Ozzy Osbourne Feared No One Would Know Him at Hometown Show

Ozzy Osbourne frightened that nobody would know who he was when he guested on the Commonwealth Video games finale in his hometown of Birmingham final month.

His onstage reunion with Black Sabbath bandmate Tony Iommi was a triumphant second within the singer’s battle again from extreme well being points. He’s decided to change into match sufficient to finish his farewell tour and simply launched his newest album, Affected person Quantity 9.

“I by no means suppose I’m going to win,” Osbourne informed Rolling Stone in a brand new interview, including that, earlier than the transient look in Birmingham, he d frightened that “these children don’t know who the fuck I’m.” He mentioned that he typically tells his spouse and supervisor Sharon, “Performing is the one factor I’ve achieved in my life that’s proper or that I’m good at.”

“I inform him, ‘It’s not true,’” she famous. “He’s had his struggles, and so they’ve all been very public. However it’s not true; he’s onerous on himself.” She went on to say that Ozzy’s alcohol points – he’s been sober for 9 years now – resulted from his doubts. “He drank at first as a result of he didn’t trust and it made him really feel good. It gave him the boldness that he didn’t have. After which it activates you. Because the illness progresses, individuals all the time get nasty, and so they do unhealthy issues and fuck their lives up.”

Ozzy has beforehand mentioned the extent of his frail well being, which has improved since his most up-to-date surgical procedure. “I’m doing nearly as good as I could be, contemplating the fucking crap,” he mentioned within the new interview. “For those who’d have seen me a 12 months or so in the past, you’d have thought, ‘No. No method.’ I couldn’t fucking transfer due to what the man did mistaken on the primary surgical procedure.”

“We’re going to sue,” Sharon added. “You simply don’t need different individuals to undergo what you’ve gone via. It’s a fucking nightmare. However right here we’re immediately, and life is healthier.”