Ozzy Osbourne is set to perform on a throne that 'flies over the crowd' at his huge comeback gig in July, a long term friend of the Black Sabbath frontman has revealed
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Ozzy is set to perform again soon
The Prince of Darkness plans to perform on a throne for his huge comeback gig, we can reveal. Ozzy Osbourne, who is unable to stand for long periods or walk around without aid, may even fly over the crowd in the special chair for his Villa Park farewell on July 5.
Band guitarist and long term friend Zakk Wylde let slip the plan for the surprise when the Brummie reunites with Black Sabbath and performs solo hits. He also claimed 76-year-old Ozzy may do a u-turn on making the Aston Villa show the end, potentially doing a tour in 2026.
“The game plan is, let’s hope this is what happen, you always gotta stay on the bright side of life, because Oz was singing at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame thing,” he said.
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Ozzy is unable to walk around for long periods of time
“Ozzy was just sitting at the chair and he was singing Mama, I'm Coming Home, and it sounded great. So hopefully we'll just do this, and then Oz will go, 'Let's just fire up the machine again and we'll do another tour.’ With Oz and his throne that just flies over the stadium or whatever, (where he) shoots out buckets of water and does everything like that. So if Oz has a great time and it's just, like, 'I wanna go out on the road again,' it's just, like, 'Good. Let's do it again.’”
The Back To The Beginning concert is the hottest ticket in town, selling out in just 16 minutes. It will see a reunion for Ozzy, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward after 20 years apart.
Other artists with Ozzy include a supergroup of musicians including Duff McKagan and Slash from Guns’N’Roses, Billy Corgan, Wolfgang Van Halen, Andrew Watt, Red Hot Chili Peppers Chad Smith and Sammy Hagar. Zakk told Riff X's Metal XS: “Everybody's gonna be playing Sabbath songs, it's gonna be pretty mind blowing.”
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Ozzy plans to perform on a throne for his comeback gig
Ozzy’s ongoing issues with his leg, back and neck, have left him struggling to perform. He didn’t sing at his Rock’N’Roll Hall Of Fame inauguration in December despite trying for months to build up the strength to belt out his greatest hits like Iron Man, War Pigs and Paranoid.
Ozzy cancelled his farewell tour after falling to recover well enough for a tour. However he and Tony Iommi performed Paranoid at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Sabbath performed a farewell tour ending in 2017.
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