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Ozzy Osbourne Says 2023 Tour in Jeopardy: "I Just Can't Fucking Walk Much Now"

"I can't begin to tell you how fucking frustrating life has become"
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Ozzy Osbourne
photograph by Ross Halfin

"I'm going out on the fucking road and never coming home again." That was the future Ozzy Osbourne laid out for us earlier this year, but sadly, it seems like his health might get in the way of his 2023 touring plans.

For years, the Prince of Darkness has suffered from various health ailments, including a series of neck, back and shoulder injuries that got worse when he took a nasty fall at home back in 2020. Earlier this year, he underwent a life-altering surgery to fix some of those issues, and since he briefly returned to the stage for the first time in four years back in August and September, it seemed as if things were moving in the right direction for Osbourne.

However, in a new interview with Yahoo! Entertainment, the heavy metal pioneer revealed that next year's touring plans are in jeopardy because he's unable to move very well post-surgery. 

 

"It is so fucking tough because, I mean, I want to be out there," he said. "I want to be doing it. This fucking surgery this guy did. Fucking hell, you have no idea. The thing is my head is all right, my creativity is OK, my singing OK but I just can't fucking walk much now."

Unfortunately, Osbourne's current situation is actually the better scenario of what could've happened if he didn't go through with his latest round of surgery. "[The] surgeon told me if I didn't have the surgery there would be a good chance I would be paralyzed from the neck down," he said elsewhere in the interview. 

"I can't begin to tell you how fucking frustrating life has become," he added. "It is amazing how you go along in life and one stupid thing can screw everything up for a long time. I have never been ill this long in my life."

We're sending Ozzy good wishes and hoping that he can recover well enough to get back out there in 2023, given he's slated to kick off a European and U.K. tour on May 3rd in Finland.