Ozzy Osbourne planning 2 ‘goodbye’ concerts in hometown, wife says
ByBob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Ozzy Osbourne: File photo. Ozzy Osbourne performs during halftime of the 2022 NFL season opening game between the Buffalo Bills and the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium on Sept. 8, 2022. (Harry How/Getty Images)
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ByBob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Ozzy Osbourne has acknowledged that his touring days are over, but the Prince of Darkness is expected to perform in a pair of farewell concerts.
The “Crazy Train” singer, 75, will play two sendoff concerts in Birmingham, England, his wife, Sharon Osbourne, told Rolling Stone UK.
“He won’t tour again but we are planning on doing two more shows to say goodbye as he feels like ‘I have never said goodbye to my fans and I want to say goodbye properly,’” Sharon Osbourne, 71, told the magazine on Sunday. “We will do it in Aston Villa where Ozzy is from. His voice is still absolutely perfect. And all the time he has been off he still does his singing lessons so his voice is perfect. And he can joke, yeah.
“He has all these melodies in his head. Even if you don’t like his music you can’t not like Ozzy, he just draws you in.”
Ozzy Osbourne needed several surgeries after falling in 2019, CNN reported. Last year, the five-time Grammy Award winner canceled his concert dates, announcing that he would no longer be touring.
He was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in January 2020 and COVID-19 in April 2022. He also underwent surgery in 2022.
Last year, the former Black Sabbath frontman had spinal surgery for the fourth time after his 2019 fall, which dislodged metal rods in his back, according to Rolling Stone UK.
“It’s really knocked me about,” Osbourne told the magazine. “The second surgery went drastically wrong and virtually left me crippled. I thought I’d be up and running after the second and third, but with the last one they put a (expletive) rod in my spine. They found a tumor in one of the vertebrae, so they had to dig all that out too. It’s pretty rough, man, and my balance is all (expletive) up.”
While Sharon Osbourne spoke about the swan song concerts, Ozzy Osbourne has yet to confirm he will play, and when the concerts would be held, People reported.
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Photos: Ozzy Osbourne through the years Here are some memorable photos of Black Sabbath rocker Ozzy Osbourne through the years. (Paul Natkin/Getty Images)
Photos: Ozzy Osbourne through the years 1973: Photo of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath, from back left, Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward (front) and Osbourne. (GAB Archive/Redferns via Getty Images)
Photos: Ozzy Osbourne through the years 1978: Ozzy Osbourne, singer with the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, is seen here at home with his children, Jessica and Louis, on Aug. 19, 1978. (Staff/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)
Photos: Ozzy Osbourne through the years 1981: Rock musician Ozzy Osbourne embraces his fiancee, Sharon Arden, in Los Angeles on Dec. 21, 1981. (AP Photo/Douglas Pizac)
Photos: Ozzy Osbourne through the years 1985: British heavy metal rock star Ozzy Osbourne performs at Rock in Rio, billed as the biggest rock music festival ever, in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, on Jan. 20,1985. The 10-day event drew more than 1 million people. (AP Photo/Miro Nunes)
Photos: Ozzy Osbourne through the years 1985: Ozzy Osbourne, left, and Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath perform during the Live Aid concert in Philadelphia on July 13, 1985. (AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy)
Photos: Ozzy Osbourne through the years 1986: Singer Ozzy Osbourne appears at news conference to tell reporters that his song "Suicide Solution" was misinterpreted and is anti-suicide in Los Angeles on Jan. 21, 1986. (AP Photo/Lacy Atkins)
Photos: Ozzy Osbourne through the years 1989: Britain's Ozzy Osbourne and Jon Bon Jovi of U.S. band Bon Jovi arrive at Stansted airport, England, Aug. 9, 1989, en route to Moscow for a peace festival. (AP Photo/Tony White)
Photos: Ozzy Osbourne through the years 1997: In this June 15, 1997, file photo, Ozzy Osbourne performs with Black Sabbath during the Ozzfest concert at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun, file)
Photos: Ozzy Osbourne through the years 2001: Ozzy Osbourne at "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" at the NBC Studios in Los Angeles on October 12, 2001. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Photos: Ozzy Osbourne through the years 2002: The Osbournes, Ozzy (left), Sharon, Jack and Kelly, are shown in this undated photo. MTV officials said March 4, 2002, that Ozzy Osbourne, the heavy metal rock star, and his family are the subject of a new MTV series, "The Osbournes." (Michael Yarish/MTV/Getty Images)
