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Ten days until the stadium gala of Black Sabbath on July 5th in Villa Park in Birmingham. A big thing for the city. The BBC organizes a opening show with bands from the region called “Metal in the Midlands” three days earlier and the local “Birmingham Live” platform lists tangible rock bars, where fans can say goodbye without a ticket.
Black Sabbath itself is now waiting with a first insight behind the scenes that have been haunted by social media since yesterday (June 24). Bill Ward, Geezer Butler and Ozzy Osbourne Lümmeln around on a nasty gaderobic sofa and grin wide. Guitarist Tony Iommi is missing on the snapshots. But no hard and heavy oracle is necessary. The band lets the fans tell that the rehearsals are in full swing, which suggests the presence of the master.
Controversially discussed for months: Ozzy Osborne’s health. There is also current images on this, on which Ozzy presents itself quite well with a walking stick.
He is already fully in the preparations for the last big appearance, the prince of darkness can be announced. In any case, as far as possible. “I have a coach that helps people get normal again. It is hard, but he is convinced that he can make it for me. I give everything I have. I can only say that I give 120 percent. If my god wants me to make this show, then I do it.”
Osborne has not played a complete appearance since 2018. He has been operated on several times in recent years and has suffered multiple, including Parkinson’s disease.
At the beginning of the year it became known that he could no longer run due to Parkinson’s. But his wife and manager Sharon Osborne, who is also the engine behind the party in Villa Park, told the “NME” that the disease would not affect his voice.
“He would like to thank everyone,” she said during the tour of the changing rooms of the football stadium. “Because of his illness, he had no chance for it but now he has her.”
The appearance of Black Sabbath is known to be cushioned by a prominent colleague Armada. These include tool, metallica, slayer, Pantera, Alice in Chains, Gojira, Anthrax, Billy Corgan from the Smashing Pumpkins, Guns N ‘Roses, Korn, Steven Tyler from Aerosmith and today’s version of Soundgarden.