Judas Priest have shared an replace after Ozzy Osbourne’s revealed he may not tour as a consequence of his ongoing restoration from an accident.
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The Prince of Darkness cancelled all his upcoming exhibits and mentioned it was “in all probability one of many hardest issues I’ve ever needed to share with my loyal followers”.
Judas Priest, who have been as a consequence of assist Osbourne on tour, despatched their like to the musician and mentioned that they have been “taking a look at possible alternatives to see one another once more quickly”.
In an announcement, the band wrote: “We ship all our love and assist for Ozzy and thank our followers within the UK and Eire particularly to your loyalty by standing with us…
“Proper now we’re taking a look at possible alternatives to see one another once more and can submit replace’s [sic] accordingly.”
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We ship all our love and assist for Ozzy and thank our followers within the UK and Eire particularly to your loyalty by standing with us…..
Proper now we’re taking a look at possible alternatives to see one another once more quickly and can submit replace’s accordinglyLove Judas Priest pic.twitter.com/RXrDD8xjLN
— Judas Priest (@judaspriest) February 2, 2023
In an announcement earlier this week, Osbourne wrote: “As chances are you’ll know, 4 years in the past, this month, I had a significant accident, the place I broken my backbone,” referencing a fall at his Los Angeles dwelling which required neck surgical procedure.
“My one and solely function throughout this time has been to get again on stage,” he continued. “My singing voice is okay. Nonetheless, after three operations, stem cell therapies, infinite bodily remedy classes, and most just lately groundbreaking Cybernics (HAL) Therapy, my physique remains to be bodily weak.
“I’m actually humbled by the way in which you’ve all patiently held onto your tickets for all this time, however in all good conscience, I’ve now come to the conclusion that I’m not bodily able to doing my upcoming European/UK tour dates, as I do know I couldn’t take care of the journey required. Consider me after I say that the considered disappointing my followers actually FUCKS ME UP, greater than you’ll ever know.”
He continued: “By no means would I’ve imagined that my touring days would have ended this manner.”
The musician mentioned that his staff is “at present developing with concepts for the place I can carry out with out having to journey from metropolis to metropolis and nation to nation”.
“I wish to thank my household……my band…..my crew…..my longtime pals, Judas Priest, and naturally, my followers for his or her infinite dedication, loyalty, and assist, and for giving me the life that I by no means ever dreamed I’d have.
“I really like you all…”
The ‘No Extra Excursions 2’ UK and European exhibits have been pushed again quite a few instances as a result of musician’s poor well being and the pandemic, earlier than being rescheduled for 2023. He was as a consequence of carry out exhibits in Nottingham, Newcastle, Glasgow, Manchester, Dublin, London and Birmingham throughout Might and June.
Osbourne has suffered quite a few well being issues in recent times as a consequence of Parkinson’s Illness, which he was identified with in 2003, however didn’t announce publicly till 2020.
Final yr, he additionally underwent main surgical procedure to take away and realign pins in his neck and again. The surgical procedure was a hit, with the singer later thanking followers for his or her “their ideas, prayers and well-wishes” after he was discharged.
Osbourne’s thirteenth studio album got here out in September final yr, incomes four-stars from NME in a overview that described the file as a “fizzing piece of hard-rock magic”.
In November, the album then secured 4 Grammy nods – Finest Rock Efficiency, Finest Steel Efficiency, Finest Rock Tune and Finest Rock Album – which Osbourne mentioned on the time left him feeling “overwhelmed”.
