Sharon Osbourne has shared the sad news her husband, famed rocker Ozzy Osbourne, is no longer able to walk.
Ozzy was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease more than two decades ago in 2003, with Sharon now telling The Sun the condition has begun to affect his legs.
”Parkinson’s is a progressive disease, it’s not something you can stabilise,” she said.
“It affects different parts of the body and it’s affected his legs.”
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Sharon added that despite his condition, Ozzy’s voice is as good as it has ever been, reassuring fans days after the announcement the rocker would reunite with his band Black Sabbath for one final farewell concert.
“He’s very happy to be coming back and very emotional about this,” she told The Sun.
The publication also reports Ozzy spoke with Sirius XM radio show in the US about his condition, seemingly looking on the bright side of things.
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”I have made it to 2025. I can’t walk, but you know what I was thinking over the holidays? For all my complaining, I’m still alive,” he said.
“I may be moaning that I can’t walk but I look down the road and there’s people that didn’t do half as much as me and didn’t make it.”
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Yesterday, the announcement was made that Ozzy would reunite with the original members of Black Sabbath to play a concert together for the first time in 20 years.
In a post on X, Ozzy revealed he, alongside Tony Lommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward would play one final show at Villa Park in Birmingham, England on July 5.
“It’s my time to go Back to the Beginning… time for me to give back to the place where I was born,” he said.
“How blessed am I to do it with the help of people whom I love. Birmingham is the true home of metal. Birmingham Forever.”
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Ozzy will play his own short set in the multi-artist show before joining with the band for his “final bow,” the announcement said.
Other musicians performing at Back to the Beginning include Metallica, Slayer, Lamb of God, Alice in Chains and Anthrax.
“This will be the greatest heavy metal show ever,” the post quoted the concert’s music director, Tom Morello, as saying.
Profits from the concert will be shared between Cure Parkinson’s, Brimingham Children’s Hospital and the Acorn Children’s Hospice.
Sharon told The Sun that the response from metal bands asked to participate was “overwhelming”.
“I keep saying that the guys [Black Sabbath] have been pioneers – they’ve been doing this for so long and have influenced so many bands,” she said.
“You can’t believe so many bands have come forward to do it.”
And according to band member Tony Lommi, there’s a high chance of tears on the night.
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“It’s going to be very emotional because it’s the end of the end,” he told The Sun.
“We’ve all known each other for so long. And, yeah, it’s a great way to end it all, I think.
“It’s nice that it’s going to be here in Birmingham and in Aston, where we all lived, where we were all brought up.”
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