“I don’t need to die in a lodge room”

Ozzy Osbourne has stated he's executed with the “rock star way of life” forward of Black Sabbath‘s final-ever reside present this summer time.

Throughout a current interview with The Guardian, the Prince Of Darkness confirmed that the legendary steel band’s large gig at Birmingham’s Villa Park on July 5 can be the final time he’d be acting on stage.

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This got here after his spouse and supervisor, Sharon, stated within the dialog that “it’s time to say ‘sufficient’” for her and Ozzy. “Once you’ve given it your all, you may sit again and say: I did it,” she added.

Explaining that the couple can be retiring to their residence in Buckinghamshire, Sharon instructed the publication: “[We’ll] get some ponies and chickens, and 1,000,000 canine. I need to open a canine rescue centre and a horse rescue centre. Scream on the neighbours a few occasions. There you go.”

Ozzy then stated: “I’d like to say ‘by no means say by no means’ [about more performances in the future], however after the final six years or so… it's time.”

This follows the icon present process a number of surgical procedures and experiencing quite a few well being issues lately, together with Parkinson’s illness.

“I lived on the highway for 50-odd years, and I’ve form of obtained used to not choosing up my luggage and getting on the bus once more,” Ozzy went on. “I don’t smoke dope or do any of the rock star way of life any extra. I’m form of like a homebody.”

He continued: “I by no means exit. I by no means hand around in bars – I don’t drink. So what the fuck is on the market for me? I hate going purchasing with my spouse. I really feel like stabbing myself within the neck after half an hour.

“Nevertheless it’s time for me to spend a while with my grandkids, I don’t need to die in a lodge room someplace. I need to spend the remainder of my life with my household.”

Again in 2020, Ozzy appeared again on the hell-raising antics of his earlier profession throughout an interview with NME. He was fired from Black Sabbath in 1979, with the band citing his overzealous use of medicine and alcohol.

Ozzy as soon as snorted a line of ants to outdo Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx, earlier than licking the latter’s urine up off the bottom, and famously bit the pinnacle off a reside bat and dove.

“Nicely, I can’t deny these tales as a result of I most likely did ‘em,” he instructed NME. “I used to be fucking loopy once I was doing all that shit – out of my thoughts – however what folks didn’t see was the next morning once I’d get up and go: ‘Oh My God!’

“I’m fortunate to have a good friend on the earth, by no means thoughts a spouse. I definitely lived the rock’n’roll way of life, however the music scene since these days has modified dramatically. For a begin, none of us promote fucking information anymore.”

Earlier this 12 months, Ozzy remembered as soon as ingesting “28 gallons of booze” to get by way of Christmas, after Sharon revealed that he was “stoned” in each episode of their actuality present The Osbournes. In 2022, the singer stated he give up taking acid within the ’70s, following a visit that left him “standing there speaking to [a] horse for about an hour”. He added: “Ultimately the horse turned spherical and instructed me to fuck off. That was it for me.”

In 2018, Ozzy confirmed that he now not drank alcohol or took medicine. “I don’t smoke tobacco,” he defined on the time. “[…] I’m doing good proper now.” He continued: “I now assume, ‘How did I believe going right into a bar and getting smashed and doing all that cocaine was enjoyable?'”

However final autumn, the legendary vocalist admitted that he was “not utterly sober” but, and had been “tempted” to make use of “stronger medicine” attributable to his ongoing well being points. “I exploit a little bit of marijuana every so often,” he stated.

In the identical new interview with The Guardian, Ozzy appeared forward to enjoying the final Black Sabbath present in good well being. “I’ll be there, and I’ll do the perfect I can,” he promised. “So all I can do is flip up.”

He prompt that he “could also be sitting down” on stage, following experiences that he’d be acting from a “throne that flies over the stadium”.

“We’re solely enjoying a few songs every. I don’t need folks pondering ‘We’re getting ripped off’, as a result of it’s simply going to be … what’s the phrase? … a pattern, you’re going to get just a few songs every by Ozzy and Sabbath,” Ozzy instructed the newspaper.

This got here shortly after the singer revealed that he was “in heavy coaching” for the forthcoming farewell live performance, and was again within the fitness center. He additionally stated he would solely be “doing little bits and items” with Sabbath at Villa Park amid his well being issues: “I'm doing what I can, the place I really feel comfy.”

Earlier this 12 months, Ozzy stated he now “can’t stroll” on account of Parkinson’s – however Sharon has instructed NME that his sickness “doesn’t have an effect on his voice”.

“He desires to say thanks to all people,” Sharon defined to us at Villa Park. “He didn’t have that likelihood due to his sickness, however now he does have the possibility.”

Regardless of this optimistic outlook from the Osbournes, Device’s Maynard James Keenan – whose band seems on the stacked ‘Again To The Starting’ line-up – just lately stated it could take “trendy miracles” to get Ozzy again on stage.

In the meantime, Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler has admitted that he's having “nightmares” and “palpitations” forward of the band’s historic final reside efficiency.