In July 2023, metalheads jumped at the chance to catch Ozzy Osbourne during the inaugural 2023 Power Trip Festival. Unfortunately, the rocker was forced to drop out of the event due to health complications. The show bounced back by securing Judas Priest as the headlining act. However, fans still yearned for the Prince Of Darkness to grace a stage near them.
Will Ozzy Osbourne ever perform live again?
According to the musician’s sit-down with Rolling Stone UK for its December/January 2024 issue, as much as he wants to based on medical advisement, it doesn’t look like it.
“I’m taking it one day at a time, and if I can perform again, I will. But it’s been like saying farewell to the best relationship of my life. At the start of my illness, when I stopped touring, I was really pissed off with myself, the doctors, and the world. But as time has gone on, I’ve just gone, ‘Well, maybe I’ve just got to accept that fact,’” said Osbourne.
He later added, “That’s one of the things I’ve been the most f*cking pissed off at. I never got the chance to say goodbye or thank you… If I can’t continue doing shows on a regular basis, I just want to be well enough to do one show where I can say, ‘Hi guys, thanks so much for my life.’ That’s what I’m working towards, and if I drop down dead at the end of it, I’ll die a happy man.”
Update: On a London stop of her “Cut The Crap” speaking tour on January 21, 2024, Sharon Osbourne spoke about Ozzy’s future (as Rolling Stone UK reports), saying, “He won’t tour again but we are planning on doing two more shows to say goodbye as he feels like, ‘I have never said goodbye to my fans and I want to say goodbye properly.'” She continued, “We will do it in Aston Villa where Ozzy is from. His voice is still absolutely perfect. And all the time he has been off he still does his singing lessons, so his voice is perfect.”
