{"id":70293,"date":"2025-05-03T05:04:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T05:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/70293\/"},"modified":"2025-05-03T05:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T05:04:11","slug":"ozzy-osbourne-fears-being-unable-to-stand-in-heartbreaking-update-celebrity-news-showbiz-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/70293\/","title":{"rendered":"Ozzy Osbourne fears being unable to stand in heartbreaking update | Celebrity News | Showbiz & TV"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ozzy Osbourne<\/a>‘s final comeback gig had given him “a reason to get up in the morning” – but, as the date draws nearer, health fears continue to plague him. The 76-year-old, who has Parkinson’s Disease and chronic pain in his spine, has now revealed he may be forced to remain seated for his entire set.<\/p>\n

The former Black Sabbath<\/a> frontman once sold millions of albums and toured prolifically, but to his dismay, his worsening health forced him to take a back seat, a decision which was supported by his wife and manager Sharon Osbourne<\/a>. Now, ahead of his Back To The Beginning show, held on July 5 in his home city of Birmingham, he has opened up on how the gruelling surgeries he’s had have affected him. The frustrated No More Tears singer exclaimed: “I\u2019ve got more f*****g metal in me than a scrap merchants.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued to the Guardian<\/a> that he “may be sitting down” for the show, explaining: “I\u2019ll be there, and I\u2019ll do the best I can… all I can do is turn up.”<\/p>\n

After a string of surgeries Sharon described as “horrendous”, she suggested the comeback concert “to give me a reason to get up in the morning”.<\/p>\n

Now he’s expected to play a short solo set, followed by a longer performance with his ex-bandmates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward.<\/p>\n

They’ll triumphantly play live together as a quartet for the first time in two decades – and now he just has to hope that his health will hold up.<\/p>\n

Ozzy had particularly wanted to play a final poignant performance as a symbol of “gratitude” to his loyal fans, explaining that he couldn’t stand the idea of not being able to say one last “goodbye”.<\/p>\n

To prepare for the show, he’s been trying gentle weight-lifting and bike riding and is warming up with a professional vocal coach four times a week – but it’s been a challenge and a huge expenditure of energy.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019ve been lying on my back doing nothing and the first thing to go is your strength. It\u2019s like starting all over again,” he agonised.<\/p>\n

He has “problems walking” after his Parkinson’s diagnosis and blood pressure issues due to blood clots on his legs, while he’s also had chronic pain in his spine – but the courageous rocker’s determined to make his final Birmingham show a success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ozzy Osbourne‘s final comeback gig had given him “a reason to get up in the morning” – but,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70294,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3936],"tags":[19160,77,269,29260,35224,35223,35225,35226,35227,35228,12759,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-70293","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-ozzy-osbourne-birmingham-show","13":"tag-ozzy-osbourne-final-show","14":"tag-ozzy-osbourne-health-update","15":"tag-ozzy-osbourne-latest","16":"tag-ozzy-osbourne-news","17":"tag-ozzy-osbourne-update","18":"tag-sharon-osbourne","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114442159017373408","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70293","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=70293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}