Ozzy Osbourne Says He is ‘Giving 120%’ to His Upcoming Last Live performance

Ozzy Osbourne is able to rock and roll one final time.

The legendary singer, 76, is gearing up for one last performance this summer time after a series of health setbacks — and he has his eyes on the prize.

“All I can say is I’m giving 120%. If my God needs me to do the present, I’ll do it,” he mentioned on his present SiriusXM’s Ozzy Speaks, which airs month-to-month on SiriusXM’s Ozzy’s Boneyard.

Osbourne is about to play one final Black Sabbath present on July 5 in his hometown of Birmingham, England. The efficiency, titled “Again to the Starting,” comes amid his Parkinson’s diagnosis, which has affected his skill to stroll, and issues from a fall in 2019.

“I haven’t carried out any bodily work for the final seven [or so] years,” he mentioned on his present. “Someway, I’m gonna make it there. I’ve acquired this coach man who helps folks get again to regular. It’s laborious going, however he’s satisfied that he can pull it off for me. I’m giving it all the things I’ve acquired.”

When requested by his co-host Billy Morrison whether or not he’s been stressing concerning the upcoming present, Osbourne mentioned he’s doing his finest to not let nerves get to him.

“Generally, however what I do, if I begin obsessing on a regular basis, I’ll be insane by Friday, ?” he mentioned. “So I’m simply taking it at some point at a time and once I do it at some point at a time.”

In the meantime, the Rock and Roll Corridor of Famer additionally spoke about his shock at simply how a lot of an affect his music has had, recalling bands telling him at his Ozzfest pageant that he’d had a significant impression on their careers.

“I am going, ‘I feel you’re simply saying that.’ I’m very self-critical about folks’s adoration… I’m not good at accepting. [My son] Jack mentioned to me, ‘Properly, you’ve carried out it now.’ And I am going, ‘No, I haven’t. I need to make extra music,’” he mentioned. “Once I met Paul McCartney, I almost f—— dropped useless. And there was a child, he mentioned to me once I was explaining that, and he goes, ‘Have you learnt that was my expertise of assembly you.’”

In an interview with The Guardian printed earlier this month, Osbourne revealed that the upcoming live performance was his spouse Sharon’s thought, and that she got here up with it as “one thing to offer me a motive to rise up within the morning.”

“You get up the subsequent morning and discover that one thing else has gone improper,” he mentioned of his well being. “You start to suppose that is by no means going to finish.”

Nonetheless, he famous, “I’ll be up there, and I’ll do one of the best I can. So all I can do is flip up.”

The “Loopy Prepare” singer beforehand mentioned that he doesn’t plan on “doing a set” with Black Sabbath, however might be doing “little bits and items” with the group as he feels “comfy.”

The band might be joined by Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Gojira, Halestorm, Alice in Chains, Lamb of God, Anthrax and Mastodon. Weapons N’ Roses’ Slash, Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan, Korn’s Jonathan Davis, Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst, Wolfgang Van Halen and Rage In opposition to the Machine’s Tom Morello will even kind a super-band for the gig.