During a recent appearance on SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show, producer Andrew Watt, discussed whether Ozzy Osbourne can still sing.
“Ozzy, he could sing one vocal as a lead vocal, and you’re, like, ‘Okay, this is cool,'” Watt said of working with Osbourne. “And maybe it’s got so much emotion, but it’s not perfect.”
The producer then stated, “Then he doubles it, his voice, where he literally sings over himself in the exact same way. And all of a sudden, it’s, like Ozzy Osbourne. He’s done it on every one of his vocals ever, and he’s the best at it I’ve ever seen.”
“Even where he’s at now, and his health and everything, he steps up to a mic, sitting down, and sings and doubles his voice, and it’s uncanny. It just sounds like Ozzy Osbourne,” Watt explained.
Andrew also talked about Ozzy’s health issues and how they might affect his final concert with Black Sabbath at Villa Park in Birmingham, UK. He shared, “He’s okay. It’s just his body is not doing what he wants it to do all the time.”
“But I talked to him a couple days ago, and he’s, like, starting to get in the gym again a little bit by little, get himself ready for this last concert. He is the real-life Iron Man. And nothing has happened to his voice — his voice is as good as it has ever been,” the producer noted.
Ozzy announced his final performance on February 5, with the original members of Black Sabbath reuniting for the first time in 20 years. The ‘Back To The Beginning’ show will be on July 5 and feature bands like Metallica, Slayer, Lamb of God, Mastodon, Pantera, and Anthrax.
After the announcement, Sharon Osbourne also shared an update on Ozzy’s voice, saying, “He’s very happy to be coming back and very emotional about this. Parkinson’s is a progressive disease. It’s not something you can stabilise. It affects different parts of the body and it’s affected his legs. But his voice is as good as it’s ever been.”
“I’m not planning on doing a set with Black Sabbath but I am doing little bits and pieces with them. I am doing what I can, where I feel comfortable,” Osbourne revealed in an episode of Ozzy Speaks.
Proceeds from the ‘Back To The Beginning’ show will go to Cure Parkinson’s, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, and Acorn Children’s Hospice, supported by Aston Villa. The concert will be the first time in 20 years that Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward perform together.
