Guitarist raises concerns about Ozzy's health before final concert
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Lilith — 9 months ago(June 13, 2025 02:04 AM)
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Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi is worried about the band’s big goodbye gig in Birmingham on July 5, as reports emerge that frontman Ozzy Osbourne’s heart is being monitored daily.
The Back To The Beginning show, taking place at the iconic Villa Park stadium, will see the full Black Sabbath line-up – composed of Tony, Ozzy, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward – reunite on stage for the first time in 20 years.
The show – also with supporting performances from the likes of Metallica and Slayer – is billed as Ozzy’s final farewell to fans, following his health decline due to a 2020 Parkinson’s diagnosis and extensive spinal surgery.
Speaking to Music Week three weeks ahead of the show, Tony admitted: ‘This would be a big, monumental thing if it all comes good. The worrying thing for me is the unknown.
‘We don’t know what’s going to happen. Normally, when we’d tour, we’d rehearse and run through the thing for a while, and it’s just us. But with this event there are so many other moving parts.
‘You’re used to Ozzy running around, but he certainly won’t be doing that for this show. I don’t know if he’s going to be standing or sitting on a throne or what.’
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/_ — 9 months ago(June 13, 2025 03:39 AM)
Taking place all day, the heavy metal festival will also feature a supergroup of musicians including Billy Corgan from The Smashing Pumpkins, Duff McKagan and Slash from Guns ‘n Roses, Frank Durst from Limp Bizkit, Mike Bordin from Faith No More, and Tom Morello from Rage Against The Machine.
Plus Metallica and Slayer? Suprised Marilyn Manson isn't there. That's a lot of American bands. No support from any of his fellow Brit bands?
He must have pissed them all off haha.
Slash__undie, shlundie