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Ozzy Osbourne announced the cancellation of his next showsand said his touring career is over because “he’s not physically capable (of it).”
In a declaration released on Wednesday, the 74 years He said that four years ago he had a serious accident in which he damaged his spine and that he can no longer cope with the travel that a tour requires.
“My sole purpose during this time has been to get back on stage,” he said. “My song voice is fine. However, after three operations, stem cell treatments, endless physiotherapy and most recently the innovative Cybernics (HAL) treatment, my body is still physically weak.”
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During his career, which began as a member of the innovative heavy metal band Black Sabbath, Osbourne won Grammy Awards for both his solo work and for being part of the band, which he left in 1978.
osbourne postponed his 2019 tour to recover from the initial spinal injury and said Wednesday when he canceled the tour that he was “honestly humbled by the way everyone has patiently held on to their tickets this whole time.”
His farewell tour of Europe and the UK was scheduled to start in Helsinki, Finland in May.
The heavy metal legend has suffered a series of health setbacks in recent years, revealing his Parkinson’s diagnosis in January 2020, contracting Covid-19 in April 2022 and undergoing surgery two months later.
Osbourne’s team, he added in the statement, is “currently brainstorming where I can perform without having to travel from city to city and country to country.”
He ended the statement by thanking his family, band, crew, lifelong friends, Judas Priest and his fans “for their endless dedication, loyalty and support, and for giving me the life I never dreamed I would have.”
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