice is still absolutely perfect. And all the time she's been free she continues taking singing lessons, so her voice is perfect. And she can joke, yes. She has all these melodies in her head. Even if you don't like his music, you can't not like Ozzy. “He just draws you in.”
Ozzy embarked on what was supposed to be an extensive, multi-leg farewell tour in 2018. While he was able to complete a couple of legs, including an initial North American tour, a series of health issues prevented him from playing another show. complete since then. his performance at Ozzfest on December 31, 2018.
In early 2019, he suffered a serious fall at home that dislodged metal rods that had been inserted into his body many years earlier due to an ATV accident. Since then he has undergone multiple surgeries to correct the damage. He also revealed in early 2020 that he has been battling Parkinson's disease since the early 2000s.
While Ozzy announced in February of last year that he would retire from touring, he painted a brighter picture in September when he said he hoped to release one more album and “then get back on tour.”
In the years since that 2018 Ozzfest gig, he's only performed a handful of times, singing “Paranoid” with Tony Iommi at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in August 2022 and playing a couple of songs a month later at the kickoff. of the NFL at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. He also sang with Post Malone and Travis Scott at the American Music Awards in November 2019.
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