{"id":221200,"date":"2025-06-28T11:27:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T11:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/221200\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T11:27:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T11:27:11","slug":"ozzy-osbourne-says-i-will-keep-on-as-he-shares-important-plans-beyond-black-sabbath-gig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/221200\/","title":{"rendered":"Ozzy Osbourne says &#8216;I will keep on&#8217; as he shares &#8216;important&#8217; plans beyond Black Sabbath gig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The legendary Brummie star will be back on stage for the Back To The Beginning show at Villa Park on July 5<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1_Buffalo-Bills-v-Los-Angeles-Rams.jpg\" alt=\"Musician Ozzy Osbourne performs during half-time of the NFL game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Buffalo Bills at SoFi Stadium on September 08, 2022 \" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Ozzy Osbourne(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Ozzy Osbourne has shared his &#8216;very important&#8217; plans beyond the sold-out final Black Sabbath show next weekend and said: &#8220;I will keep on recording.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The legendary Brummie star said he still enjoyed creating his own work and singing on other people&#8217;s material &#8211; something he would continue to do so for the &#8216;foreseeable future&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">However Ozzy, who is suffering from Parkinson&#8217;s disease, said he would only get involved in projects that interested him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/whats-on\/whats-on-news\/musician-forced-back-out-ozzy-31943117\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Musician forced to &#8216;back out&#8217; of Ozzy Osbourne&#8217;s final Black Sabbath show at Villa Park<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Speaking to Metal Hammer magazine, he said: &#8220;I still enjoy doing my own work. I also enjoy singing on other people&#8217;s work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;For the foreseeable future, I will keep on recording if the projects interest me. It&#8217;s very important.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Ozzy will reunite with the original Black Sabbath members &#8211; Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward &#8211; to headline the star-studded Back To The Beginning show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The event, which will be <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/whats-on\/music-nightlife-news\/villa-park-seating-plan-stadium-31947341\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">held at Villa Park on July 5<\/a>, will be the band&#8217;s final live show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">You can find the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/whats-on\/music-nightlife-news\/black-sabbath-villa-park-line-31876580\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">full line-up, and everything else you need to know ahead of the huge show here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Sharing his thoughts on the upcoming gig with the publication, Ozzy said: &#8220;I am very blessed to say my goodbyes with the help of so many amazing musicians and friends.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;From the late 60s, we are probably one of the only bands where the original members are still alive and speaking with one another, as my wife says, it&#8217;s an invisible bond that can&#8217;t be broken.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Ozzy&#8217;s wife, Sharon, revealed last month that he&#8217;d been having daily physical therapy at home in Los Angeles in a bid to get fit enough to perform on stage, the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/ozzy-osbourne-announces-music-plans-35465295?int_source=nba\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Mirror<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">She said: &#8220;Ozzy&#8217;s working with his therapist every single day. He&#8217;s doing really well, actually.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Ozzy&#8217;s number one thing in life is his fans, so he&#8217;s working hard to be ready for them, to make this show the perfect way to end things.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/whats-on\/whats-on-news\/sharon-osbourne-tearful-opens-ozzys-31929971\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Sharon Osbourne tearful as she opens Ozzy&#8217;s Birmingham exhibition &#8211; &#8216;I love it&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Ozzy wasn&#8217;t the only band member working hard to prepare for what will undoubtedly be a physically demanding performance next weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Drummer Bill Ward, who is in his late 70s, said he had been doing sparring and boxing to keep his upper body fit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">When asked why he&#8217;d decided to return to the band, he said: &#8220;They&#8217;re still my brothers. They&#8217;ll always be my brothers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;It doesn&#8217;t matter how much we argue. I grew up with them. I love them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Black Sabbath was the best thing that ever happened to me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Bass player Geezer Butler revealed he &#8220;wouldn&#8217;t have contemplated&#8221; taking part in the show without Bill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He told Metal Hammer magazine: &#8220;The whole point of this last show was to finish with the original four of us playing together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Guitarist Tony Iommi added: &#8220;For me, it&#8217;s all over with Sabbath. We&#8217;ll do this and then that&#8217;s it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;How do I want to be remembered? For what we brought to the table. For bringing the music out and inspiring other bands to build on it.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The legendary Brummie star will be back on stage for the Back To The Beginning show at Villa&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3936],"tags":[19160,77,269,29260,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-221200","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-black-sabbath","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-music","11":"tag-ozzy-osbourne","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}