Ozzy Osbourne will play his final show with Black Sabbath this summer. The rocker, 76, and Black Sabbath are reuniting for one last time, to play a fund-raising concert in Birmingham on 5 July. The heavy mental legends will headline a one-day festival at Villa Park, featuring dozens of bands they inspired, including Metallica, Pantera, Slayer, Gojira and Anthrax. The exciting concert will mark the first time that Black Sabbath's original line-up - Ozzy, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward - have played together in over 20 years.

Ozzy, who has been forced to halt touring due to a combination to his Parkinson's battle, is set to play a short solo set before joining his bandmates on stage for the epic reunion. “It’s my time to go Back to the Beginning….time for me to give back to the place where I was born,” Ozzy Osbourne said. “How blessed am I to do it with the help of people whom I love. Birmingham is the true home of metal. Birmingham Forever.”.

His comeback was announced at Villa Park by his wife, Sharon, and Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi. Proceeds from the show will support Cure Parkinson's, the Birmingham Children's Hospital and Acorn Children's Hospice, a Children's Hospice supported by Aston Villa. Other acts on the line-up include Alice In Chains, Halestorm, Lamb Of God and Mastodon. Ozzy was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2020 and largely stepped back from touring after playing the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in 2022.

However, he recently told Rolling Stone UK, that he has strong desires to return to the stage - although he doubts that it will be realistic given his health struggles. Last year, he told the publication: "I'm taking it one day at a time, and if I can perform again, I will. But it's been like saying farewell to the best relationship of my life.". "I'm not going to get up there and do a half-hearted Ozzy looking for sympathy. What's the [expletive] point in that? I'm not going up there in a [expletive] wheelchair.".

Ozzy has bravely spoken about his health battles over the years, after he shared his Parkinson’s diagnosis in 2020 in an interview with Good Morning America. He said the diagnosis was “terribly challenging”, and spoke about the complications he has suffered, including depression and mobility issues. Former X Factor judge Sharon said her husband struggled day to day, and explained: “There’s so many different types of Parkinson’s; it’s not a death sentence by any stretch of the imagination, but it does affect certain nerves in your body. And it’s - it’s like you have a good day, and then a really bad day.”.

In 2022, Ozzy underwent major spinal surgery, and less than a year later, he announced he was retiring from touring because he was no longer “physically capable” of performing on stage. “As you may all know, four years ago, this month, I had a major accident, where I damaged my spine. My one and only purpose during this time has been to get back on stage. My singing voice is fine,” he said in the heartbreaking statement.

“However, after three operations, stem cell treatments, endless physical therapy sessions, and most recently groundbreaking Cybernics (HAL) Treatment, my body is still physically weak.”. He had further surgery on his neck in late 2023, and Sharon spoke candidly about how her husband has changed since his Parkinson’s diagnosis. “I just think of my husband, who was very energetic, loved to go out for walks, did a two-hour show on stage every night, running around like a crazy man,” she said in the ITV documentary Paxman: Putting Up With Parkinson's in 2022. “Suddenly, your life just stops - life as you knew it.”.