Sharon Osbourne ANNOUNCES Ozzy Osbourne’s Final Show _ E! News
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00:00Ozzy Osbourne is ready to take the stage one final time.
00:05The 76-year-old will be reuniting with his Black Sabbath bandmates to headline a one-day
00:11festival in Birmingham, England this summer.
00:14This announcement of his last concert comes as Ozzy has faced a series of health setbacks.
00:20However, his wife Sharon Osbourne tells the BBC in an interview published February 6th
00:25that the rock star is looking forward to his final curtain call, explaining,
00:30"'Ozzy's doing really great.
00:32He's so excited about this, about being with the guys again and all his friends.
00:37It's exciting for everyone,' with Sharon going on to reveal why he's decided to reunite
00:43the band one last time, saying, "'Ozzy didn't have a chance to say goodbye
00:48to his friends, to his fans, and he feels there's been no full stop.
00:53This is his full stop.'"
00:55Ozzy previously announced his retirement from touring back in 2023 after revealing
01:01three years earlier that he'd been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, breaking the news
01:06to fans in a January 2023 Instagram post, writing,
01:10"'This is probably one of the hardest things I've ever had to share with my loyal fans.
01:15I have now come to the realization that I'm not physically capable of doing my upcoming
01:20European-UK tour dates.
01:22As I know I couldn't deal with the travel required.
01:26Believe me when I say that the thought of disappointing my fans really f**ks me up more
01:31than you will ever know.
01:33Never would I have imagined that my torn days would have ended this way.'"