Ozzy Osbourne retires from touring

2023-02-02 by Fernando Alves | 21 Comments
Heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne used his social media to announce that he will be retiring from touring, canceling all upcoming European show dates. Ozzy's statement goes as follows:

"This is probably one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to share with my loyal fans. As you may all know, four years ago, this month, I had a major accident, where I damaged my spine.
My one and only purpose during this time has been to get back on stage. My singing voice is fine. However, after three operations, stem cell treatments, endless physical therapy sessions, and most recently groundbreaking Cybernics (HAL) Treatment, my body is still physically weak.
I am honestly humbled by the way you’ve all patiently held onto your tickets for all this time, but in all good conscience, I have now come to the realization that I’m not physically capable of doing my upcoming European/UK tour dates, as I know I couldn’t deal with the travel required. Believe me when I say that the thought of disappointing my fans really FUCKS ME UP, more than you will ever know.

Never would I have imagined that my touring days would have ended this way. My team is currently coming up with ideas for where I will be able to perform without having to travel from city to city and country to country.

I want to thank my family……my band…….my crew……my longtime friends, Judas Priest, and of course, my fans for their endless dedication, loyalty, and support, and for giving me the life that I never ever dreamed I would have.

I love you all…"


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ConcubinaryCode
February 2nd 2023
8132 Comments


All the best to him

cvlts
February 2nd 2023
9956 Comments


father time remains undefeated

ChaoticVortex
February 2nd 2023
1616 Comments


All the best to him (2)
At least I had the chance to see him live with Sabbath.

Eons
February 2nd 2023
3778 Comments


i mean imo he deserves to fucking relax but i know it's what he loves to do

Eons
February 2nd 2023
3778 Comments


i hope he has enough money because sadly it seems like a lot of aging rockstars/metal people are forced to tour to sustain their lifestyle/family lifestyle etc. well into old age.

tho i think he does mean it when he says he loves performing, it's what he's always done since he's a kid

DungeonBoy
February 2nd 2023
10282 Comments


"i hope he has enough money" lol.

Eons
February 2nd 2023
3778 Comments


youd be surprised man, a lot of these guys, once they get to be a millionaire they start living a lavish lifestyle, so although they are millionaires, everything is more expensive so theyre just like maintaining their lifestyle, happens all the time

Kompys2000
February 2nd 2023
9483 Comments


"A lot of these guys" aren't married to Sharon Osbourne

Faraudo
February 2nd 2023
5389 Comments


I love the fact that even when having to retire, he´s still trying to find a way to perform, what an absolute legend.

Storm In A Teacup
February 2nd 2023
47084 Comments


Love you too Ozzy

Dewinged
Emeritus
February 3rd 2023
33018 Comments


Enjoy a good rest, prince of fucking darkness, you deserve it.

combustion07
February 3rd 2023
12882 Comments


Ozzy has always been a favorite of mine and I'm bummed I never got the chance to see him live or with Sabbath. That said I'm glad he's hanging it up if his body can't handle it anymore. Hopefully we still hear from him sometimes via interviews and that show he has with Jack. He's always cracked me up

manosg
Emeritus
February 3rd 2023
12714 Comments


Time to get some well-deserved rest. Was lucky enough to see the original Sabbath lineup and it was an out-of-body experience.

LeDemonLemon
February 4th 2023
59 Comments


Sucks that he had to end it this way, but I hope he enjoys a long retirement.

TheNotrap
February 4th 2023
19369 Comments


Fortunately I had the chance to see him live, he‘s one of a kind, an absolute legend.

DatsNotDaMetulz
February 5th 2023
4514 Comments


Re: money, one thing that he might need to ensure he has money for is paying for the treatments he's trying in order to slow down the progression of his Parkinson's disease. Because of the nature of the treatments they're often very costly and not guaranteed to work.

But I think with a lot of these older musicians part of it is that it's been part of their lives for so long, they worry that if they slow down they'll just keel over because the momentum of touring and recording is what keeps them going.

BMDrummer
February 5th 2023
15279 Comments


wow it was on my bucket list to see ozzy before he retired or passed, this fucks me up

xfearbefore
February 7th 2023
2057 Comments


It sucks watching these guys you grew up with have to retire but at least he's still alive. Would have loved to have seen him but maybe it's for the best, I can still remember the disappointment in my soul finally seeing Bob Dylan live and how awful he sounded.

sneakers
June 1st 2023
1286 Comments


saw sabbath back in 05 at ozzfest, the same year maiden played, still a top 5 concert ive been to, sorry to hear that this happened to the man the myth

denboy
June 1st 2023
1675 Comments


If he lost all his money right now, Black Sabbath residuals (and residuals from 80ies era ozzy albums) alone would make him a millionaire again pretty quickly. And that's ignoring all the business stuff the Osbourne family has going

denboy
June 1st 2023
1675 Comments


Just looked it up on spotify, 13 million monthlies for black sabbath, and 9 mill for ozzy osbourne, totalling 20 mill, that's a quarter of taylor swift lol. he's fine



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