Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne announces in emotional statement that he's retiring from touring and canceling all upcoming dates. Ozzy Osbourne has canceled all of his upcoming concerts and announced his retirement from touring. The Black Sabbath frontman and legendary rock star took to social media on Wednesday (Feb. 1) to share the devastating news with fans via a statement. “This is probably one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to share with my loyal fans,” he began, admitting that the statement is one he Osbourne announced in 2020 that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. A year prior, he canceled tour dates due to health problems, including a “bad fall” in which he said he While Osbourne would certainly rate as the headlining and thus final performer at the July 5, 2025 farewell show at Villa Park, both for Black Sabbath as an entity and as his swan song to music, he also kicked off the day-long, all-star heavy metal festival-style concert. "Let the madness begin!" Osbourne screamed from a specially-made stage throne, covered in bats, skulls, and other menacing Ozzy Osbourne's "final moment" at his farewell concert has gone viral on social media. The Black Sabbath frontman, known as the "Prince of Darkness," died on Tuesday at the age of 76. Ozzy Osbourne announced the cancellation of his upcoming shows, and said his touring career is over because he “is not physically capable (of it).” In a statement released on Wednesday, the 74 Ozzy Osbourne, who died Tuesday aged 76, forged a decades-long bond with Israel through his Jewish family, two arena-sized concerts in the country, and outspoken support for the fight against Ozzy Osbourne ignited a firestorm of controversy in Green Bay in 1983 for a concert that never happened Kendra Meinert Green Bay Press-Gazette 0:05 Nikki Sixx revealed why Mötley Crüe didn't perform at Ozzy Osbourne's Black Sabbath farewell show after Sharon Osbourne said a band was disinvited. Heavy metal star Ozzy Osbourne has died aged 76, just weeks after reuniting with his Black Sabbath bandmates and performing a huge farewell concert for fans. Music legend Ozzy Osbourne is nearing his final live performance. It was just revealed his surprising plans after the concert. Ozzy Osbourne, the legendary frontman of Black Sabbath, has confirmed that he will not be performing a complete set at the band's highly anticipated farewell show. The concert, "Back to the Ozzy Osbourne arrives at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on Jan. 26, 2020, in Los Angeles. Osbourne announced the cancellation of his 2023 tour dates in the UK and continental You can watch it below. Watch Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath Perform 'Paranoid' at Back to the Beginning Sabbath's performance marked the band's first show by the original quartet in 20 years. Ozzy Osbourne's concert in Baton Rouge, scheduled for June 5, 1984, was canceled just four days before hitting the stage due to community backlash. From The Morning Advocate archives on June 2, 1984 With the statement, Osbourne cancelled all the upcoming dates on his Europe and UK farewell tour, which was due to commence in Finland this May. Ozzy Osbourne, the storied Black Sabbath rocker known as much for his excesses and onstage antics such as biting off a dead bat’s head as his pioneering heavy metal music, has died WHERE. Ozzy Osbourne has announced that his touring days are officially over. In a message he called "probably one of the hardest things" he's ever shared with his "loyal fans," the 74-year-old "Prince of Darkness" explained health reasons were behind the difficult decision. Sharon Osbourne, the wife and manager of heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne, revealed that she disinvited a greedy group from her husband’s emotional last concert on Saturday because they wanted to Heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne has announced his retirement from touring, cancelling all his upcoming live shows as well.
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