Photos: Ozzy Osbourne through the years 2003: Musicians Kelly and Ozzy Osbourne speak at the MTV Networks Upfront 2003 presentation to advertisers at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden on May 6, 2003, in New York City. (Scott Gries/Getty Images)
Photos: Ozzy Osbourne through the years 2004: Musician Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon Osbourne pose in the press room during the MTV Europe Music Awards 2004 on November 18, 2004, at Tor di Valle in Rome, Italy. (Gareth Davies/Getty Images)
Photos: Ozzy Osbourne through the years 2005: Musical artist Ozzy Osbourne poses for a portrait to promote the Tsunami relief charity single, a cover of the Sir Eric Clapton ballad "Tears in Heaven," at a Los Angeles studio on January 22, 2005, in Los Angeles. (Getty Images)
Photos: Ozzy Osbourne through the years 2006: Musician Ozzy Osbourne and his wife, Sharon Osbourne, attend a press conference where they will unveil Hard Rock Cafe's latest T-shirt design, which was designed by Ozzy and all the proceeds will go to the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Foundation, on July 28, 2006, in New York City. (Peter Kramer/Getty Images)
Photos: Ozzy Osbourne through the years 2007: Musicians Ozzy Osbourne (left) and Zakk Wylde perform onstage during Spike TV's Scream 2007 held at The Greek Theatre on October 19, 2007, in Los Angeles. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Photos: Ozzy Osbourne through the years 2008: Jack Osbourne, Sharon Osbourne, Ozzy Osbourne and Kelly Osbourne onstage during Spike TV's 2008 Scream awards held at the Greek Theater on October 18, 2008, in Los Angeles. (Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
Photos: Ozzy Osbourne through the years 2009: Ozzy Osbourne performs during the Sunset Strip Music Festival at Sunset Boulevard on September 12, 2009, in Los Angeles. (Angela Weiss/Getty Images)
Photos: Ozzy Osbourne through the years 2010: Musician Ozzy Osbourne receives the Outstanding Literary Achievement Award onstage during Spike TV's fourth annual Guys Choice Awards held at Sony Studios on June 5, 2010, in Los Angeles. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Photos: Ozzy Osbourne through the years 2011: Pop/R&B sensation Justin Bieber and rock legend Ozzy Osbourne pose on the set of Best Buy's inaugural Big Game commercial, in which they both star, on January 17, 2011, in Los Angeles. (Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Best Buy)
Photos: Ozzy Osbourne through the years 2012: Musician Ozzy Osbourne (left) and TV personality Sharon Osbourne arrive at the premiere of CBS Films' "Seven Psychopaths" at Mann Bruin Theatre on October 1, 2012, in Westwood, California. (Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
Photos: Ozzy Osbourne through the years 2013: Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi and Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath win the Event of the Year, Album of the Year 2013 and Living Legends Awards the Classic Rock Roll of Honour at the Roundhouse on November 14, 2013, in London. (Jo Hale/Getty Images)
Photos: Ozzy Osbourne through the years 2014: Recording artists Tony Iommi (left), Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath pose in the press room during the 56th Grammy Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Photos: Ozzy Osbourne through the years 2015: TV Personality Sharon Osbourne and musician Ozzie Osbourne attend the 23rd annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party on February 22, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for EJAF)
Photos: Ozzy Osbourne through the years 2016: Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath performs at Ozzfest 2016 at San Manuel Amphitheater on September 24, 2016, in Los Angeles. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for ABA)
Photos: Ozzy Osbourne through the years 2017: Singer Ozzy Osbourne (left) and Sharon Osbourne attend the Showtime, WME IME and Mayweather Promotions VIP Pre-Fight party for Mayweather vs. McGregor at T-Mobile Arena on August 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. (Bryan Steffy/Getty Images for Showtime)
Photos: Ozzy Osbourne through the years 2018: Ozzy Osbourne announces "No More Tours 2" Final World Tour at his Los Angeles home on February 6, 2018. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Live Nation)
Photos: Ozzy Osbourne through the years 2019: Ozzy Osbourne performs onstage during the 2019 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 24, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images for dcp)
Photos: Ozzy Osbourne through the years 2020: Ozzy Osbourne (left) and Kelly Osbourne attend the 62nd annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2020, in Los Angeles. (Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
Photos: Ozzy Osbourne through the years Musician Ozzy Osbourne performs during half-time of the 2022 NFL season opening game between the Buffalo Bills and the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium on September 08, 2022 in Inglewood, California. (Harry How/Getty Images)
