Black Sabbath Reunion Show Will Be Ozzy Osbourne’s ‘Full Stop’

Ozzy Osbourne’s upcoming reunion live performance with Black Sabbath’s authentic lineup will mark the Prince of Darkness’ “full cease,” his spouse Sharon informed the BBC.

The steel legends will reconvene on July 5 at Villa Park of their native Birmingham, England. The present, dubbed “Again to the Starting,” may also characteristic Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Gojira, Halestorm, Alice in Chains, Lamb of God, Anthrax and Mastodon, together with a slew of high-profile friends. Osbourne may also carry out a solo set.

The reunion present will mark Osbourne’s first correct efficiency since New Yr’s Eve 2018, when he hosted Ozzfest on the Discussion board in Inglewood, California. The 76-year-old rocker has suffered quite a few well being points over the previous a number of years that finally pressured him to cancel his No Extra Excursions 2 farewell trek and bow out of his deliberate comeback present at 2023’s Energy Journey competition.

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Since 2018 he is solely carried out publicly twice: as soon as in August 2022 on the Commonwealth Video games closing ceremony with former Black Sabbath bandmate Tony Iommi, and the next month on the NFL kickoff in Los Angeles. Each performances solely included two songs.

Regardless of his setbacks, Osbourne has been decided to return to the stage, and Sharon informed the BBC that the upcoming reunion has him in good spirits.

“He is doing nice. He is doing actually nice,” she mentioned. “He is so enthusiastic about this, about being with the blokes once more and all his mates. It is thrilling for everybody.”

The Again to the Starting present may also present a way of closure and finality to Osbourne’s illustrious profession. “Ozzy did not have an opportunity to say goodbye to his mates, to his followers, and he feels there is no been no full cease,” Sharon mentioned. “That is his full cease.”

Osbourne detailed the requisite situations for his return to the stage in a 2023 Rolling Stone UK interview. “I am not going to rise up there and do a half-hearted Ozzy on the lookout for sympathy. What is the fucking level in that?” he mentioned. “I am not going up there in a fucking wheelchair.”