Ozzy Osbourne has given a health update on Monday after announcing his final Black Sabbath gig will take place later this year, DailyMail reports.
According to the report by DailyMail, Ozzy Osbourne has undergone seven surgeries in the past five years, including a fourth spinal surgery in September 2023, and has been battling Parkinson’s disease since 2003.
Ahead of his final live performance in July, which will be a benefit concert in Birmingham, Ozzy gave an update on his health status and state of mind.
Speaking on SiriusXM’s Ozzy’s Boneyard, he said: ‘You know what, I go on about the way I can’t walk and I can’t do this, but you know what I was thinking over the holidays? For all of my complaining, I’m still alive.’
He continued: ‘I may be moaning about how I can’t walk as well but as I look down the road, there’s people that didn’t do half as much as me, and they didn’t make it.’
‘I’m trying to get back on my feet.’
Host Billy Morrison added: ‘Ozzy, you are so much better than you were just a year ago.’
He replied: ‘Yeah, but the recovery is very slow. That f***ing surgeon. Plus the Parkinson’s. When you get up in the morning, you just jump outta bed. Oh I have to balance myself, you know? But you know, I’m not dead, as you say. I’m still actively doing things.’
It was revealed last week that his band is preparing to reunite for the first time in 20 years alongside a host of other big names.
The original line-up of heavy metal legends Black Sabbath will play together at a one-off concert in Birmingham, UK, this summer.
The show will take place on July 5 at the birthplace of the band and will feature Ozzy Osbourne, 76, Tommy, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward.
However, it came as an unexpected move as in a March 2024 interview with Rolling Stone, Ozzy admitted he wasn’t optimistic about being on stage again.
When quizzed on the possibility, he responded: ‘I would love to, but I can’t stand up right. Maybe I’ll do something one day. I miss it terribly.’
The star was then asked if he would consider doing ‘ a short set if inducted into the Rock Hall,’ to which he responded: ‘Maybe. We’ll see.’
The British musician was diagnosed with a mild form of Parkinson’s disease in 2003, however he only went public with the condition in 2020.
However, Ozzy Osbourne has said that his biggest struggles are due to a fall which he suffered in 2019 which caused metal rods in his back to dislodge.
The rods had been put there following a quad bike accident at his Buckinghamshire home in 2003.
He told Rolling Stone UK magazine: ‘The second surgery went drastically wrong and virtually left me crippled.
thought I’d be up and running after the second and third, but with the last one they put a f*ing rod in my spine.
‘They found a tumour in one of the vertebrae, so they had to dig all that out too. It’s pretty rough, man, and my balance is all f*ed up.’
The Prince of Darkness also said how he has ‘ten tears left’ to live as he recalled a disagreed with his wife over smoking cannabis.
Ozzy’s wife Sharon was at the announcement of the new show at Birmingham’s Villa Park, the concert venue, on Wednesday alongside the band’s guitarist Tony Iommi
Sharon proudly held up a Villa football shirt with Ozzy’s name on the back as she posed pitchside.
The group pioneered heavy metal music in the early 1970s with hits such as War Pigs, Paranoid and Iron Man.
Since their last gig together in 2005, Black Sabbath has played in partial reunions but never in their original line-up.
Sharon, who shares three children with the star, has also admitted the show will be a testing experience for the star.
She told The Sun: ‘He’s very happy to be coming back and very emotional about this. Parkinson’s is a progressive disease.
‘It’s not something you can stabilise. It affects different parts of the body and it’s affected his legs. But his voice is as good as it’s ever been.’
Profits from the show will be shared equally between the charities Cure Parkinson’s, Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Acorn Children’s Hospice, with the Parkinson’s charity being selected by Sharon and Ozzy.