Ozzy Osbourne Won't Perform Full Set at Final Black Sabbath Show After Wife Sharon Revealed He Can't Walk Anymore

Mar. 15, 2025

Ozzy Osbourne in 2024.Photo:Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic

Ozzy Osbournewill be performing the final Black Sabbath reunion concert at his own pace.

“I’m not planning on doing a set with Black Sabbath but I am doing little bits and pieces with them,” Ozzy, 76, said, viaBillboardon Sunday, Feb. 16. “I am doing what I can, where I feel comfortable.”

“I am trying to get back on my feet,” the “Crazy Train” singer continued. “When you get up in the morning, you just jump out of bed. I have to balance myself, but I’m not dead. I’m still actively doing things.”

Ozzy Osbourne in Cleveland in October 2024.Kevin Mazur/Getty

Kevin Mazur/Getty

Despite several health setbacks, Ozzy is still determined to put on a show for fans, even if expectations need to be lowered.

This revelation comes less than two weeks after his wifeSharontoldThe Sunthathe can no longer walkbecause of Parkinson’s disease, whichhe was diagnosed with in 2003. “He’s very happy to be coming back and very emotional about this,” she told the publication.

“Parkinson’s is a progressive disease. It’s not something you can stabilize. It affects different parts of the body and it’s affected his legs,” Sharon, 72, continued. “But his voice is as good as it’s ever been.”

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Black Sabbath announced their final concert, which will take place on July 5 in Birmingham’s Villa Park, in February.

“It’s my time to go back to the beginning … time for me to give back to the place where I was born,“Ozzy said in a statement. “How blessed am I to do it with the help of people whom I love. Birmingham is the true home of metal. Birmingham for ever.”

Joining Black Sabbath onstage will be Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Gojira, Halestorm, Alice in Chains, Lamb of God, Anthrax and Mastodon.

Guns N’ Roses’Slash, Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan, Korn’s Jonathan Davis, Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst, Wolfgang Van Halen and Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello will also join together as as super-band for the concert.

Ozzy Osbourne in Los Angeles in September 2022.Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty

Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty

The proceeds from the reunion concert will benefitCure Parkinson’s,Birmingham Children’s HospitalandAcorn Children’s Hospice. Tickets are on sale now viaLive Nation.

source: people.com