BREAKING Ozzy Osbourne announces final ever Black Sabbath show amid ongoing Parkinson's battle

Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath are reuniting for 1 past clip to play a fundraising performance successful Birmingham connected 5 July

Ozzy Osbourne volition play his last amusement with Black Sabbath this summer.

The rocker, 76, and Black Sabbath are reuniting for 1 past time, to play a fund-raising performance successful Birmingham connected 5 July.

The dense intelligence legends volition header a one-day festival astatine Villa Park, featuring dozens of bands they inspired, including Metallica, Pantera, Slayer, Gojira and Anthrax.

The breathtaking performance volition people the archetypal clip that Black Sabbath's archetypal line-up - Ozzy, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward - person played unneurotic successful implicit 20 years.

Ozzy, who has been forced to halt touring owed to a operation to his Parkinson's battle, is acceptable to play a abbreviated solo acceptable earlier joining his bandmates connected signifier for the epic reunion.

“It’s my clip to spell Back to the Beginning….time for maine to springiness backmost to the spot wherever I was born,” Ozzy Osbourne said. “How blessed americium I to bash it with the assistance of radical whom I love. Birmingham is the existent location of metal. Birmingham Forever.”

His comeback was announced astatine Villa Park by his wife, Sharon, and Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi.

Proceeds from the amusement volition enactment Cure Parkinson's, the Birmingham Children's Hospital and Acorn Children's Hospice, a Children's Hospice supported by Aston Villa. Other acts connected the line-up see Alice In Chains, Halestorm, Lamb Of God and Mastodon.

Ozzy was diagnosed with Parkinson's successful 2020 and mostly stepped backmost from touring aft playing the closing ceremonial of the Commonwealth Games successful 2022.

However, helium precocious told Rolling Stone UK, that helium has beardown desires to instrumentality to the signifier - though helium doubts that it volition beryllium realistic fixed his wellness struggles.

Last year, helium told the publication: "I'm taking it 1 time astatine a time, and if I tin execute again, I will. But it's been similar saying farewell to the champion narration of my life."

"I'm not going to get up determination and bash a half-hearted Ozzy looking for sympathy. What's the [expletive] constituent successful that? I'm not going up determination successful a [expletive] wheelchair."

Ozzy has bravely spoken astir his wellness battles implicit the years, aft helium shared his Parkinson’s diagnosis successful 2020 successful an interrogation with Good Morning America.

He said the diagnosis was “terribly challenging”, and spoke astir the complications helium has suffered, including slump and mobility issues.

Former X Factor justice Sharon said her hubby struggled time to day, and explained: “There’s truthful galore antithetic types of Parkinson’s; it’s not a decease condemnation by immoderate agelong of the imagination, but it does impact definite nerves successful your body. And it’s - it’s similar you person a bully day, and past a truly atrocious day.”

In 2022, Ozzy underwent large spinal surgery, and little than a twelvemonth later, helium announced helium was retiring from touring due to the fact that helium was nary longer “physically capable” of performing connected stage.

“As you whitethorn each know, 4 years ago, this month, I had a large accident, wherever I damaged my spine. My 1 and lone intent during this clip has been to get backmost connected stage. My singing dependable is fine,” helium said successful the heartbreaking statement.

“However, aft 3 operations, stem compartment treatments, endless carnal therapy sessions, and astir precocious groundbreaking Cybernics (HAL) Treatment, my assemblage is inactive physically weak.”

He had further country connected his cervix successful precocious 2023, and Sharon spoke candidly astir however her hubby has changed since his Parkinson’s diagnosis. “I conscionable deliberation of my husband, who was precise energetic, loved to spell retired for walks, did a two-hour amusement connected signifier each night, moving astir similar a brainsick man,” she said successful the ITV documentary Paxman: Putting Up With Parkinson's successful 2022. “Suddenly, your beingness conscionable stops - beingness arsenic you knew it.”

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