LONDON, UK. (THECOUNT) — Ozzy Osbourne has canceled his entire 2020 North American tour dates which included stops in dozens of cities.
Osbourne, 71, said he will use this free time to continue recovering from a variety of ailments he’s been suffering from since early last year.
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“I’m so thankful that everyone has been patient because I’ve had a shit year,” Osbourne said. “Unfortunately, I won’t be able to get to Switzerland for treatment until April and the treatment takes six-eight weeks.
“I don’t want to start a tour and then cancel shows at the last minute, as it’s just not fair to the fans. I’d rather they get a refund now and when I do the North American tour down the road, everyone who bought a ticket for these shows will be the first ones in line to purchase tickets at that time.”
Osbourne said during an interview with Good Morning America, that he doesn’t think he’ll be alive “that much longer.”
The singer, accompanied by his family, talked about his recent health battle, saying he spent all of 2019 laying in bed.
“[I spent the year] lying on the f***ing bed feeling sorry for myself, going, ‘I’m dead, I’m finished, it’s all over’. This has been the worst f***ing year of my life.
The interview is one of the first since Ozzy Osbourne revealed his fight against Parkinson’s Disease – a neurological disorder that affects movement and motor coordination. According to the Mayo Clinic, neurons in the brain eventually break down and die causing a wide range of motor-skill related problems like slowed movement, impaired posture, balance issues, speech slurring or soft, rigid muscles, and tremors, reports GMA.
Ozzy has been diagnosed with PRKN 2 which is a form of Parkinson’s. Sharron said it’s “not a death sentence by any stretch of the imagination.”
Now, it sounds like Ozzy believes differently.
Ozzy admitted that he isn’t very happy with life, noting the lack of his health and his continued struggles with different illnesses/injuries.
“But I’m still here. In fact, I worried about [death] more when I was younger than I do now. I just try to enjoy things as much as possible, even though that’s so f–king hard sometimes.”
His tour is set to resume sometime this summer, but it remains to be seen if he will keep the same stops and dates as originally planned.
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Ozzy Osbourne Canceled 2020 North American Tour Dates
May 27 – Atlanta, Ga. @ State Farm Arena
May 29 – Sunrise, Fla. @ BB&T Center
May 31 – Tampa, Fla. @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union
June 2 – Charlotte, N.C. @ PNC Music Pavilion
June 4 – Cincinnati, Ohio @ Riverbend Music Center
June 6 – Hershey, Pa. @ Hershey Park Stadium
June 11 – Pittsburgh, Pa. @ KeyBank Pavilion
June 13 – Bangor, Maine @ Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion
June 16 – Montreal, Quebec @ Bell Centre
June 18 – Hamilton, Ontario @ First Ontario Centre
June 20 – Uncasville, Ct. @ Mohegan Sun Arena
June 22 – New York, N.Y. @ Madison Square Garden Arena
June 24 – St Louis, Mo. @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
June 26 – Kansas City, Mo. @ Sprint Center
June 28 – Des Moines, Iowa @ Wells Fargo Arena
July 1 – Milwaukee, Wis. @ Amer. Family Ins. Amp–Summerfest
July 3 – St Paul, Minn. @ Xcel Energy Center
July 7 – Edmonton, Alberta @ Rogers Place
July 9 – Vancouver, British Columbia @ Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
July 11 – Tacoma, Wash. @ Tacoma Dome
July 15 – Portland, Ore. @ Moda Center
July 17 – Sacramento, Calif. @ Golden 1 Center
July 23 – Phoenix, Ariz. @ Ak-Chin Pavilion
July 25 – San Francisco, Calif. @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
July 27 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ Hollywood Bowl
July 29 – San Diego, Calif. @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 31 – Las Vegas, Calif. @ MGM Grand Garden Arena