According to billboard.com, despite numerous health concerns, Ozzy Osbourne still wants to get back on the road, performing for fans. “It’s where I belong, The relationship I have with my audience is the biggest love affair of my life.” Even after surgeries to treat a staph infection in 2018, the reveal of his Parkinson’s diagnosis in 2019, a pneumonia battle followed by a fall at home in 2020, a major neck surgery in June, and a positive covid diagnosis this year.
According to Osbourne, “That’s the only thing that reminds me I’m getting older: things going wrong and not working anymore, But I still feel young at heart. I am determined to get back on stage even if I have to be nailed to a board and wheeled on, Survival is my legacy.” Ozzy also released his 13th solo album, Patient Number 9, last week with guests Iommi, Zakk Wylde, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready, Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan and the late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, among others.
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