Ozzy Osbourne, leader of Black Sabbath and self -proclaimed Prince of Darkness, is ready for a sending of heavy metals after facing problems with their health in recent years.
The rocker and personality of the reality television “Osbournes”, 76, announced on Wednesday that he is ready to take their “last arch” in the summer, and will not be alone when he does. Osbourne and other founding members of Black Sabbath Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward will meet to play on stage for the first time in 20 years as posters of Back to the Beginning, a heavy metal festival scheduled for July 5 in Villa Park of the band. Native of Birmingham, England.
“It's my time to return to the beginning … Time for me to return to the place where I was born,” Osbourne said on Wednesday. “What blessed are I doing it with the help of the people I love? Birmingham is the real home of metal. Birmingham forever. “
Back at the beginning, attendees will get a double help from Osbourne, who will play a brief solo set before joining Black Sabbath for his final performance. In recent years, several health problems interposed their live performance opportunities. Grammy's winning rocker, who was made public about the diagnosis of Parksinson's disease in 2020, left several shows in 2023 citing his health.
In February 2023, Osbourne announced his retirement from the tours and canceled the next stops in his farewell circuit of No More Tours II. He told fans at that time that “he was not physically capable” of dealing with the trip that came with the tours. Apparently any retirement talk returned a month later and reassured the listeners about “Ozzy's Boneyard” of Siriusxm that “is not dying.”
“The only thing that I have to keep me underway is to make albums, but I can't do it forever,” he said at that time. “I have to leave, you know?”
In July 2023, Osbourne also withdrew from the power trip of the heavy metal festival telling fans “my body tells me that I am not ready yet.” For a November 2023 interview with Rolling Stone UK, Osbourne said he was taking his life “one day at a time” and said he hoped to return to the stage, but only if he could act to the fullest.
“I just want to be well enough to do a program where I can say: 'Hello, guys, thank you very much for my life,'” he told the magazine. “I am working for that, and if I leave dead at the end, I will die a happy man.”
Clearly, Osbourne has been waiting for an opportunity as the beginning.
Highlighting the “True creators of Heavy Metal”, the one -day festival will also present performances by Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Alice In Chains, Gojira, Halestorm, Lamb of God and other rock groups. Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkin, Jonathan Davis De Korn and the leader of Clez Bizkit, Fred Durst, are also among the artists in the alignment. The complete list of current artists can be found on the pages of Black Sabbath Instagram and X.
Ticket sales begin on February 14 at 10 AM GMT on the Live Nation UK website. Income will benefit from charity organizations Cura Parkinson's, Birmingham Children's Hospital and Acorn Children's Hospice.
