Sharon Osbourne recently gave some updates about the upcoming final Black Sabbath show.
During a chat with The Sun, Sharon said Ozzy Osbourne is struggling to walk, but his voice is ‘as good as it’s ever been.’
“He’s very happy to be coming back and very emotional about this,” Sharon said of Ozzy. “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.”
She also revealed, “But his voice is as good as it’s ever been.”
About the band’s return for one last show, Ozzy Osbourne earlier said in a statement, “It’s my time to go ‘Back to the Beginning’… time for me to give back to the place where I was born. How blessed am I to do it with the help of people whom I love. Birmingham is the true home of metal. Birmingham forever.”
Tony Iommi also commented on the band’s return just recently. “It’s been an incredible journey, but it’s only fitting that it ends here, where it all began in Aston,” the guitarist wrote in his post on X. “It’s great to be honoured by your fellow musicians and at the same time support good causes. None of this would’ve been possible without Ozzy, Geezer, and Bill. What we created together was bigger than any one of us, and I’ll always be grateful for that.”
Black Sabbath’s original members—Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward—will reunite for the first time since 2005.
The lineup for the night will include classic and modern metal bands like Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Anthrax, Alice in Chains, Gojira, Halestorm, Lamb of God, and Mastodon. An all-star group will also perform in tribute to Black Sabbath, with Billy Corgan, Tom Morello, Fred Durst, Jonathan Davis, Wolfgang Van Halen, and others. Morello will be the night’s musical director.
