Diagnosed with Parkinson and suffering from column injury, vocalist still intends to say goodbye to the audience – and is preparing for it
The health problems of Ozzy Osbourne They have left fans worried. The 76 -year -old singer deals with the worsening of his parkinson diagnosis and spinal injuries caused by a quadcicy crash in the 2000s and aggravated in a domestic fall in 2019.
During the event that marked its entrance as a solo artist for the Rock and Roll Hall of FameAt the end of 2024 the star was present, but did not sang. More recently, he said he can’t even walk.
However, news shared by Andrew Watt It shows that the artist may be improving – or at least ceasing to get worse. In an interview with the program Howard Stern Show (via Blabberouth), Watt, who produced Osbourne’s two latest albums, said the Heavy Metal icon managed to practice physical exercises again.
Ozzy’s intention is to be fine to at least perform his farewell show with the Black Sabbathscheduled for July 5 at Villa Park Stadium, in the English city of Birmingham. The event will function as a kind of festival, as it will also have presentations of Guns n ‘Roses, Metallic, Slayerbetween others. Watt tells:
“He (Ozzy) is fine. It’s just that your body is not doing what it wants all the time. But I talked to him a few days ago, and he is starting to go to the gym again gradually, preparing for this last show. He is the ‘Iron Man’ of real life. And nothing happened to your voice – your voice is as good as it has always been. ”
The producer also revealed what it was like to work with Osbourne on his last two albums. The partnership started with Ordinary Man (2020) and was kept in Patient Number 9 (2022). Watt, who also recorded instruments in both records, said:
“Ozzy could sing a main vocal, it’s cool and maybe it has so much emotion, but it’s not perfect. But then he doubles his voice, where he literally sings upon himself exactly the same way. Suddenly it is like Ozzy Osbourne. He did this in all his vocals and he is the best thing about all among all I have ever seen. Even in his current situation, with his health and everything else, he takes the microphone, sings and doubles his voice in a strange way. It just sounds like Ozzy Osbourne. ”
Will Ozzy hold a farewell show? Sharon responds
The guitarist Tony Iommi and Ozzy’s wife and businesswoman, Sharon Osbournereassured the public about the singer’s health concerns. In an interview with NMEthey assured that Madman will be able to perform the July presentation.
Sharon initially stressed:
“He’s really great. He has Parkinson, what we all know, but he’s great and it doesn’t affect his voice. ”
Tony, in turn, pointed out:
“Doing this show will do it well. In truth. That’s what it is: he wants to go out and do something. ”
The singer’s wife and businesswoman also recalled that Ozzy never had a chance to make a real farewell. His final solo tour at More Tours II had to be canceled after successive postponements, given the health problems mentioned.
“He feels he never had a chance to thank the fans; to say ‘thank you for this unbelievable life’. ”
The format of the Black Sabbath megafestival
Still during the interview, Sharon Osbourne shared the first details about the event. She said:
“It starts at noon. An star will play with another star, playing a Sabbath song and one or two of his own songs. Combinations of musicians you would never see. Tom Morello will play with the Tool drummer [Danny Carey] And they will have Billy Corgan, because everyone is from Chicago. Then Slash and Duff McKagan with someone, David Draiman will sing, Jonathan Davis will be here and may be playing with Chad Smith or anyone. Alice in Chains will play as a band. ”
The farewell
After their own members were favorable to the possibility, the original formation of the Black Sabbath will do a farewell show. The presentation is scheduled to take place on July 5 at Villa Park, a stadium in Birmingham, a city in England where the group was formed in the late 1960s.
The vocalist Ozzy Osbournethe guitarist Tony Iommithe bassist Geezer Butler and the drummer Bill Ward It will go to the stage together for the last time at a charity festival, with a series of artists and metal bands. See below the list of attractions:
- Black Sabbath
- Ozzy Osbourne (solo)
- Metallic
- Slayer
- Panther
- Gojira
- Alice in Chains
- Halestorm
- LAMB OF GOD
- Anthrax
- Mastodon
Additional guests:
- Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins)
- David Draiman (Disturbed)
- DUFF MCKAGAN
- Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit)
- LZZY HALE
- Jake E. Lee
- Jonathan Davis (Korn)
- Kk Downing
- Mike Bordin (Faith no More)
- Pope V Perpetua (Ghost)
- Rudy Sarzo
- Sammy Hagar
- Slash
- Sleep Token II (Sleep token)
- Tom Morello
- Wolfgang van Halen
The event will be charity, with all the profit for three charity institutions: Cure Parkinson’s, Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Awk Children’s Hospice.
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Goodbye to Black Sabbath
All original members of the Black Sabbath They have manifested themselves in recent months in favor of performing a last show of the band. The vocalist Ozzy Osbournethe guitarist Tony Iommithe bassist Geezer Butler and even the drummer Bill Wardleft out of the last meeting, a farewell came to Ward, as the final tour between 2016 and 2017 was held with Tommy Clufetos in its function.
Among all involved, Ozzy Osbourne It is the one who is most debilitated. The vocalist could not even sing during his recent tribute in the Rock and Roll Hall of Famein the last month of October.
Diagnosed with Parkinson, the 76 -year -old singer has his movements committed after a domestic fall suffered in 2019. Severe tumble promoted a worsening in his column, operated in 2003 due to a quadcicyclo accident. His farewell tour as a solo artist, At More Tours IIneeded to be canceled definitively.
Tony Iommi76, was diagnosed with a lymphoma in 2012. The treatment was successful and in 2016 he revealed that cancer is in remission, but it is under constant accompaniment. The retirement of the Sabbath It was motivated especially for your health, as constant trips affect your immunity.
Bill Wardalso 76, dealing with health issues since the 1990s. In 1998, he stopped participating in two shows Black Sabbath due to a heart attack. One of the reasons for being disregarded from the meeting announced in 2011 was the fact that it was out of shape, according to Osbourne. The singer said in a statement published in 2015 that his colleague was in the hospital several times in 2013 and had had a shoulder surgery. Already in 2017, he was hospitalized again with heart problems.
The only one to not deal with health problems, at least publicly, is Geezer Butler. However, the bassist some time announced his retirement from the world of music. Today, 75, he says he no longer has the disposition of other times for a fresh start – which had been tempted with the supergroup Deadland Ritual.
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